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Page i
... land , 1752 ; and last , in Sweden , 1753. Peter the Great celebrated the event in his dominions by a Jubilee of seven days . The Christian Era he first introduced there , 1725 ; but , in deference to the English mathe- maticians , he ...
... land , 1752 ; and last , in Sweden , 1753. Peter the Great celebrated the event in his dominions by a Jubilee of seven days . The Christian Era he first introduced there , 1725 ; but , in deference to the English mathe- maticians , he ...
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... land . What is more excellent than inviolable piety ? what is more just than submission to laws ? and what is more advantageous than mutual love and concord ? Josephus against Apion . Prudes decay'd about may tack , Strain their necks ...
... land . What is more excellent than inviolable piety ? what is more just than submission to laws ? and what is more advantageous than mutual love and concord ? Josephus against Apion . Prudes decay'd about may tack , Strain their necks ...
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... land . d . 728 . St. Thillo ( or Theau , alias Til- to nourish me , horses to carry Five and twenty is the very harvest time of life , to gather precious corn , and fruit of our labours against the cold storms and cloudy days of aged ...
... land . d . 728 . St. Thillo ( or Theau , alias Til- to nourish me , horses to carry Five and twenty is the very harvest time of life , to gather precious corn , and fruit of our labours against the cold storms and cloudy days of aged ...
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... land . d . Rome , 719 . St. Vulsin ( or Ultius ) , Bishop of Shireburn . d . 973 . A. O'Leary , 1802. St. Pancras . Sir Francis Bourgeois , 1811 . Major Edw . Pakenham , 1815 . killed , New Orleans . Births . Nich . Steno , 1638 ...
... land . d . Rome , 719 . St. Vulsin ( or Ultius ) , Bishop of Shireburn . d . 973 . A. O'Leary , 1802. St. Pancras . Sir Francis Bourgeois , 1811 . Major Edw . Pakenham , 1815 . killed , New Orleans . Births . Nich . Steno , 1638 ...
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... land , 1305 . Columbus sails from Haïti for Europe on this day , and arriving at Palos , 15th of March , 1493 , he completes his first American adventure . An act of parliament is passed in 1542 , which declares that " It shall be ...
... land , 1305 . Columbus sails from Haïti for Europe on this day , and arriving at Palos , 15th of March , 1493 , he completes his first American adventure . An act of parliament is passed in 1542 , which declares that " It shall be ...
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Page xx - The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page xv - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page iv - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page ii - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, — in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page xxi - When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least...
Page ix - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page xiv - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise...