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... miles distant , is a carving which appears to represent Sigurd Fafnesbane's fight with the dragon . The carved timber of the stout oak roof of Bradfield church is as massive as that of the ruinous house which has just been mentioned ...
... miles distant , is a carving which appears to represent Sigurd Fafnesbane's fight with the dragon . The carved timber of the stout oak roof of Bradfield church is as massive as that of the ruinous house which has just been mentioned ...
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... miles and miles of parchment ? The answer that can be returned is that , save to him whose one object in life is the lofty and inspiring aim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest , there are few to whom our ...
... miles and miles of parchment ? The answer that can be returned is that , save to him whose one object in life is the lofty and inspiring aim of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest , there are few to whom our ...
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... miles in about four hours . This was good news indeed . We made our preparations with all haste , and by 8.30 o'clock we were sailing out of the harbour , round the lighthouse , and into the bay . It was a beautiful fresh morning , and ...
... miles in about four hours . This was good news indeed . We made our preparations with all haste , and by 8.30 o'clock we were sailing out of the harbour , round the lighthouse , and into the bay . It was a beautiful fresh morning , and ...
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... the island , about two miles from Kilmurvy . It was to this latter place we directed our footsteps on leaving Dun Angus . There are now the remains of only two churches on this spot ; and , in spite of the name The Isles of Aran . 95.
... the island , about two miles from Kilmurvy . It was to this latter place we directed our footsteps on leaving Dun Angus . There are now the remains of only two churches on this spot ; and , in spite of the name The Isles of Aran . 95.
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... miles , by stage to Cheynokee , a town of some little importance in the interior of the Territory . We had a fellow - traveller , with whom we had already struck up a friendship - a Mr. Horley of Philadelphia . He was travelling for ...
... miles , by stage to Cheynokee , a town of some little importance in the interior of the Territory . We had a fellow - traveller , with whom we had already struck up a friendship - a Mr. Horley of Philadelphia . He was travelling for ...
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Page 151 - ANIMULA ! vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque, corporis, Quae nunc abibis in- loca — Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos...
Page 255 - s drunken, fiery face no less) Drinks up the sea, and when he's done, The moon and stars drink up the sun. They drink and dance by their own light, They drink and revel all the night. Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I : Why, man of morals, tell me why 1 BEAUTY.
Page 612 - Society shall be to encourage the study and advance the knowledge of the history of English Law, especially by the publication of original documents and the reprinting or editing of works of sufficient rarity or importance.
Page 22 - Oui ; mais on y voit des grâces qu'on ne voit point aux autres bouches ; et cette bouche, en la voyant, inspire des désirs, est la plus attrayante, la plus amoureuse du monde.
Page 588 - Let us not be found, when our Master calls us, stripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues. Alas ! sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Page 584 - True fops help nature's work, and go to school, To file and finish God Almighty's fool. Yet none Sir Fopling him, or him can call ; 1s He's knight o' the shire, and represents ye all. From each he meets he culls whate'er he can ; Legion's his name, a people in a man. His bulky folly gathers as it goes, And, rolling o'er you, like a snowball grows. 20 His various modes from various fathers follow ; One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow : His swordknot this, his cravat that design'd ;...
Page 588 - He received me very courteously ; but it must be confessed, that his apartment, and furniture, and morning dress, were sufficiently uncouth. His brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirtneck and knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers.
Page 152 - Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, 0 Nature: from thee are all things, in thee are all things, to thee all things return.
Page 22 - Cela est vrai, elle a les yeux petits, mais elle les a pleins de feu, les plus brillants, les plus perçants du monde, les plus touchants qu'on puisse voir.
Page 582 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side...