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... seems scarcely to amount to one - third of its value in this country ; which is owing in a great measure to the want of leases and the smallness of the farms , as well as to the differ- ence in the value of money . When to this ...
... seems scarcely to amount to one - third of its value in this country ; which is owing in a great measure to the want of leases and the smallness of the farms , as well as to the differ- ence in the value of money . When to this ...
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... seems , he found them cheaper as he advanced on his journey : Amiens is still a very cheap town for permanent residence , though the war has very seriously affected it . A good house may be rented for thirty pounds per annum , the taxes ...
... seems , he found them cheaper as he advanced on his journey : Amiens is still a very cheap town for permanent residence , though the war has very seriously affected it . A good house may be rented for thirty pounds per annum , the taxes ...
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... seem to be the natu- ral demand of the population .'- ' One distinction of French and English visiting I must not omit . In England , if any one comes from any distance to visit the family of a friend , he of course takes his dinner ...
... seem to be the natu- ral demand of the population .'- ' One distinction of French and English visiting I must not omit . In England , if any one comes from any distance to visit the family of a friend , he of course takes his dinner ...
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... seem to think that the whole business is done when the town is once paved .'- The Avignonese , whilst under the papal jurisdiction , bore a general reputation for the utmost profligacy both of principles and conduct . This character has ...
... seem to think that the whole business is done when the town is once paved .'- The Avignonese , whilst under the papal jurisdiction , bore a general reputation for the utmost profligacy both of principles and conduct . This character has ...
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... seem to go this length with regard to the established reli- gion of his country , he teaches us to estimate its principal value as a mere political scheme , ' ( p . xv . ) and pleads for its support , not so much because it is ...
... seem to go this length with regard to the established reli- gion of his country , he teaches us to estimate its principal value as a mere political scheme , ' ( p . xv . ) and pleads for its support , not so much because it is ...
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Page 397 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 231 - Back to the gates of heaven : the sulphurous hail, Shot after us in storm, o'erblown, hath laid The fiery surge, that from the precipice Of heaven received us falling ; and the thunder, Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep.
Page 348 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : But I would have you know that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by Cod, I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, ELIZABETH.
Page 316 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace: He for God only, she for God in him.
Page 90 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme ; it is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable!
Page 108 - Christianity, and which may not seem to have received a full and sufficient answer, if any such there shall be unto the year preceding his election ; as likewise to be ready to satisfy any real scruples or objections, in a private way, that may be brought from time to time by any fair and...
Page 124 - must become of me, who can say it by heart; and who often repeat it to myself with a delight, which grows by what it feeds upon?" " Die," returned the growler,
Page 236 - A large Eolian harp is fixed in one of the windows, and, when the weather permits them to be opened, it breathes its deep tones to the gale, swelling and softening as that rises and falls.
Page 423 - And besides this, giving all diligence, ADD to your faith virtue; AND to virtue knowledge; AND to knowledge temperance; AND to temperance patience; AND to patience godliness; AND to godliness brotherly kindness; AND to brotherly kindness charity.
Page 87 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.