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... four years ' im . prisonment in that country . On their way towards the coast they picked up and brought with them a poor British seaman with a wooden leg , who effected his escape from the prison of Arras . 3d . - Monday night , about ...
... four years ' im . prisonment in that country . On their way towards the coast they picked up and brought with them a poor British seaman with a wooden leg , who effected his escape from the prison of Arras . 3d . - Monday night , about ...
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... four he took his departure , expressing his high satisfaction at the polite hospi- tality he had experienced . Thursday , Prince Stahremberg , ac- companied by his two secretaries , Messrs Provost and Agneau , had a conference with the ...
... four he took his departure , expressing his high satisfaction at the polite hospi- tality he had experienced . Thursday , Prince Stahremberg , ac- companied by his two secretaries , Messrs Provost and Agneau , had a conference with the ...
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... four were blown to pieces , and their bodies and limbs were scattered to a distance of upwards of 100 yards from the scite of the building . One of their arms was found on the top of a high elm tree . The fifth man was taken up alive ...
... four were blown to pieces , and their bodies and limbs were scattered to a distance of upwards of 100 yards from the scite of the building . One of their arms was found on the top of a high elm tree . The fifth man was taken up alive ...
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... four hours , recorded the following verdict : - " That the deceased had departed this life on Monday , the 15th of Ja- nuary instant , but that no evidence had been produced to shew to the jury that the deceased had died other- wise ...
... four hours , recorded the following verdict : - " That the deceased had departed this life on Monday , the 15th of Ja- nuary instant , but that no evidence had been produced to shew to the jury that the deceased had died other- wise ...
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... four and a half miles southward from Donaghadee . He was dressed in a very fine shirt , swanskin drawers , and cotton stockings , and wrapt in a fine shroud . The body was entire- ly sewed up in fine canvas , and enclo- sed in a large ...
... four and a half miles southward from Donaghadee . He was dressed in a very fine shirt , swanskin drawers , and cotton stockings , and wrapt in a fine shroud . The body was entire- ly sewed up in fine canvas , and enclo- sed in a large ...
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Page 284 - May it please your Majesty, We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scotland, met in...
Page 219 - Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto his divine mercy, the late most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch William the Fourth, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ; King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh.
Page 295 - I have the honour to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter from Captain Pring, late commander of his Majesty's brig Linnet.
Page 154 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 384 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page cxi - Hints for the Treatment of the Principal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, adapted to the use of Parents. By James Hamilton, MD Professor of Midwifery in the University, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.
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Page lxxix - And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring ; It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Page 272 - ... where the defence possessed a force, in the first instance, of 3500 men, notwithstanding which the campaign terminated in eight days. This force underwent a gradual diminution, and latterly a very extensive one, by the falling off of the colonial troops...
Page xcvii - Those beams which so bright through my casement appear, To far distant scenes they extend ; Illumine the dwellings of those that are dear, And sleep on the grave of my friend. Then still I must love thee, mild Queen of the Night, Since feeling and fancy agree To make thee a source of unfailing delight, A friend and a solace to me.