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... England . the time of my Father's coming to this Country cannot exactly say but suppose at least it must be Forty years . No 4 Baynes Row Cold Bath square 16th May 1810 . D J. THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM . - Mr . Donelly pro- fesses to have ...
... England . the time of my Father's coming to this Country cannot exactly say but suppose at least it must be Forty years . No 4 Baynes Row Cold Bath square 16th May 1810 . D J. THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM . - Mr . Donelly pro- fesses to have ...
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... England . A. COLLINGWOOD LEE . Waltham Abbey , Essex . ORDER OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS ( 6th S. ix . 169 , 237 ; 7th S. v . 433 ) .- The above is the name of one of the orders established by Achilles I. , King of the South American kingdom ...
... England . A. COLLINGWOOD LEE . Waltham Abbey , Essex . ORDER OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS ( 6th S. ix . 169 , 237 ; 7th S. v . 433 ) .- The above is the name of one of the orders established by Achilles I. , King of the South American kingdom ...
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... England corresponded to what is now the 29th of October , whereas the warmer weather usually occurs about the middle of that month , near the time when St. Luke's Day is now kept . Of course , in countries where the Gregorian calendar ...
... England corresponded to what is now the 29th of October , whereas the warmer weather usually occurs about the middle of that month , near the time when St. Luke's Day is now kept . Of course , in countries where the Gregorian calendar ...
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... England ' partly answer it . In the ordinance respecting the somewhat mys- terious Dunsætas , the provision for lawmen , six of them English and six native , probably refers to disputes between Celt and Saxon , each living within his ...
... England ' partly answer it . In the ordinance respecting the somewhat mys- terious Dunsætas , the provision for lawmen , six of them English and six native , probably refers to disputes between Celt and Saxon , each living within his ...
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... England and to the world . The Common- wealth , which had seemed so stable when Oliver was ruling , had on his death become unworkable . Life was not extinct ; but , like a whale stranded on a mud - bank , the colossal flounderings only ...
... England and to the world . The Common- wealth , which had seemed so stable when Oliver was ruling , had on his death become unworkable . Life was not extinct ; but , like a whale stranded on a mud - bank , the colossal flounderings only ...
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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,