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... of Congress , in the year 1858 , BY GEO . P. PUTNAM & CO . , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New - York . TABLE OF CONTENTS . THE TATLER : Introductory Remarks , 1642110.
... of Congress , in the year 1858 , BY GEO . P. PUTNAM & CO . , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New - York . TABLE OF CONTENTS . THE TATLER : Introductory Remarks , 1642110.
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... Court of Judicature of the Dead in Reason , 111. On the Prevalence of Irreligious Principles , 114 . Death - bed Scene , · 116. Court of Judicature on the Petticoat , 117. On the Pleasure derived from the Deliverance of the Good from ...
... Court of Judicature of the Dead in Reason , 111. On the Prevalence of Irreligious Principles , 114 . Death - bed Scene , · 116. Court of Judicature on the Petticoat , 117. On the Pleasure derived from the Deliverance of the Good from ...
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... Court of Honour , 253. Journal of the Court of Honour , . 254. Sir John Mandeville's account of the Freezing and 255 . Thawing of several Speeches , Letter from a Chaplain ― Thoughts on the Treatment of Chaplains , 256. Proceedings of ...
... Court of Honour , 253. Journal of the Court of Honour , . 254. Sir John Mandeville's account of the Freezing and 255 . Thawing of several Speeches , Letter from a Chaplain ― Thoughts on the Treatment of Chaplains , 256. Proceedings of ...
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... courts and great cities ; and more estimable , by far , with all their rusticities , and ( what offended Mr , Addison and his coadjutor more ) with all their party - prejudices , at that time about them , than their finer sons , whose ...
... courts and great cities ; and more estimable , by far , with all their rusticities , and ( what offended Mr , Addison and his coadjutor more ) with all their party - prejudices , at that time about them , than their finer sons , whose ...
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... court to Hercules under the appearances of two beautiful women . 1 Allusion to the plague which in 1709 carried off over 40,000 persons there . - G . 2 V. Xenoph . Memorabilia , L. 11 , c . 1.—G. a In tears to think . Better , - " into ...
... court to Hercules under the appearances of two beautiful women . 1 Allusion to the plague which in 1709 carried off over 40,000 persons there . - G . 2 V. Xenoph . Memorabilia , L. 11 , c . 1.—G. a In tears to think . Better , - " into ...
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Page 100 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 110 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 100 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 219 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 343 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
Page 75 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 303 - ... her branches to the seas and to the floods. The state and bread of the poor and oppressed have been precious in mine eyes ; I have hated all cruelty and hardness of heart; I have, though in a despised weed, procured the good of all men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them, neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure ; but I have been, as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness.
Page 494 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Page 374 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Page 93 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.