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... writing the history of the present , and upon us will depend the future . Let us , then , note the fragments as they pass ; fix , in enduring words , the memories of the old time , ever remembering , that " We may build more splendid ...
... writing the history of the present , and upon us will depend the future . Let us , then , note the fragments as they pass ; fix , in enduring words , the memories of the old time , ever remembering , that " We may build more splendid ...
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... writer says , " reaching from the altar to the church door , " and another " as long as the tails of ten peacocks . " Later in the period , the dresses were as scanty as sacks , so that the ladies were compelled to put one foot before ...
... writer says , " reaching from the altar to the church door , " and another " as long as the tails of ten peacocks . " Later in the period , the dresses were as scanty as sacks , so that the ladies were compelled to put one foot before ...
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... writer who most successfully pan- ders to the worst passions of our nature is the widest read and perhaps the best paid . In addition to the story just spoken of , the number before us contains a couple of narratives , entitled ...
... writer who most successfully pan- ders to the worst passions of our nature is the widest read and perhaps the best paid . In addition to the story just spoken of , the number before us contains a couple of narratives , entitled ...
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... writers of the present day : and this is a reliable test of literary worth . How often are we meeting with that characteristic stanza from " Rob Roy , " 66 -The good old rule Sufficeth them - the simple plan- That they should take who ...
... writers of the present day : and this is a reliable test of literary worth . How often are we meeting with that characteristic stanza from " Rob Roy , " 66 -The good old rule Sufficeth them - the simple plan- That they should take who ...
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... ever before his burly face the eye - glass of the Whigs . No wonder that in so many things these gents should agree to differ . As with historians , so with other writers . Mr. Spence has just written 106 THE WALSALL OBSERVER .
... ever before his burly face the eye - glass of the Whigs . No wonder that in so many things these gents should agree to differ . As with historians , so with other writers . Mr. Spence has just written 106 THE WALSALL OBSERVER .
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Стр. 221 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Стр. 221 - ... as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the...
Стр. 171 - Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Стр. 88 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Стр. 201 - There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Стр. 125 - No, no! knock his brains out; down with him; kill him at once.' Others said, 'Nay, but we will hear him first.' I began asking, 'What evil have I done? Which of you all have I wronged in word or deed?
Стр. 224 - Then the hangman kneeled down and asked her forgiveness, whom she forgave most willingly. Then he willed her to stand upon the straw ; which doing, she saw the block. Then she said, " I pray you dispatch me quickly.
Стр. 126 - An honest butcher, who was a little farther off said it was a shame they should do thus; and pulled back four or five, one after another, who were running on the most fiercely. The people then, as if it had been by common consent, fell back to the right and left; while those three or four men took me between them, and carried me through them all. But on the bridge the mob rallied again: we therefore went on one side over the...
Стр. 125 - In the mean time my strength and my voice returned, and I broke out aloud into prayer. And now the man who had just before headed the mob, turned and said, ' Sir, I will spend my life for you. Follow me, and not one soul here shall touch a hair of your head.
Стр. 221 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.