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Grand wrote to Talleyrand , expressing her uneasiness an account of her jewels
and valuables deposited in the Bank of England , and begging him to inform
Bonaparté of it . In return she was answered , “ that having always her interest at
...
Grand wrote to Talleyrand , expressing her uneasiness an account of her jewels
and valuables deposited in the Bank of England , and begging him to inform
Bonaparté of it . In return she was answered , “ that having always her interest at
...
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Fortunately for the bishop , the reign of persecution and prejudice was over in
England : the sentiments of the monarch on the throne were not less favorable to
civil and religious liberty than those of the preacher ; and his majesty put an ...
Fortunately for the bishop , the reign of persecution and prejudice was over in
England : the sentiments of the monarch on the throne were not less favorable to
civil and religious liberty than those of the preacher ; and his majesty put an ...
Page 97
Louis the fourteenth being at war with England , during the proceeding with the
Edystone Light - house , a French privateer took the men at work upon the rock ,
together with their tools , and carried them to France ; and the captain was ...
Louis the fourteenth being at war with England , during the proceeding with the
Edystone Light - house , a French privateer took the men at work upon the rock ,
together with their tools , and carried them to France ; and the captain was ...
Page 107
We went to England together , and happened to be at the same play , perfectly
well translated ; but the spectators , one and all , yawned : Oh - ho ! said he , the
TO - KALON , I find , is not the same in England as in France ; and , after several ...
We went to England together , and happened to be at the same play , perfectly
well translated ; but the spectators , one and all , yawned : Oh - ho ! said he , the
TO - KALON , I find , is not the same in England as in France ; and , after several ...
Page 240
It happened that this Italian merchant's circumstances decayed , and he came to
England to solicit the payment of some debts due to him by his correspondents ;
who finding him necessitous , were disposed to put him off , and to take the ...
It happened that this Italian merchant's circumstances decayed , and he came to
England to solicit the payment of some debts due to him by his correspondents ;
who finding him necessitous , were disposed to put him off , and to take the ...
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Page 161 - tis no matter; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? he that died o
Page 119 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 151 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 195 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 241 - That's very strange ; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Page 78 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
Page 230 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Page 99 - The aperture of the den, on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks, is about two feet square ; from thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet, then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet toward its termination.
Page 228 - .Follow me, and hear a lecture in philosophy ;' and Charles, laying his hand on his sword, to say, ' Follow me, and dethrone the czar;' a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates.
Page 241 - How came you to leave all the great lords that you are so fond of, to come hither to see a poor dean ? — ' Because we would rather see you than any of them.' — ' Ay, any one that did not know so well as I do might believe you. But since you are come, I must get some supper for you, I suppose.'— ' No, Doctor, we have • Speace.