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Side 8
... continued friction and move- ment of the wig , like the " Gutta cavat lapidem , " may not be traced as the cause of this inviting peculiarity . I may merely observe , that I did my ut- most to profit by the spectacle of so chequered and ...
... continued friction and move- ment of the wig , like the " Gutta cavat lapidem , " may not be traced as the cause of this inviting peculiarity . I may merely observe , that I did my ut- most to profit by the spectacle of so chequered and ...
Side 16
... continued in the office of Moderator . As the Assem- bly did not convene till late in the afternoon , no business was transacted in the First Session ; but the future meetings were arranged and appoint- ed . Many of the nobility were in ...
... continued in the office of Moderator . As the Assem- bly did not convene till late in the afternoon , no business was transacted in the First Session ; but the future meetings were arranged and appoint- ed . Many of the nobility were in ...
Side 17
... continued his la- bours as a teacher . He was the author of that introduction to the Latin tongue commonly called the Dunbar Rudiments . It was first printed at Edinburgh in 1587 , and continued to be generally taught over Scotland till ...
... continued his la- bours as a teacher . He was the author of that introduction to the Latin tongue commonly called the Dunbar Rudiments . It was first printed at Edinburgh in 1587 , and continued to be generally taught over Scotland till ...
Side 49
... continued at school , a boy among boys , it was a matter of no great concern in what manner I em- ployed my play - hours , nor were the taunts of my companions either very frequent or very galling . I was never at any loss in repelling ...
... continued at school , a boy among boys , it was a matter of no great concern in what manner I em- ployed my play - hours , nor were the taunts of my companions either very frequent or very galling . I was never at any loss in repelling ...
Side 63
... continued strain , from the beginning to the end of the book , the termination of pe- riods , or paragraphs , being no ways distinguished . It is so in that ve- nerable MS . the Alexandrian , which is as old as the Council of Nice ...
... continued strain , from the beginning to the end of the book , the termination of pe- riods , or paragraphs , being no ways distinguished . It is so in that ve- nerable MS . the Alexandrian , which is as old as the Council of Nice ...
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Side 547 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Side 134 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so...
Side 547 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Side 549 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this?
Side 69 - Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
Side 299 - Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Side 299 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Side 411 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Side 548 - With wondrous potency. Once more, good night, And when you are desirous to be blest, I'll blessing beg of you.
Side 416 - A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o