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... took up the amount of the bill , and asked what the remainder of the money was for . He was told it was for himself . " For me , " said he , I'll send boots for it . " At this in solence one of the gentlemen swore he would kick him out ...
... took up the amount of the bill , and asked what the remainder of the money was for . He was told it was for himself . " For me , " said he , I'll send boots for it . " At this in solence one of the gentlemen swore he would kick him out ...
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... took up the amount of the bill , and asked what the remainder of the money was for . He was told it was for himself . " For me , " said he , I'll send boots for it . " At this in solence one of the gentlemen swore he would kick him out ...
... took up the amount of the bill , and asked what the remainder of the money was for . He was told it was for himself . " For me , " said he , I'll send boots for it . " At this in solence one of the gentlemen swore he would kick him out ...
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... took it ( and it is said ) dressed it in female attire , and taught it to spin . It fed on cooked meat , but all efforts to teach it to speak proved ineffectual , though Parival says , " it had some notion of a deity , and made its ...
... took it ( and it is said ) dressed it in female attire , and taught it to spin . It fed on cooked meat , but all efforts to teach it to speak proved ineffectual , though Parival says , " it had some notion of a deity , and made its ...
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... took the ball from his pocket , and gave it to the prince with these words , Thou art a brave fellow ; Silesia will never be retaken whilst thou art alive ! " 66 BEGINNING OF THE WEEK . When Oliver Cromwell lay with his army at Perth ...
... took the ball from his pocket , and gave it to the prince with these words , Thou art a brave fellow ; Silesia will never be retaken whilst thou art alive ! " 66 BEGINNING OF THE WEEK . When Oliver Cromwell lay with his army at Perth ...
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... took notice that in a given distance of a hun- dred and fifteen miles , I found only eleven mile - stones on which the inscrip- tions were legible . It is very easy to conceive that a man may be wrought to defraud the public , or ...
... took notice that in a given distance of a hun- dred and fifteen miles , I found only eleven mile - stones on which the inscrip- tions were legible . It is very easy to conceive that a man may be wrought to defraud the public , or ...
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Page 305 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Page 102 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Page 305 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 168 - Nay ! not so much as out of bed ? When all the birds have matins said And sung their thankful hymns, 'tis sin, Nay, profanation to keep in, Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
Page 40 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Page 200 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone, And their revenge is as the tiger's spring, Deadly, and quick, and crushing ; yet, as real Torture is theirs, what they inflict they feel.
Page 159 - There is still another place, built in the form of a theatre, which serves for the baiting of bulls and bears; they are fastened behind, and then worried by great English bull-dogs, but not without great...
Page 288 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen . And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry...
Page 197 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy?
Page 202 - ... was over, remounted" their old stations in Guildhall — till by reason of their very great age, old Time, with the help of a number of city rats and mice, had eaten up all their entrails. The dissolution of the two old, weak, and feeble giants, gave birth to the two present substantial, and majestic giants ; who, by order, and at the city charge, were formed and fashioned. Captain Richard Saunders," an eminent carver in King Street...