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... RICHARD EDGCUMBE . through it . He has watched for an hour at a time , and seen swarms fly to within a few inches of the net , and then , after buzzing about for a little , depart . He told me the flies would pass through the net if ...
... RICHARD EDGCUMBE . through it . He has watched for an hour at a time , and seen swarms fly to within a few inches of the net , and then , after buzzing about for a little , depart . He told me the flies would pass through the net if ...
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... Richard II . , find the names Pymberd , Chalkhill , Philbow , and Rippon . 63 , Fellows Road , N.W. E. T. EVANS . EUROPEAN WOMEN AMONG SAVAGES . - Besides those noted below , there may be other instances known of European women having ...
... Richard II . , find the names Pymberd , Chalkhill , Philbow , and Rippon . 63 , Fellows Road , N.W. E. T. EVANS . EUROPEAN WOMEN AMONG SAVAGES . - Besides those noted below , there may be other instances known of European women having ...
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... Richard of Slwch in the High Street of Aber Honddu ( Brecon ) , and took service under John of Gaunt , for whose son , Henry Bolingbroke , he conceived a violent friendship . Henry , upon his accession to the throne , restored Gram to ...
... Richard of Slwch in the High Street of Aber Honddu ( Brecon ) , and took service under John of Gaunt , for whose son , Henry Bolingbroke , he conceived a violent friendship . Henry , upon his accession to the throne , restored Gram to ...
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... Richard the Third . ' Full - page illustrations include the mourning of Queen Margaret , Clarence and Brakenbury , Queen Elizabeth lamenting , the Prince of Wales and Buckingham proceeding to the Tower , and the progress of Hastings to ...
... Richard the Third . ' Full - page illustrations include the mourning of Queen Margaret , Clarence and Brakenbury , Queen Elizabeth lamenting , the Prince of Wales and Buckingham proceeding to the Tower , and the progress of Hastings to ...
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... Richard Ashe King , Author of • The Wearing of the Green , " A Drawn Game , ' & c . , is begun in the JANUARY Number ... RICHARD JEFFERIES . - With Photograph - Portrait , crown 8vo . cloth extra , 68 . The EULOGY of RICHARD JEFFERIES ...
... Richard Ashe King , Author of • The Wearing of the Green , " A Drawn Game , ' & c . , is begun in the JANUARY Number ... RICHARD JEFFERIES . - With Photograph - Portrait , crown 8vo . cloth extra , 68 . The EULOGY of RICHARD JEFFERIES ...
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Page 117 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 85 - And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.
Page 118 - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird...
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Page 199 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell...
Page 18 - Heart of oak are our men, We always are ready, Steady ! Boys ! steady ! We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they wish us away; If they run, why we follow and run them ashore, For if they won't fight us, we cannot do more.
Page 333 - Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole.