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... presents its mottled , mortar - stained and shabby front to the view of the visiter , immediately beside the wreck of this early monument of the founders of Maryland . Over these ruins a storm - shak- en and magnificent mulberry ...
... presents its mottled , mortar - stained and shabby front to the view of the visiter , immediately beside the wreck of this early monument of the founders of Maryland . Over these ruins a storm - shak- en and magnificent mulberry ...
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... present day . For many miles the scene was one of varied field and forest , studded over with dwellings and farm yards . The settlements had extended across the neck of land to the Chesapeake , and along both shores of St. Mary's river ...
... present day . For many miles the scene was one of varied field and forest , studded over with dwellings and farm yards . The settlements had extended across the neck of land to the Chesapeake , and along both shores of St. Mary's river ...
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... present day , have rendered Maryland the chosen abode of those who now acknowledge the founder's creed . His views however , were more expansive . It was his design to furnish in Maryland a refuge not only to the weary and persecuted ...
... present day , have rendered Maryland the chosen abode of those who now acknowledge the founder's creed . His views however , were more expansive . It was his design to furnish in Maryland a refuge not only to the weary and persecuted ...
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... where he owned a large manor , upon which he usually resided . At the present time he was in the temporary occupation of a favourite seat of the VOL . I. F Proprietary , at Mattapany on the Patuxent , whither the ROB OF THE BOWL . 97.
... where he owned a large manor , upon which he usually resided . At the present time he was in the temporary occupation of a favourite seat of the VOL . I. F Proprietary , at Mattapany on the Patuxent , whither the ROB OF THE BOWL . 97.
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... Darnall , the oldest member present , ex- cept the Chancellor . " Our adversaries will find their advantage in our resolves , if made in the heat of passion . " " You say true , " replied Talbot . " 100 ROB OF THE BOWL .
... Darnall , the oldest member present , ex- cept the Chancellor . " Our adversaries will find their advantage in our resolves , if made in the heat of passion . " " You say true , " replied Talbot . " 100 ROB OF THE BOWL .
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Page 23 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 3 - And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 3 - And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Page 227 - She turned her right and round about, And she swore by the mold, " I would not be your love," said she, " For that church full of gold.
Page 146 - Tobacco's a Musician, And in a pipe delighteth ; It descends in a close, Through the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth.
Page 112 - He scant had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the new. Her raven hair plays round her neck, Like tendrils of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine.
Page 248 - A Ranger, lady, winds his horn, And 'tis at peep of light; His blast is heard at merry morn, And mine at dead of night.
Page 112 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate.
Page 126 - Which seemly was to see: A hood to that so neat and fine In colour like the columbine, Ywrought full featously. Her...
Page 248 - I list no more the tuck of drum, No more the trumpet hear ; But when the beetle sounds his hum My comrades take the spear.