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... possession , the whole of Werle's reserves were coming forward to reinforce the front column of the French , and the remnant of Houghton's brigade could no longer maintain its ground . The field was heaped with carcases , the lancers ...
... possession , the whole of Werle's reserves were coming forward to reinforce the front column of the French , and the remnant of Houghton's brigade could no longer maintain its ground . The field was heaped with carcases , the lancers ...
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... possession of a great portion of Greece , and their independence is acknowledged by the Sultan ; an act which , for reasons before assigned , will very probably hurl him from his throne . In Africa , we find that the tributary kingdom ...
... possession of a great portion of Greece , and their independence is acknowledged by the Sultan ; an act which , for reasons before assigned , will very probably hurl him from his throne . In Africa , we find that the tributary kingdom ...
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... possession . We have thus freely stated our principal objection to this work , which is a great deal too bulky , and too full of trifling details . At the same time we do not mean to say that it is altogether destitute of value . It may ...
... possession . We have thus freely stated our principal objection to this work , which is a great deal too bulky , and too full of trifling details . At the same time we do not mean to say that it is altogether destitute of value . It may ...
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... possessed of the confidence of the nation nor the reverence of foreign princes . Pitt has shewn himself great in power , it remains for him to support , when deprived of office , the high opinion he has acquired . If he is betrayed into ...
... possessed of the confidence of the nation nor the reverence of foreign princes . Pitt has shewn himself great in power , it remains for him to support , when deprived of office , the high opinion he has acquired . If he is betrayed into ...
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... possessions . The memoir of the Rev. Baptist Noel Turner , of whom Mr. Nichols has given a well - engraved portrait , is particularly interesting on account of his acquaintance with Dr. Johnson , to whom he had the good fortune to be ...
... possessions . The memoir of the Rev. Baptist Noel Turner , of whom Mr. Nichols has given a well - engraved portrait , is particularly interesting on account of his acquaintance with Dr. Johnson , to whom he had the good fortune to be ...
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Page 481 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 83 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 80 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 453 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 597 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 72 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
Page 565 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 237 - Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress.
Page 329 - Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
Page 375 - At our feast wee had a play called ' Twelve Night ; Or, What you Will,' much like the Commedy of Errores, or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni.