The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 10
... a single candle burning in it . After a short stay in this melancholy apartment , he was 10 ADDISON'S WORKS . SCHILLER'S HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR AND REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS Translated by A J W MORRISON Portrait.
... a single candle burning in it . After a short stay in this melancholy apartment , he was 10 ADDISON'S WORKS . SCHILLER'S HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR AND REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS Translated by A J W MORRISON Portrait.
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... short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared for death ? " The boy , who had been bred up by honest parents , was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding , and especially by the last dreadful inter- rogatory ...
... short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared for death ? " The boy , who had been bred up by honest parents , was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding , and especially by the last dreadful inter- rogatory ...
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... short , I found but one hus- band among this great mountain of baggage , who was a lively cobbler , and kicked and spurred all the while his wife was carrying him on , and , as it was said , had scarce passed a day in his life without ...
... short , I found but one hus- band among this great mountain of baggage , who was a lively cobbler , and kicked and spurred all the while his wife was carrying him on , and , as it was said , had scarce passed a day in his life without ...
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... short , every- thing prophesies to the superstitious man ; there is scarce a straw or a rusty piece of iron that lies in his way by ac- cident . It is not to be conceived , how many wizards , gipsies , and cunning - men are dispersed ...
... short , every- thing prophesies to the superstitious man ; there is scarce a straw or a rusty piece of iron that lies in his way by ac- cident . It is not to be conceived , how many wizards , gipsies , and cunning - men are dispersed ...
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... short proverbs . But among all the different ways of giving counsel , I think the finest , and that which pleases the most univers- ally , is fable , in whatsoever shape it appears . If we con- sider this way of instructing or giving ...
... short proverbs . But among all the different ways of giving counsel , I think the finest , and that which pleases the most univers- ally , is fable , in whatsoever shape it appears . If we con- sider this way of instructing or giving ...
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