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... passed into the chapel he caught sight of the beautiful novice , Lucrezia Buti , who had been sent thither by her ... passing through Spoleto , begged permission from the magistrates 16 WESTERN MISCELLANY .
... passed into the chapel he caught sight of the beautiful novice , Lucrezia Buti , who had been sent thither by her ... passing through Spoleto , begged permission from the magistrates 16 WESTERN MISCELLANY .
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Benjamin Franklin Ells. in passing through Spoleto , begged permission from the magistrates to re- move the remains of the artist to the church of Santa Maria del Fiore , at Florence . They are unwilling to relinquish so honorable a ...
Benjamin Franklin Ells. in passing through Spoleto , begged permission from the magistrates to re- move the remains of the artist to the church of Santa Maria del Fiore , at Florence . They are unwilling to relinquish so honorable a ...
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... passed through has caused it to shrink a little . " But Adam was firm , and Mr. Bennet gave it up for a lost case . This , Mr. Moore observed , might be thought a little thing ; but it was a proof of the tenderness of his con- science ...
... passed through has caused it to shrink a little . " But Adam was firm , and Mr. Bennet gave it up for a lost case . This , Mr. Moore observed , might be thought a little thing ; but it was a proof of the tenderness of his con- science ...
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... passing round the heel , but only fixing the toes , so as to allow the heel to rise after each step . To those who are ... passed in dull monotony ; the officers employed them- selves in writing out their journals . The provisions ...
... passing round the heel , but only fixing the toes , so as to allow the heel to rise after each step . To those who are ... passed in dull monotony ; the officers employed them- selves in writing out their journals . The provisions ...
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... passed when I heard a light tap on my door - I could not answer it . Again I heard a louder knock ; I knew it was my sister , she spoke and called me by name . The door opened and she came forward cautiously and again spoke , as she ...
... passed when I heard a light tap on my door - I could not answer it . Again I heard a louder knock ; I knew it was my sister , she spoke and called me by name . The door opened and she came forward cautiously and again spoke , as she ...
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Page 96 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 94 - We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Page 93 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle; and farther, Beware of little expenses; A small leak will sink a great ship; and again, Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Page 91 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business : let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 94 - When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better memories than debtors; and in another place says, creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or if you bear your debt in mind, the term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Time will seem to have added...
Page 94 - Experience keeps a dear school ; but fools will learn in no other...
Page 79 - But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 203 - And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.