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Page 5
... once to our task . The Romans called the town Dubris , but when the Saxon rule was predominant it was altered to Doffra , and it remained so till the Norman period , when it was once more changed to Dovere , and doubtless from this ...
... once to our task . The Romans called the town Dubris , but when the Saxon rule was predominant it was altered to Doffra , and it remained so till the Norman period , when it was once more changed to Dovere , and doubtless from this ...
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... once within the kindly walls of the Institution , the poor sufferer , no matter what clime he belongs to , is cared - for , fed , and clothed , and assisted to his nearest friends . Many and many a thankful heart has poured out its ...
... once within the kindly walls of the Institution , the poor sufferer , no matter what clime he belongs to , is cared - for , fed , and clothed , and assisted to his nearest friends . Many and many a thankful heart has poured out its ...
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... once were held the municipal meetings , we return into Clarence - place , and find ourselves in front of the Harbour , with the Dover Roadstead on the one side , faced by the towering and lofty heights upon which stands Dover Castle ...
... once were held the municipal meetings , we return into Clarence - place , and find ourselves in front of the Harbour , with the Dover Roadstead on the one side , faced by the towering and lofty heights upon which stands Dover Castle ...
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... once to the Sea Front before walking up the town , we can do so by crossing the Wellington Bridge , upon which we shall find ourselves immediately facing the sea . For the sake of the route we have laid down we shall ask the visitor ...
... once to the Sea Front before walking up the town , we can do so by crossing the Wellington Bridge , upon which we shall find ourselves immediately facing the sea . For the sake of the route we have laid down we shall ask the visitor ...
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... once see that it was intended not only for a " watch , " but also for a tower of defence , and many of the loop - holes still remain . In the twelfth century we are told that it was incased in flint , but some ages afterwards this came ...
... once see that it was intended not only for a " watch , " but also for a tower of defence , and many of the loop - holes still remain . In the twelfth century we are told that it was incased in flint , but some ages afterwards this came ...
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Page 6 - Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together ; Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care : Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather ; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare. Youth is full of sport, Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, age is lame : Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold ; Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Page 7 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 11 - Can buy, no chymic art can counterfeit; It makes men rich in greatest poverty; Makes water wine, turns wooden cups to gold, The homely whistle to sweet music's strain: Seldom it comes, to few from heaven sent, That much in little, all in naught, — content.
Page 11 - The active only have the true relish of life. He who knows not what it is to labour ; knows not what it is to enjoy. Recreation is only valuable as it unbends us : the idle know nothing of it.
Page 7 - For forty years she was the true and everloving helpmate of her husband; and, by act and word, unweariedly forwarded him, as none else could, in all of worthy that he did or attempted.