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... reference , in which he points out that there is nothing in Dr. Johnson's writings , or Boswell's records of his sayings , to show that he ever described angling as a fool at one end of the line and a worm at the other . " This saying ...
... reference , in which he points out that there is nothing in Dr. Johnson's writings , or Boswell's records of his sayings , to show that he ever described angling as a fool at one end of the line and a worm at the other . " This saying ...
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... reference to Colley Cibber , who , earlier in 1740 , had published his famous Apology , ' for which he was " devilishly worked by Fielding in the 6 celebrated trial of the Poet Laureate for an attempted murder of the English language ...
... reference to Colley Cibber , who , earlier in 1740 , had published his famous Apology , ' for which he was " devilishly worked by Fielding in the 6 celebrated trial of the Poet Laureate for an attempted murder of the English language ...
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... reference is made . What I desire is to collect additional instances of bishops or clergy of the Church of England occupying ecclesiastical positions in other religious organizations . I am acquainted with many , of course , but the ...
... reference is made . What I desire is to collect additional instances of bishops or clergy of the Church of England occupying ecclesiastical positions in other religious organizations . I am acquainted with many , of course , but the ...
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... reference make it clear that many of the nicknames are quite unknown to - day , and so they differ according to the his- torical equipment of the compilers . Thus : - 1st Life Guards . 99 66 : - " " " The Cheeses , " The Piccadilly ...
... reference make it clear that many of the nicknames are quite unknown to - day , and so they differ according to the his- torical equipment of the compilers . Thus : - 1st Life Guards . 99 66 : - " " " The Cheeses , " The Piccadilly ...
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... references to papers in The Southern Literary Messenger , xi . 383 , and Littell's Living Age , v . 56 , 534 ( in addition to that given by MR . HUM- PHREYS ) . 6 The earliest reference given in the Oxford Dictionary ' is 1849 , a paper ...
... references to papers in The Southern Literary Messenger , xi . 383 , and Littell's Living Age , v . 56 , 534 ( in addition to that given by MR . HUM- PHREYS ) . 6 The earliest reference given in the Oxford Dictionary ' is 1849 , a paper ...
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Página 193 - great task remaining before us—that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain—that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of
Página 406 - appropriate lines :— •One who never turned her back, But marched breast forward. .Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, Wrong would triumph. Held, we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better ; Sleep to wake. At
Página 281 - Do not all charms fly At the mere touch of cold philosophy ? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven ; We know her woof, her texture ; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air and gnomed mine— Unweave a rainbow. And
Página 282 - has no character—it enjoys light and shadeit lives in gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated—it has as much delight in conceiving an lago as an Imogen. Whit shocks the virtuous philosopher delights
Página 315 - sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings, as I have before said in the Appendix to my 'Elements of Drawing,
Página 396 - Kathleen Mavourneen ! what, slumbering still ? Oh ! hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever? Oh ! hast thou forgotten this day we must part ! It may be for years, and it may be for ever ; Oh ! why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart; Kathleen Mavourneen ! Awake from thy slumbers. The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden
Página 227 - Catholic ; had been sent abroad when young, and lodged in a nunnery, with an intent of becoming a nun ; but, the country not agreeing with her, she returned to England, where there being no nunnery, she had vowed to lead the life of a nun, as near as might be done in
Página 219 - pocket of his trousers, a note-case in the other, and. a watch in his waistcoat pocket, with a guard chain round his neck, and sticking a mock diamond pin in his shirt : buttoned his coat tight round, him, and putting his spectacle-case and handkerchief in his pockets, trotted up and down the room with a
Página 227 - but to boil it. She had lived many years in that garret, being permitted to remain there gratis by successive Catholic tenants of the house below, as they deemed it a blessing to have her there. A priest visited her to confess her every day. ' From this I asked her,
Página 428 - extreme old age. Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily and saw it whole : The mellow glory of the Attic stage. Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child.