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... given ( vases are shown on the balustrade at top ) , and that it is stated that it was built 1640 , and " extending 62 feet . " The short description does not state if the front be of Miscellaneous . NOTES ON BOOKS , & c . early.
... given ( vases are shown on the balustrade at top ) , and that it is stated that it was built 1640 , and " extending 62 feet . " The short description does not state if the front be of Miscellaneous . NOTES ON BOOKS , & c . early.
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... given in the English We have received Part V. of the Cyclopædia of Educa- Illustrated . The views of old nooks in Stamford , tion ( Swan Sonnenschein & Co. ) , dealing with " Mathe- Grantham , and other places are delightful . ' A Hamp ...
... given in the English We have received Part V. of the Cyclopædia of Educa- Illustrated . The views of old nooks in Stamford , tion ( Swan Sonnenschein & Co. ) , dealing with " Mathe- Grantham , and other places are delightful . ' A Hamp ...
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... given moment , yet it is ever going on . It might be compared to the movement of the hands of a clock , or even to the geologic slowness of the evolutions which occur in the struc- ture of the earth . Like pulsation in a living body ...
... given moment , yet it is ever going on . It might be compared to the movement of the hands of a clock , or even to the geologic slowness of the evolutions which occur in the struc- ture of the earth . Like pulsation in a living body ...
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... given birth to a calf , which , though dead , has been preserved , and can be seen on application at the works in St. Ann's Road , Stamford Hill . " The statement that an elephant has given birth to a calf here in England is curious ...
... given birth to a calf , which , though dead , has been preserved , and can be seen on application at the works in St. Ann's Road , Stamford Hill . " The statement that an elephant has given birth to a calf here in England is curious ...
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... given to a quaint harvester in the days pre- ceding the introduction of mowers ; and the third generation of mortals with whom , Nestor like , he mingled failed to understand its appropriateness till the suggestion was offered ( and ...
... given to a quaint harvester in the days pre- ceding the introduction of mowers ; and the third generation of mortals with whom , Nestor like , he mingled failed to understand its appropriateness till the suggestion was offered ( and ...
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Página 106 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 203 - Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.
Página 338 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 212 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea...
Página 24 - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Página 338 - Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd...
Página 204 - Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks ; And these are but the shatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one. Nor blame I Death, because he bare The use of virtue out of earth ; I know transplanted human worth Will bloom to profit, otherwhere.
Página 193 - slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word.
Página 54 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Página 7 - To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians. The most violent egotism which I have met with in the course of my reading, is that of cardinal Wolsey, ego et rex meus,