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Side 4
... once - 66 asked a British member of Parliament what had passed in the last session Five months and fourteen days " was the reply ; and if many of us were asked what we had accomplished in the last year , we might be reduced to the ...
... once - 66 asked a British member of Parliament what had passed in the last session Five months and fourteen days " was the reply ; and if many of us were asked what we had accomplished in the last year , we might be reduced to the ...
Side 7
... once ardently admired by Chandos Leigh , Esq . who ' tis said proffered her his hand , an offer which , un- luckily perhaps for herself , Miss F. rejected . It was about this period that he composed the two following poems , which ...
... once ardently admired by Chandos Leigh , Esq . who ' tis said proffered her his hand , an offer which , un- luckily perhaps for herself , Miss F. rejected . It was about this period that he composed the two following poems , which ...
Side 10
... once induced , by large promises , to make the attempt -he plunged in , found the crown , and drew it up till the assembled crowd beheld the golden points.- Twice the burden escaped from his hands , and the people cried to him to renew ...
... once induced , by large promises , to make the attempt -he plunged in , found the crown , and drew it up till the assembled crowd beheld the golden points.- Twice the burden escaped from his hands , and the people cried to him to renew ...
Side 12
... once of opinion that sleep after dinner is pernicious . Hip- pocrates , Galeu , and other eminent physicians , recommended bodily ex- ercise before dinner , and a nap after it , with Felix Plater . The latter once attended a meeting of ...
... once of opinion that sleep after dinner is pernicious . Hip- pocrates , Galeu , and other eminent physicians , recommended bodily ex- ercise before dinner , and a nap after it , with Felix Plater . The latter once attended a meeting of ...
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... once unites elegance and capaciousness To illustate these remarks , we have caused a drawing to be made by Mr. Findlay , of some curious old houses now standing in London Wall ; and the minute fidelity with which he has ex- ecuted the ...
... once unites elegance and capaciousness To illustate these remarks , we have caused a drawing to be made by Mr. Findlay , of some curious old houses now standing in London Wall ; and the minute fidelity with which he has ex- ecuted the ...
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Side 48 - There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Side 7 - ... or else by blind harpers, or such like taverne Minstrels, that give a. fit of mirth for a groat, . . . their matter being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical rimes, made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christmasse dinners and brideales, and in tavernes and alehouses, and such other places of base resorte.
Side 112 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Side 98 - Wycherley from that instant entertained hopes. He did not fail waiting on her the next morning : and with a very melancholy tone begged to know, how it was possible for him to have so much disobliged her Grace? They were very good friends from that time; yet, after all, what did he get by her?
Side 3 - Tower, pretending only curiosity of seeing the regalia there, when, stabbing the keeper, though not mortally, he boldly went away with it through all the guards, taken only by the accident of his horse falling down. How he came to be pardoned, and even received into favour, not only after this, but several other exploits almost as daring both in Ireland and here, I could never come to understand. Some believed he became a spy of several parties, being well with the sectaries and enthusiasts, and...
Side 129 - Master Field, the player, riding up Fleet-street a great ' pace, a gentleman called him, and asked him what play was played ' that day ? He (being angry to be stayed upon so frivolous a demand) * answered, that he might see what play was to be played upon every