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... Play- fair and his faction attacking Southey ( a man so far his superior in genius and erudition , and surely at least his equal in virtue ) for being an apostate , and yet keep silent on the fact that Playfair him- self had been in ...
... Play- fair and his faction attacking Southey ( a man so far his superior in genius and erudition , and surely at least his equal in virtue ) for being an apostate , and yet keep silent on the fact that Playfair him- self had been in ...
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... play their match at cricket , and to try their skill in foot - ball , racing , and other athletic sports . To these meetings , by the way , I never failed to give my coun- tenance . For the most part I stood by till one or two contests ...
... play their match at cricket , and to try their skill in foot - ball , racing , and other athletic sports . To these meetings , by the way , I never failed to give my coun- tenance . For the most part I stood by till one or two contests ...
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... play . He insisted that the eleventh bird fell out of bounds ; and being corrected in that particular by a reference to his own umpire , he changed his mode of attack for another annoyance . The poach- ing propensity of Joe's father ...
... play . He insisted that the eleventh bird fell out of bounds ; and being corrected in that particular by a reference to his own umpire , he changed his mode of attack for another annoyance . The poach- ing propensity of Joe's father ...
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... play . This it is that pulls down the coffee - houses , into which all may walk , and sets up the clubs , into which even he who would eat a twen- ty - shilling supper cannot enter . And , for the lower ranks , as regards exter- nal ...
... play . This it is that pulls down the coffee - houses , into which all may walk , and sets up the clubs , into which even he who would eat a twen- ty - shilling supper cannot enter . And , for the lower ranks , as regards exter- nal ...
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... play . I shall keep a small establishment in town - that I am fixed on . The house that I have taken in Park - lane is a nutshell . One chariot - and that shall serve for travelling , and all ; nothing expensive but my horses - and , of ...
... play . I shall keep a small establishment in town - that I am fixed on . The house that I have taken in Park - lane is a nutshell . One chariot - and that shall serve for travelling , and all ; nothing expensive but my horses - and , of ...
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Page 379 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation : Meek loveliness is round thee spread, A softness still and holy: The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Page 325 - twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain. But when I speak, thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary, thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been.
Page 325 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
Page 93 - ENCYCLOPAEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Page 459 - They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish in the face of the whole world their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that Holy Religion, namely the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace...
Page 32 - The road he took, then hasted to my friends ; Whom, with a troop of fifty chosen men, I met advancing. The pursuit I led, Till we o'ertook the spoil-encumber'd foe.
Page 325 - Like the sun, thy presence glowing, Clothes the meanest things in light; And when thou, like him, art going, Loveliest objects fade in night. All things looked so bright about thee, That they nothing seem without thee; By that pure and lucid mind Earthly things were too, refined. Go, thou vision, wildly gleaming, Softly on my soul that fell; Go, for me no longer beaming — Hope and Beauty! fare ye well!
Page 459 - IN the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. THEIR Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia...
Page 459 - ... to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the counsels of princes and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions and remedying their imperfections.
Page 356 - ... with lovely gleam, Comes gliding in serene and slow, Soft and silent as a dream, A solitary Doe! White she is as lily of June, And beauteous as the silver moon When out of sight the clouds are driven And she is left alone in heaven; Or like a ship some gentle day In sunshine sailing far away, A glittering ship, that hath the plain Of ocean for her own domain.