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... says that a ' Bouter Table ' is a Table fitted with a sieve through which flour is sifted , and having drawers underneath to receive that flour . It was an ordinary piece of furniture in old houses . An old carpenter in Ufford adds that ...
... says that a ' Bouter Table ' is a Table fitted with a sieve through which flour is sifted , and having drawers underneath to receive that flour . It was an ordinary piece of furniture in old houses . An old carpenter in Ufford adds that ...
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... says of him : " He exhibited his love of a jest as much as his vanity in retaining a professional jester , said to be the last case of the sort in any English private family . " What is the authority for this ? We do not doubt the ...
... says of him : " He exhibited his love of a jest as much as his vanity in retaining a professional jester , said to be the last case of the sort in any English private family . " What is the authority for this ? We do not doubt the ...
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... say whether it is be given in any future issue , pointing out the I am much indebted , or to your critical abilities ... says the last words were , O , my poor country ! ' But there are only two things of which a dying man can think ...
... say whether it is be given in any future issue , pointing out the I am much indebted , or to your critical abilities ... says the last words were , O , my poor country ! ' But there are only two things of which a dying man can think ...
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... says : - : - 68 ing by itself , but close to the village cross , a very small , * circular , solidly - constructed stone building terminating in a dome . I inquired what it was , and was told it was used as a lock - up for offenders ...
... says : - : - 68 ing by itself , but close to the village cross , a very small , * circular , solidly - constructed stone building terminating in a dome . I inquired what it was , and was told it was used as a lock - up for offenders ...
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... says , " Physical wants are ascribed to the gods generally , and to Poseidon individually . " The distinction is nice , but not , I think , just . It was the creed of the time that the priest knew the mind of his deity . Achilles says ...
... says , " Physical wants are ascribed to the gods generally , and to Poseidon individually . " The distinction is nice , but not , I think , just . It was the creed of the time that the priest knew the mind of his deity . Achilles says ...
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Page 160 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
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Page 33 - TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 82 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 82 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 82 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest...
Page 225 - royal bird' ? Gone down, it seems, to Scotland to be fiddled Unto by Sawney's violin, we have heard : 'Caw me, caw thee' — for six months hath been hatching This scene of royal itch and loyal scratching.
Page 41 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; And let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 50 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
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