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Page 10
No waste , nothing bas been wasted , my dear commissioner ; believe me , even
in point of economy we could not have laid out money better ; for at a trifling
expense we have obtained for Georgiana the credit of having refused Count ...
No waste , nothing bas been wasted , my dear commissioner ; believe me , even
in point of economy we could not have laid out money better ; for at a trifling
expense we have obtained for Georgiana the credit of having refused Count ...
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Deep hid under a large mass of selfishness there may be some glimmerings of
affection . He shows symptoms of feeling for his horses , and his inother , and his
coachman , and his country . I do believe he would fight for old En . gland , for it is
...
Deep hid under a large mass of selfishness there may be some glimmerings of
affection . He shows symptoms of feeling for his horses , and his inother , and his
coachman , and his country . I do believe he would fight for old En . gland , for it is
...
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At most , we deviate into a Border - bumpkin ; and view with jealousy in the
country dances , the occasional introduction of an ullemande , ( another German
innovation , we believe , in which the concatenation of youthful arms is somewhat
...
At most , we deviate into a Border - bumpkin ; and view with jealousy in the
country dances , the occasional introduction of an ullemande , ( another German
innovation , we believe , in which the concatenation of youthful arms is somewhat
...
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We say record ; but it is very difficult to believe that the following matter came
really from that great man . He is speaking of Frederick II . « Celui - la , ” disait - il ,
“ n ' a jamais abandonné son armée au milieu des combats . Ses victoires étaient
...
We say record ; but it is very difficult to believe that the following matter came
really from that great man . He is speaking of Frederick II . « Celui - la , ” disait - il ,
“ n ' a jamais abandonné son armée au milieu des combats . Ses victoires étaient
...
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... of Cumberland , who remained about a quarter of an hour with him . " We really
believe this intrusion of princely importunity is unexampled ; and can by no
means bring ourselves to believe that the circumstance has been accurately
reported ...
... of Cumberland , who remained about a quarter of an hour with him . " We really
believe this intrusion of princely importunity is unexampled ; and can by no
means bring ourselves to believe that the circumstance has been accurately
reported ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - 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.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.