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Page 212 - Thou art my father:" to the worm, "Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Page 62 - I, AB, do swear. That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine and position, that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority preeminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm:...
Page 182 - ... most need purification and improvement, may be freed from those causes and sources of contagion which, if allowed to remain, will infallibly breed pestilence, and be fruitful in death, in spite of all the prayers and fastings of a united but inactive nation.
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Page 40 - I'll pause and sadly think: It was here he bowed his glossy neck when last I saw him drink! When last I saw thee drink! — Away! the fevered dream is o'er; I could not live a day, and know that we should meet no more! They tempted me, my beautiful! for hunger's power is strong, They tempted me, my beautiful! but I have loved too long. Who said that I had given thee up, who said that thou wert sold?
Page 62 - B., do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that princes excommunicated or deprived by the people, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 97 - Lots Twenty-three to Forty, The Fish — Soles, Cod, and Dace — For pelting the Vice-regal Guard in Naples' Market-place. Lot Forty-one, Vesuvius, rather the worse for wear. Lots Forty-two to Fifty, Priests
Page 45 - twas all one to Tom, their gibing and jeering, For loving or liking he little did care, For this waterman ne'er was in want of a fare. And yet but to see how strangely things happen, As he...