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Page 51 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
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Page 68 - Anatomy of Melancholy,' he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
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Page 85 - On the other side, Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 18 - Who loves not woman, wine, and song. Remains a fool his whole life long.
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Page 70 - Index Kewensis. An enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885, inclusive, together with their authors' names, the works in which they were first published, their native countries and their synonyms.
Page 14 - Cotgrave. The alphabet was called the Chritt-eross-roie, some say because a cross was prefixed to the alphabet in the old primers ; but as probably from a superstitious custom of writing the alphabet in the form of a cross, by way of charm.