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... 8vo . 10s . 6d . ' This is a thoroughly well written and carefully digested treatise . The thoughtful theologian ... post 8vo . 6s . ( See p.27 . ) Drain of Silver to the East , And the Currency of India . By W. NASSAU LEES . Post 8vo ...
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... 8vo . 10s . 6d . ( See page 12 ) . Edwards ' ( H. S. ) Polish Captivity . With Illustrations . 2 Vols . , Svo . 26s ... Post . English Homes in India . Part I. - The Three Loves . Part II . - The Wrong Turning . Two vols . , Post 8vo ...
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Page 234 - If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know, is damned ; if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord ; banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins ; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company ; banish plump Jack, and banish all the world.
Page 209 - And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...
Page 226 - Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand? come tell us your reason ; What sayest thou to this ? Poins. Come, your reason, Jack, your reason. Fal. What, upon compulsion? No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
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Page 227 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules : but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee, during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
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Page 254 - Honour ? Air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.