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... scarcely anybody knew him , as he had long been reputed dead . Thus forgotten by , or having outlived his friends , and thoroughly disgusted with the vices of his countrymen , especially of the clergy , he retired to Liege , where he ...
... scarcely anybody knew him , as he had long been reputed dead . Thus forgotten by , or having outlived his friends , and thoroughly disgusted with the vices of his countrymen , especially of the clergy , he retired to Liege , where he ...
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... scarcely avoid getting occasionally a little soiled withal , in spite of all the care they can well take in carrying their umbrellas about with them ; -to say nothing of those who actually enjoy the shower , and desire nothing better ...
... scarcely avoid getting occasionally a little soiled withal , in spite of all the care they can well take in carrying their umbrellas about with them ; -to say nothing of those who actually enjoy the shower , and desire nothing better ...
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... Scarcely any gold has cir- culated in Scotland for the last half century ; and during all that time " He was , for his part , very much at a loss to understand how those who supported the return to cash payments in the year 1819 , can ...
... Scarcely any gold has cir- culated in Scotland for the last half century ; and during all that time " He was , for his part , very much at a loss to understand how those who supported the return to cash payments in the year 1819 , can ...
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... scarcely remember to have been employed in a more agreeable occupation . Intently and mi- nutely scanning the features of the most remarkable persons our country has produced , and striving through them to read and com- mune with their ...
... scarcely remember to have been employed in a more agreeable occupation . Intently and mi- nutely scanning the features of the most remarkable persons our country has produced , and striving through them to read and com- mune with their ...
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... scarcely ever saw so large a head ! " At this we rather started - not only from the singular doctrine that mere size of head denoted quantity of brains , -but also from our not having perceived that the head was , in point of fact , so ...
... scarcely ever saw so large a head ! " At this we rather started - not only from the singular doctrine that mere size of head denoted quantity of brains , -but also from our not having perceived that the head was , in point of fact , so ...
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Page 248 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 273 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 342 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions : and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Page 529 - In one short hour The pretty, harmless boy was slain! I saw The corse, the mangled corse, and then I cried For vengeance! Rouse ye, Romans! Rouse ye, slaves! Have ye brave sons? — Look in the next fierce brawl To see them die! Have ye fair daughters?
Page 23 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 529 - I had a brother once, a gracious boy, Full of all gentleness, of calmest hope, Of sweet and quiet joy; there was the look Of Heaven upon his face which limners give To the beloved disciple.
Page 86 - A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun, and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west ; and as...
Page 480 - SLEEP, Silence' child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince, whose approach peace to all mortals brings, Indifferent host to shepherds and to kings, Sole comforter of minds with grief...
Page 81 - Twas a handsome milk-maid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do; but she cast away all care and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it: it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow now at least fifty years ago.
Page 281 - I mean not here the prosody of a verse, which they could not but have hit on before among the rudiments of grammar ; but that sublime art which in Aristotle's poetics, in Horace, and the Italian commentaries of Castlevetro, Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.