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... Collection of Poems of 1758. In a much later edition of that work , viz . 1782 , the line is again printed - " Or ... collected edition of the poems , printed in 4 vols . , 1721 ? My present object is , to call your attention to a ...
... Collection of Poems of 1758. In a much later edition of that work , viz . 1782 , the line is again printed - " Or ... collected edition of the poems , printed in 4 vols . , 1721 ? My present object is , to call your attention to a ...
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... collection , has , curiously enough , appeared in an extensive public sale . It was likewise said to be by Bulfinch ; and farther examination leads me to infer that both this and the Oxford copy were , in respect of artist , in all ...
... collection , has , curiously enough , appeared in an extensive public sale . It was likewise said to be by Bulfinch ; and farther examination leads me to infer that both this and the Oxford copy were , in respect of artist , in all ...
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... collection of plain receipts , adapted to the service of families , in which the table is supplied , with a regard to economy as well as comfort and elegance . " - Morning Post . " Unquestionably the most complete guide to the culinary ...
... collection of plain receipts , adapted to the service of families , in which the table is supplied , with a regard to economy as well as comfort and elegance . " - Morning Post . " Unquestionably the most complete guide to the culinary ...
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... collection which does not bear testimony of its origin ; the places and dates are also strong corroborations to such of his friends as he corresponded with on his last journey across the Alps . His style was elegant , and his ideas so ...
... collection which does not bear testimony of its origin ; the places and dates are also strong corroborations to such of his friends as he corresponded with on his last journey across the Alps . His style was elegant , and his ideas so ...
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... collection of insects . " Is there any collection extant ? 66 He may give me much assistance in my intended Synopsis of our English Animals , and contribute much to the perfecting of it . " Did he do so ? Is the print of old Jacob ...
... collection of insects . " Is there any collection extant ? 66 He may give me much assistance in my intended Synopsis of our English Animals , and contribute much to the perfecting of it . " Did he do so ? Is the print of old Jacob ...
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Page 309 - a should not think of God ; I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet: So, 'a bade me lay more clothes on his feet : I put my hand into the bed, and felt them, and they were as cold as any stone ; then I felt to his knees, and so upward, and upward, and all was as cold as any stone.
Page 113 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 308 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 38 - Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Page 210 - That run-away's eyes may wink ; and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of, and unseen ! — Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties: or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. — Come...
Page 84 - MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER'S Flowers of History, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain, from the beginning of the World to AD 1307. By CD Yonge. 2 vols. NENNIUS. Chronicle of.— See Six OE Chronicles. ORDERICUS VITALIS' Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy.
Page 251 - Their downy breast ; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit...
Page 331 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 211 - They say, miracles are past; and we -have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless. Hence is it, that we make trifles of terrors; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 264 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?