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... festival in the form of an old man , ' Whose beard descending swept his aged breast , ' and who was careful to remind us that the season of which he was the exponent but that came but once a year , ' ' 4 Five Minutes to spare .
... festival in the form of an old man , ' Whose beard descending swept his aged breast , ' and who was careful to remind us that the season of which he was the exponent but that came but once a year , ' ' 4 Five Minutes to spare .
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John Guard. but that came but once a year , ' ' When it came it brought good cheer ; ' from which , doubtless , the inference was intended that the cheer , which was dispensed once only in the year , should be of the most generous kind ...
John Guard. but that came but once a year , ' ' When it came it brought good cheer ; ' from which , doubtless , the inference was intended that the cheer , which was dispensed once only in the year , should be of the most generous kind ...
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... once surprised , when playing at leap - frog with his children , by the entrance of the Spanish ambassador . ' Are you a father ? ' asked the king . ' I am , Sir , ' said the ambassador . ' Then , ' replied Henry , ' we'll finish the ...
... once surprised , when playing at leap - frog with his children , by the entrance of the Spanish ambassador . ' Are you a father ? ' asked the king . ' I am , Sir , ' said the ambassador . ' Then , ' replied Henry , ' we'll finish the ...
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... once consulted Dr. Robertson ( the historian ) on the best discipline for ac- quiring a good narrative style . ' Read , ' said Dr. Robert- son , ' Robinson Crusoe carefully . If Robinson Crusoe won't help you , and you are above ...
... once consulted Dr. Robertson ( the historian ) on the best discipline for ac- quiring a good narrative style . ' Read , ' said Dr. Robert- son , ' Robinson Crusoe carefully . If Robinson Crusoe won't help you , and you are above ...
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... once avowed his belief that ' the chief end of man was not to glorify God in any way , but to procure a sufficiency of roast mutton and madeira . ' ] It appears from the inquiries of Mr. Porter , a most competent authority , that the ...
... once avowed his belief that ' the chief end of man was not to glorify God in any way , but to procure a sufficiency of roast mutton and madeira . ' ] It appears from the inquiries of Mr. Porter , a most competent authority , that the ...
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Página 292 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live, are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Página 378 - But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture, Tell them, that God bids us do good for evil : And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
Página 139 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Página 389 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Página 145 - Sometimes a distant sail, gliding along the edge of the ocean, would be another theme of idle speculation. How interesting this fragment of a world, hastening to rejoin the great mass of existence!
Página 212 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 377 - Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad.' ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in, stones, and good in every thing.
Página 173 - I'll not hurt thee, says my uncle Toby, rising from his chair, and going across the room, with the fly in his hand, — I'll not hurt a hair of thy head: — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? — This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Página 145 - ... interchange of blessings, pouring into the sterile regions of the north all the luxuries of the south ; has diffused the light of knowledge and the charities of cultivated life ; and has thus bound together those scattered portions of the human race, between which nature seemed to have thrown an insurmountable barrier.
Página 77 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.