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Page 189
... fall on : whose signal was the shot of a cannon from their Pile Battery into the sea towards his quarters , with a hollow - holed bullet , which made a humming noise . When General VERE had got them under the swoop of his cannon and ...
... fall on : whose signal was the shot of a cannon from their Pile Battery into the sea towards his quarters , with a hollow - holed bullet , which made a humming noise . When General VERE had got them under the swoop of his cannon and ...
Page 488
... Fall of the Roman Empire On his Life - Work i T was at Rome , on the 15th of October 1764 , as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol , while the bare - footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter , that the idea ...
... Fall of the Roman Empire On his Life - Work i T was at Rome , on the 15th of October 1764 , as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol , while the bare - footed fryars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter , that the idea ...
Page 538
... fall in the storms of the world , and why we did not fall . The Christian patience you may witness , the impartiality of the judgment - seat , the disrespect of persons , the disregard of consequences . These attributes of justice do ...
... fall in the storms of the world , and why we did not fall . The Christian patience you may witness , the impartiality of the judgment - seat , the disrespect of persons , the disregard of consequences . These attributes of justice do ...
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Aesop agen beautiful better boat called Captain Church Crito Ctesippus dear death delight earth enemy England English eyes face fair Falstaff father feel flowers FRANCIS VERE Froissart's Chronicles garden gentleman give ground Guenever hand hath haue head hear heard heart heaven honour Jocelin John King knew knyght kyng labour Lady learned light live look Lord Lothair Makbeth master Messrs mind moche morning nature never night noble passed Pembroke College person Plato pleasure praye Prince Redgauntlet Robert of Scotland sayd sche seemed ship side sight silence sonne soul spirit stood sweet talk tell Temse thanne thee therfore things thou thought tion told took town trees turned uncle Toby unto vnto voice walked whan whole wind woman word wyll young