The North American Review, Volume 81O. Everett, 1855 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... appearance , or nice in his habits , he was on one of these occasions mistaken by a novice of a waiter for a debauched gardener from the adjoining market , and the Gar- den Ganymede was on the point of kicking him to the door for his ...
... appearance , or nice in his habits , he was on one of these occasions mistaken by a novice of a waiter for a debauched gardener from the adjoining market , and the Gar- den Ganymede was on the point of kicking him to the door for his ...
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... appearance should seem in the eyes of the attendants to justify so much respect ; but the old Roman proverb holds good here as well as else- where , " Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum " ; for according to the fashion of your ...
... appearance should seem in the eyes of the attendants to justify so much respect ; but the old Roman proverb holds good here as well as else- where , " Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum " ; for according to the fashion of your ...
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... appearance should seem in the eyes of the attendants to justify so much respect ; but the old Roman proverb holds good here as well as else- where , " Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum " ; for according to the fashion of your ...
... appearance should seem in the eyes of the attendants to justify so much respect ; but the old Roman proverb holds good here as well as else- where , " Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum " ; for according to the fashion of your ...
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... appeared in view . ' I say , Charlie , ' remarked the wit , ' I have often heard you talk of the majesty of the people , but I never before saw any of their princes and princesses . ' " The Prince of Wales and Duke of York frequently ...
... appeared in view . ' I say , Charlie , ' remarked the wit , ' I have often heard you talk of the majesty of the people , but I never before saw any of their princes and princesses . ' " The Prince of Wales and Duke of York frequently ...
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... Appearing at court next day - a cold day in the middle of March in light habiliments , the king remarked them , and the incongruity . " Very true , Sire , they are cold ; and yet I assure your Majesty I have been in a violent ...
... Appearing at court next day - a cold day in the middle of March in light habiliments , the king remarked them , and the incongruity . " Very true , Sire , they are cold ; and yet I assure your Majesty I have been in a violent ...
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Page 536 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 66 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 196 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Page 302 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 536 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 251 - Next Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Ah; who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge?
Page 3 - Welcome all who lead or follow To the Oracle of Apollo, — Here he speaks out of his pottle, Or the tripos, his tower bottle: All his answers are divine, Truth itself doth flow in wine.
Page 314 - ... We are as near to heaven by sea as by land," reiterating the same speech, well beseeming a soldier, resolute in Jesus Christ, as I can testify he was.
Page 3 - He the half of life abuses That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted; Ply it, and you all are mounted.
Page 253 - Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her Speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her...