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... less noisy and grumbling than it had been for some years past . The large supplies of gold from Australia and California added to the general prosperity , and although good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in ...
... less noisy and grumbling than it had been for some years past . The large supplies of gold from Australia and California added to the general prosperity , and although good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in ...
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... less , indeed , because two days before he had received from the French Ambassa- dor in London a statement which the noble Lord ( Lord J. Russell ) has read , viz . , that I had entirely approved of what had been done , and thought the ...
... less , indeed , because two days before he had received from the French Ambassa- dor in London a statement which the noble Lord ( Lord J. Russell ) has read , viz . , that I had entirely approved of what had been done , and thought the ...
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... less pleas- ing duty upon all other houses . DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING WILLS . We had intended giving our readers a few directions for making their wills ; but we have abandoned the idea be- cause the wills of the married ladies would not ...
... less pleas- ing duty upon all other houses . DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING WILLS . We had intended giving our readers a few directions for making their wills ; but we have abandoned the idea be- cause the wills of the married ladies would not ...
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... less weight attached to them . Measures of Length , and measures of Capacity are by no means the same ; for the length of a speech will often show the incapacity , rather than the capacity , of the speaker . Measures of Volume may be ...
... less weight attached to them . Measures of Length , and measures of Capacity are by no means the same ; for the length of a speech will often show the incapacity , rather than the capacity , of the speaker . Measures of Volume may be ...
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... less than no time , I ord love ' ee , All along of the patent cartridge . [ black , Now of all lack days , a long way the most ( At all events in Partridge's almanack ) Is the first day of Sei tember ; And therefore this comes hoping ...
... less than no time , I ord love ' ee , All along of the patent cartridge . [ black , Now of all lack days , a long way the most ( At all events in Partridge's almanack ) Is the first day of Sei tember ; And therefore this comes hoping ...
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Page 198 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow...
Page 93 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 34 - Purchase one not over big ; Coarse ones are not worth a fig ; So a young one buy. See that he is scalded well (That is done by those who sell), Therefore on that point to dwell Were absurdity. Sage and bread, mix just enough, Salt and pepper quantum suff., And the pig's interior stuff, With the whole combined.