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... taken ; he had made his way through the house , threatening those whom he met with instant death if they opposed him , and leaping out of a back window into a court at the rear of the house , got clear off . The scene filled our ...
... taken ; he had made his way through the house , threatening those whom he met with instant death if they opposed him , and leaping out of a back window into a court at the rear of the house , got clear off . The scene filled our ...
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... taken up his residence at the Riviere du Rempart , half a league from the spot where the St. Gerand was wrecked . " But to make amends for this diversity in the characters of real life and those of romance , the Isle of France is cele ...
... taken up his residence at the Riviere du Rempart , half a league from the spot where the St. Gerand was wrecked . " But to make amends for this diversity in the characters of real life and those of romance , the Isle of France is cele ...
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... taken from the lips of Mrs. Grant , of Laggan , the de- lightful writer of " Letters from the Mountains . " It is said to be the prototype of Re- becca's turret scene in Ivanhoe , and is interesting not only in itself , but also as ...
... taken from the lips of Mrs. Grant , of Laggan , the de- lightful writer of " Letters from the Mountains . " It is said to be the prototype of Re- becca's turret scene in Ivanhoe , and is interesting not only in itself , but also as ...
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... taken the liberty which Alexander indulged to Parmenio , of peeping over my shoulder as I was recording this passage of my history , asks me in the tone of affectionate remon- strance , why I did not brave the inquiry with the pride and ...
... taken the liberty which Alexander indulged to Parmenio , of peeping over my shoulder as I was recording this passage of my history , asks me in the tone of affectionate remon- strance , why I did not brave the inquiry with the pride and ...
Side 14
... taken at ran- dom , from a list of the privy purse expenses of the family of Lestrange of Hunstanton , given by the Society of Antiquaries in their last volume of the Archaeologia . They were communicated by Daniel Gurney , Esq . who ...
... taken at ran- dom , from a list of the privy purse expenses of the family of Lestrange of Hunstanton , given by the Society of Antiquaries in their last volume of the Archaeologia . They were communicated by Daniel Gurney , Esq . who ...
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Side 396 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Side 293 - I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider -to the Fly. " There are pretty curtains drawn around ; the sheets are fine and thin, And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!
Side 293 - At last, Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast. He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den Within his little parlor — but she ne'er came out again! And now, dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed; Unto an evil counsellor close heart, and ear, and eye, And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.
Side 293 - Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing; Your robes are green and purple, there's a crest upon your head; Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead...
Side 46 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Side 295 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride*< Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Side 286 - ... had swallowed them. The horrid noise of their closing jaws, their plunging amidst the broken banks of fish, and rising with their prey some feet upright above the water, the floods of water and blood rushing out of their mouths, and the clouds of vapour issuing from their wide nostrils, were truly frightful. This scene continued at intervals during the night, as the fish came to the pass.
Side 269 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes and gives.
Side 46 - There is a man, whose moral character, deep learning, and superior parts, I acknowledge, admire, and respect ; but whom it is so impossible for me to love, that I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body. Hij legs and arms are never in the position which, according...
Side 388 - ... down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...