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Page iii
... matter of chance and change , which may puzzle the wisest , and baulk the most experienced calculator . What matter to us , after all , was it that they told us that the French were invincible , when we knew that we conquered them every ...
... matter of chance and change , which may puzzle the wisest , and baulk the most experienced calculator . What matter to us , after all , was it that they told us that the French were invincible , when we knew that we conquered them every ...
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... matter how raised , or how contradictory to their own avowed opinions , that they did not swell to the full compass of their lungs . This is the reason why we said that their conduct during the interval which immediately succeeded the ...
... matter how raised , or how contradictory to their own avowed opinions , that they did not swell to the full compass of their lungs . This is the reason why we said that their conduct during the interval which immediately succeeded the ...
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... matter of grave and insolent accusation against the most illustrious , as well as the most obscure characters . Allusions the most indecent , in the most prurient language , ( always the besetting sin of the Cock- ney school ...
... matter of grave and insolent accusation against the most illustrious , as well as the most obscure characters . Allusions the most indecent , in the most prurient language , ( always the besetting sin of the Cock- ney school ...
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... Matter enough we have ever had - far more than enough ; and by means of such machinery as we possess , we can , in one day , work up the raw material into the most firm and beautiful texture for immediate sale - all articles warranted ...
... Matter enough we have ever had - far more than enough ; and by means of such machinery as we possess , we can , in one day , work up the raw material into the most firm and beautiful texture for immediate sale - all articles warranted ...
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... matter for your consideration , not for mine . If you choose to fob your readers off with dull refacciamentos , and your readers prosper on such spare diet , I really do not see why I should give myself any concern about the matter . By ...
... matter for your consideration , not for mine . If you choose to fob your readers off with dull refacciamentos , and your readers prosper on such spare diet , I really do not see why I should give myself any concern about the matter . By ...
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Page 313 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain. But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st...
Page 313 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; ' And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene- I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been...
Page 83 - ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Page 313 - Like the sun, thy presence glowing, Clothes the meanest things in light; And when thou, like him, art going, Loveliest objects fade in night. All things looked so bright about thee, That they nothing seem without thee; By that pure and lucid mind Earthly things were too, refined. Go, thou vision, wildly gleaming, Softly on my soul that fell; Go, for me no longer beaming — Hope and Beauty! fare ye well!
Page 447 - IN the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. THEIR Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia...
Page 344 - ... with lovely gleam, Comes gliding in serene and slow, Soft and silent as a dream, A solitary Doe! White she is as lily of June, And beauteous as the silver moon When out of sight the clouds are driven And she is left alone in heaven; Or like a ship some gentle day In sunshine sailing far away, A glittering ship, that hath the plain Of ocean for her own domain.
Page 76 - I give thee to thy God — the God that gave thee, A wellspring of deep gladness to my heart! And precious as thou art, And pure as dew of Hermon, He shall have thee, My own, my beautiful, my undefiled, And thou shalt be His child.
Page 29 - No parent shall be urged to be present, nor be admitted to answer as godfather for his own child ; nor any godfather or godmother shall be suffered to make any other answer or speech, than by the Book of Common Prayer is prescribed in that behalf: neither shall any person be admitted godfather or godmother to any child at christening or confirmation, before the said person so undertaking hath received the holy communion.
Page 83 - LAWS OF THE CUSTOMS, Compiled by Direction of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and published under the Sanction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs; with Notes and a General Index. Edited by JG WALFORD, Esq. Solicitor for the Customs.
Page 313 - Go, forget me — why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling ? Go. forget me — and to-morrow Brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile — though I shall not be near thee, Sing, though I shall never hear thee; May thy soul with pleasure shine Lasting as the gloom of mine.