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... STREET , EDINBURGH ; AND JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET , LONDON ; To whom Communications ( post paid ) may be addressed ; SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . [ OLIVER & BOYD , Printers . ] TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE ...
... STREET , EDINBURGH ; AND JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET , LONDON ; To whom Communications ( post paid ) may be addressed ; SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . [ OLIVER & BOYD , Printers . ] TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE ...
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... streets of Amsterdam . I like to paint a good beard ; and you see how angrily this man's beard is twisted . Trader . A stout Pagan , and a good fighter , I warrant you . I feel as if I could fetch him a cut over the crown ; for my ship ...
... streets of Amsterdam . I like to paint a good beard ; and you see how angrily this man's beard is twisted . Trader . A stout Pagan , and a good fighter , I warrant you . I feel as if I could fetch him a cut over the crown ; for my ship ...
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... street , Silent the slumbering Thames , the lonely mart ; And all is still , where countless thousands meet , Save the full throbbing of the awe - struck heart ! All deeply , strangely , fearfully serene , As in each ravaged home th ...
... street , Silent the slumbering Thames , the lonely mart ; And all is still , where countless thousands meet , Save the full throbbing of the awe - struck heart ! All deeply , strangely , fearfully serene , As in each ravaged home th ...
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... street , and , in about half - an - hour thereafter , returned from her tempor- ary depot of stolen articles , with the pocket - book and all its contents . The cash , bills , and other papers , were in the same part of the book in ...
... street , and , in about half - an - hour thereafter , returned from her tempor- ary depot of stolen articles , with the pocket - book and all its contents . The cash , bills , and other papers , were in the same part of the book in ...
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... street to commit fresh depredations on the multitude in the fair . The chief was in fact a man of considerable business , having a number of youths ferretting VOL . III . for him in the market , who were go- ing out and coming in to him ...
... street to commit fresh depredations on the multitude in the fair . The chief was in fact a man of considerable business , having a number of youths ferretting VOL . III . for him in the market , who were go- ing out and coming in to him ...
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Page 393 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 459 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 224 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 328 - Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 33 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 506 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 224 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers - they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror - 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here.
Page 389 - In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 221 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the Day joins the past Eternity ; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest ! XXVIII.
Page 223 - Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery.