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... probably still lingers in some parts of the kingdom . Cowper , it will be remem- bered , describes him admirably . JOHN BRUCE . CURIOSITIES OF ADVERTISING LITERATURE . We are all well acquainted with the ingenious artifices by which ...
... probably still lingers in some parts of the kingdom . Cowper , it will be remem- bered , describes him admirably . JOHN BRUCE . CURIOSITIES OF ADVERTISING LITERATURE . We are all well acquainted with the ingenious artifices by which ...
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... probably in poverty ) , who in deeds , and on his mon . tablet , is described as gent . , likely to have been in 1684 ( aged twenty - seven ) a private , a non - commis- sioned , or commissioned officer ? If the latter , would he not ...
... probably in poverty ) , who in deeds , and on his mon . tablet , is described as gent . , likely to have been in 1684 ( aged twenty - seven ) a private , a non - commis- sioned , or commissioned officer ? If the latter , would he not ...
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... probably the most ancient writing in the world : and though life and immortality were especially reserved as the glorious gift and revelation of our Blessed Redeemer , the eternal Author and Finisher of our salvation , yet Job was ...
... probably the most ancient writing in the world : and though life and immortality were especially reserved as the glorious gift and revelation of our Blessed Redeemer , the eternal Author and Finisher of our salvation , yet Job was ...
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... probably unique . ” On taking it up to answer H. J.'s Query , I found some matter relating to the German academies of the seven- teenth century , which I think may be interesting . Mr. Hallam ( Literature of Europe , iv . v . 9. ) says ...
... probably unique . ” On taking it up to answer H. J.'s Query , I found some matter relating to the German academies of the seven- teenth century , which I think may be interesting . Mr. Hallam ( Literature of Europe , iv . v . 9. ) says ...
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... probably founded not exactly in total ignorance , but in a misconception , of the law . The text writers inform us that " the husband is liable for the wife's debts , because he acquires an absolute interest in the personal estate of ...
... probably founded not exactly in total ignorance , but in a misconception , of the law . The text writers inform us that " the husband is liable for the wife's debts , because he acquires an absolute interest in the personal estate of ...
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Page 93 - When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
Page 121 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Page 175 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 164 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 227 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. BOWDLEB, Esq. FRS New Edition, in Volumes for the Pocket ; with 36 Wood Engravings, from Designs by Smirke, Howard, and other Artists.
Page 343 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Page 391 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Page 255 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Page 350 - Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other.
Page 305 - ... next came the queen, in the sixtyfifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar...