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... taken by surprise , demonstrate any one proposition in the first book of Euclid . His classical knowledge was found at the Uni- versity to be equally superficial . He gained prize there for a Greek Ode , which for ver blasted his ...
... taken by surprise , demonstrate any one proposition in the first book of Euclid . His classical knowledge was found at the Uni- versity to be equally superficial . He gained prize there for a Greek Ode , which for ver blasted his ...
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... taken a salt- water trip in a packet - boat . I am inclined to believe , that a packet is far superior to a stage - coach as a means of making men open out to each other ! " The importance of his observations during the voyage may be ...
... taken a salt- water trip in a packet - boat . I am inclined to believe , that a packet is far superior to a stage - coach as a means of making men open out to each other ! " The importance of his observations during the voyage may be ...
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... taken on board the ship , and , by a slow and steady mo- tion , we proceeded to draw it in . We had taken about 300 yards on board , when , to my excessive mortification , the line gave way , slipped through the grasp of a man who held ...
... taken on board the ship , and , by a slow and steady mo- tion , we proceeded to draw it in . We had taken about 300 yards on board , when , to my excessive mortification , the line gave way , slipped through the grasp of a man who held ...
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... taken with great allowance , for it is spoken almost on his death - bed , and with a sorely - troubled con- science . And though all this may be true , as it respects himself , it is not fair to con- vict Marlow on the evidence of a ...
... taken with great allowance , for it is spoken almost on his death - bed , and with a sorely - troubled con- science . And though all this may be true , as it respects himself , it is not fair to con- vict Marlow on the evidence of a ...
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... taken at the request of parties by Nichol- son , acting in his professional capaci- ty , in the view of being afterwards extended . Of this document , which fills a single sheet , and is besides evinced by the water - mark to be of ...
... taken at the request of parties by Nichol- son , acting in his professional capaci- ty , in the view of being afterwards extended . Of this document , which fills a single sheet , and is besides evinced by the water - mark to be of ...
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Page 314 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Page 250 - And kill sick people groaning under walls; Sometimes I go about and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'em go pinioned along by my door.
Page 3 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, While, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 420 - To be suspected ; fram'd to make women false. The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest, that but seem to be so ; And will as tenderly be led by the nose, As asses are. I have't ; — it is engender'd : — Hell and night Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light.
Page 21 - They give me bread and water, being a king ; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distempered, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no, I know not.
Page 17 - I have not seen a dapper Jack so brisk : He wears a short Italian hooded cloak, Larded with pearl, and in his Tuscan cap A jewel of more value than the crown.
Page 21 - EDW.: Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me, if I sleep, I never wake: This fear is that which makes me tremble thus; And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come? LIGHT.: To rid thee of thy life. — Matrevis, come! Enter MATREVIS and GURNEY K. EDW.: I am too weak and feeble to resist. — Assist me, sweet God, and receive my soul!
Page 419 - d with epithets of war ; And, in conclusion, (Nonsuits my mediators; for, 'Certes,' says he, ' I have already chose my officer.
Page 78 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Page 487 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...