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Page 24
I knew him , and was entertained in his service in the flower of his age , and the
height of his prosperity , yet I never knew him free from labour and care . Of all
diversions he loved hunting and hawking in their seasons , but his chief delight
was ...
I knew him , and was entertained in his service in the flower of his age , and the
height of his prosperity , yet I never knew him free from labour and care . Of all
diversions he loved hunting and hawking in their seasons , but his chief delight
was ...
Page 46
Though he was exceedingly pleased with seeing his courtiers attired in gay
apparel , he was very negligent of his own dress , never changing his clothes
until they were worn to rags , “ insomuch as one bringing to him a hať off a
Spanish block ...
Though he was exceedingly pleased with seeing his courtiers attired in gay
apparel , he was very negligent of his own dress , never changing his clothes
until they were worn to rags , “ insomuch as one bringing to him a hať off a
Spanish block ...
Page 49
The style of the work is harsh and negligent , and indeed almost illiterate ; but this
may , perhaps , in some degree be accounted for , when we consider that it was
never prepared by the author for the press . Notwithstanding these defects , The ...
The style of the work is harsh and negligent , and indeed almost illiterate ; but this
may , perhaps , in some degree be accounted for , when we consider that it was
never prepared by the author for the press . Notwithstanding these defects , The ...
Page 165
Thiş , although being without either spade or mattock he found the earth difficult
to deal with , “ for , to be sure , it had never been stirred since the creation , ” he
raised with marvellous expedition and facility . His next business was to provide ...
Thiş , although being without either spade or mattock he found the earth difficult
to deal with , “ for , to be sure , it had never been stirred since the creation , ” he
raised with marvellous expedition and facility . His next business was to provide ...
Page 180
Never prophet wrought such instantaneous conversion - never legislator was so
promptly obeyed ; never general - no , not he who gave his eagles to fly over “
prostrate Asia , ” was so triumphant . At a single moucheratt , he eradicates the ...
Never prophet wrought such instantaneous conversion - never legislator was so
promptly obeyed ; never general - no , not he who gave his eagles to fly over “
prostrate Asia , ” was so triumphant . At a single moucheratt , he eradicates the ...
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