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... give you an instance or two in point . Almost the first office I entered contained two individuals of the class in question , who will illustrate what I wish now to describe . One of them , whom I will call Mr. Agar , was a young ...
... give you an instance or two in point . Almost the first office I entered contained two individuals of the class in question , who will illustrate what I wish now to describe . One of them , whom I will call Mr. Agar , was a young ...
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... give . Knowing the consequence , he specially requested to be denied to any " suspicious - looking person " who might call at the office to inquire after him . Soon , an individual of this de- scription did make his appearance ; but ...
... give . Knowing the consequence , he specially requested to be denied to any " suspicious - looking person " who might call at the office to inquire after him . Soon , an individual of this de- scription did make his appearance ; but ...
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... give the fellow my address ? " What a relief it seemed to him to be answered " No ! " and how fervently did he respond " Thank God ! " Poor fellow ! His lot was a sad one indeed , the genteel outside he wore to the contrary not ...
... give the fellow my address ? " What a relief it seemed to him to be answered " No ! " and how fervently did he respond " Thank God ! " Poor fellow ! His lot was a sad one indeed , the genteel outside he wore to the contrary not ...
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... give you more insight into the principles of the law than any that I know of ; and , until you understand principles , your reading will be almost vain , for what you read will often be unintelligible and mysterious . Never mind about ...
... give you more insight into the principles of the law than any that I know of ; and , until you understand principles , your reading will be almost vain , for what you read will often be unintelligible and mysterious . Never mind about ...
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... give the benefice to whom he pleases , without the inter- ference of the Bishop . part of the annual increase of As grass , hops , wood , corn . Wool , milk , pigs , & c . Trades , fisheries , and the like . They are due , of common ...
... give the benefice to whom he pleases , without the inter- ference of the Bishop . part of the annual increase of As grass , hops , wood , corn . Wool , milk , pigs , & c . Trades , fisheries , and the like . They are due , of common ...
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Page 9 - To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? O, yes, it doth; a thousand-fold it doth! And to conclude, the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason wait on him.
Page 9 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What is the jay more precious than the lark Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture and mean array.
Page 8 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and...
Page 21 - Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, and the like. For a man may have an estate in them, either to him and his heirs, or for life, or for a term of years, or during pleasure...
Page 8 - God ! mcthiuks it were a happy life, " To be DO better than a homely swain ;" For, of a truth, (quoting Shakspeare's description of a humble rustic — quite applicable to our own times, if, for
Page 12 - Stops on a sudden, looks npon the ground, " Then lays his finger on his temple straight; " Springs out into fast gait; then stops again, " Strikes his breast hard, and anon he casts " His eye against the moon : in most strange postures