Miscellanies, 2. kötetJ.W. Parker and Son, 1860 |
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... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
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... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
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... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of the ...
... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of the ...
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... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death ; and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work ...
... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death ; and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work ...
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... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
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358. oldal - Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word, and they were made ; he commanded, and they were created.
304. oldal - And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
249. oldal - And soon with this he other matter blended, Cheerfully uttered, with demeanour kind, But stately in the main ; and, when he ended, I could have laughed myself to scorn to find In that decrepit man so firm a mind.
78. oldal - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
131. oldal - Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek...
193. oldal - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
110. oldal - Fletcher ; and lastly (without wrong last to be named), the right happy and copious industry of Master Shakespeare, Master Dekker, and Master Heywood...
85. oldal - The King and the Subject, and told me as he would warrant it. Monies! we'll raise supplies what way we please And force you to subscribe to blanks, in which We'll mulct you as we shall think fit. The Caesars In Rome were wise, acknowledging no laws But what their swords did ratify; the wives And daughters of the senators bowing to Their will, as deities, &c. Of this passage Sir Henry Herbert says: This is a piece taken out of Philip Massinger's play, called The King and the Subject...
98. oldal - He that is said to be able to inform young men to all good disciplines, inflame grown men to all great virtues, keep old men in their best and supreme state...
140. oldal - Did not the very lapwing, as she tumbled softly wailing, before his path, as she did years ago, seem to welcome the wanderer home in the name of heaven ? Fair Patience, too, though she was a Puritan, yet did not her cheek flush, her eye grow dim, like any other girl's, as she saw far off the...