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... trade , or his father's trade - to the means by which he rose in society - to his personal appearance - to his poverty - to his family , his mother , or sisters , or wife - to things with which , in short , the public have nothing to do ...
... trade , or his father's trade - to the means by which he rose in society - to his personal appearance - to his poverty - to his family , his mother , or sisters , or wife - to things with which , in short , the public have nothing to do ...
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... trade ! - We wish any gentleman joy who thinks fit to make such a defence , to degrade from the phi- losopher into the tradesman , and to endeavour to obtain damages against an antagonist , by confessing himself privy to a trick . We ...
... trade ! - We wish any gentleman joy who thinks fit to make such a defence , to degrade from the phi- losopher into the tradesman , and to endeavour to obtain damages against an antagonist , by confessing himself privy to a trick . We ...
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... trade of a nation like this from one sys- tem to another - to prejudice the people against monarchy and in favour of republicanism and to make changes in the laws which materially alter the balance of our interests and bodies , and ...
... trade of a nation like this from one sys- tem to another - to prejudice the people against monarchy and in favour of republicanism and to make changes in the laws which materially alter the balance of our interests and bodies , and ...
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... trade with England , it was the custom to obtain some equivalent benefit in return ; but now , since our policy has become libertine , we are exerting all the means of legislation to bring the products of foreign artizans into ...
... trade with England , it was the custom to obtain some equivalent benefit in return ; but now , since our policy has become libertine , we are exerting all the means of legislation to bring the products of foreign artizans into ...
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... trade in base metal , no man shall say that I palmed it on him for gold . Of autobiography , ( commonly so called , ) God knows we have enough , and more than enough . Repetition on has staled its infinite varieties , and from Cum ...
... trade in base metal , no man shall say that I palmed it on him for gold . Of autobiography , ( commonly so called , ) God knows we have enough , and more than enough . Repetition on has staled its infinite varieties , and from Cum ...
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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.