The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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Page 6
... leaving the room , and in about two hours , a post - chaise drove up to the door . My mother had by this time learnt resignation , and dismissed me with an injunction , which , in the excess of her affection , differed little from the ...
... leaving the room , and in about two hours , a post - chaise drove up to the door . My mother had by this time learnt resignation , and dismissed me with an injunction , which , in the excess of her affection , differed little from the ...
Page 13
... leave our native sands , Our native rocks , to despot sway , To learn the tongues of foreign lands , And moulder in a foreign clay ? Yes ! we depart in stern disdain Of those who crouch beneath the chain . The sun - set gilds our ...
... leave our native sands , Our native rocks , to despot sway , To learn the tongues of foreign lands , And moulder in a foreign clay ? Yes ! we depart in stern disdain Of those who crouch beneath the chain . The sun - set gilds our ...
Page 14
... leave a hero's tomb To foes who wield o'er land and sea A sword to crush the brave and free ? No - light the pile , to wrap in flames The relics of our glorious sires ; This land will not forget the names Of those who fell : ascend ye ...
... leave a hero's tomb To foes who wield o'er land and sea A sword to crush the brave and free ? No - light the pile , to wrap in flames The relics of our glorious sires ; This land will not forget the names Of those who fell : ascend ye ...
Page 20
... leave to put in a caveat against that joke . With regard to the invitation of the Club , I shall beg leave to decline it for the present , while I aspire to a higher honour , that of receiving Mr. Ignoramus's toe . LLAN EGWEST ABBEY ...
... leave to put in a caveat against that joke . With regard to the invitation of the Club , I shall beg leave to decline it for the present , while I aspire to a higher honour , that of receiving Mr. Ignoramus's toe . LLAN EGWEST ABBEY ...
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... leave you to judge ; but I will endeavour to refute the above - mentioned , and pre- vailing maxim - to prove the truth of Horace's re- mark , that it is by no means impossible -Ex fumo dare lucem ; " and to show , that from what is by ...
... leave you to judge ; but I will endeavour to refute the above - mentioned , and pre- vailing maxim - to prove the truth of Horace's re- mark , that it is by no means impossible -Ex fumo dare lucem ; " and to show , that from what is by ...
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