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... head of the business , yet Edward in fact con- ducts most of it , and with far greater foresight and reckoning than I , grow- ing old as I am , can do . How was it , Edward , you were not here when Master Leonard arrived ? it is very ...
... head of the business , yet Edward in fact con- ducts most of it , and with far greater foresight and reckoning than I , grow- ing old as I am , can do . How was it , Edward , you were not here when Master Leonard arrived ? it is very ...
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... head and ears in love , and I have a pretty good guess whose limning it is that he always wears in his bosom . The ... heads of the inmates of the house of Geoffrey of Nottingham , strange changes had been made in their hearts ...
... head and ears in love , and I have a pretty good guess whose limning it is that he always wears in his bosom . The ... heads of the inmates of the house of Geoffrey of Nottingham , strange changes had been made in their hearts ...
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... head on my arm . Who is it , tell me ? nay , do not be so foolish - do not weep who is it ? Is it William of Harlin- galeo - Robert Rivelston , or the the wounded knight ? -Ah , girl , the knight - thou blushest . Constance , Constance ...
... head on my arm . Who is it , tell me ? nay , do not be so foolish - do not weep who is it ? Is it William of Harlin- galeo - Robert Rivelston , or the the wounded knight ? -Ah , girl , the knight - thou blushest . Constance , Constance ...
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... head - young unexperienced sons of noblemen , whose only claim was their patent of aristocracy . ' ' It is generally so , I believe . ' ' It would be , were all as money- getting there , as I know to my cost they are in England : but ...
... head - young unexperienced sons of noblemen , whose only claim was their patent of aristocracy . ' ' It is generally so , I believe . ' ' It would be , were all as money- getting there , as I know to my cost they are in England : but ...
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... head - young unexperienced sons of noblemen , whose only claim was their patent of aristocracy . ' By this time the coach had arrived at its destination , and we parted , fully sympathising with the feelings of the old major . 30 GAZUL ...
... head - young unexperienced sons of noblemen , whose only claim was their patent of aristocracy . ' By this time the coach had arrived at its destination , and we parted , fully sympathising with the feelings of the old major . 30 GAZUL ...
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Page 163 - ... of the more esteemed class ; and Burns, who delighted in the amusement their discourse afforded, seems to have looked forward with gloomy firmness to the possibility of himself becoming one day or other a member of their itinerant society. In his poetical works, it is alluded to so often, aa perhaps to indicate that he considered the consummation as not utterly impossible.
Page 65 - Then anon the air began to wax clear and the sun to shine fair and bright, the which was right in the Frenchmen's eyes and on the Englishmen's backs. When the Genoese were assembled together and began to approach, they made a great leap and cry to abash the Englishmen, but they stood still and stirred not for all that.
Page 50 - Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine : and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Page 56 - The little of these vegetables that was used, was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose.
Page 298 - All perishable ! like the electric fire, But strike the frame, and, as they strike, expire ; Incense too pure a bodied flame to bear, Its fragrance charms the sense, and blends with air.
Page 213 - I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touchhole, and making a constant fire under it ; within twenty-four hours it burst, and made a great crack...
Page 158 - Passaic meanders through margins of green, So transparent its waters, its surface serene. He rived the green hills, the wild woods he laid low ; He taught the pure stream in rough channels to flow ; He rent the rude rock, the steep precipice gave, And hurled down the chasm the thundering wave.
Page 297 - Th' expressive glance — whose subtle comment draws Entranced attention, and a mute applause ; Gesture that marks, with force and feeling fraught, A sense in silence, and a will in thought; Harmonious speech, whose pure and liquid tone Gives verse a music, scarce confess'd its own ; As light from...
Page 213 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream, forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 258 - I am to have my utmost wishes, command that, for the future, the Company of Cobblers shall take place of the Company of Shoemakers.