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... observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ; the first without A , the second without E , the third ...
... observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ; the first without A , the second without E , the third ...
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... observations . In a conversation on the powers of the letter H , in which it was contended that it was no letter , but a simple aspiration or breathing , Rowland took the opposite side of the question , and insisted on its heing , to ...
... observations . In a conversation on the powers of the letter H , in which it was contended that it was no letter , but a simple aspiration or breathing , Rowland took the opposite side of the question , and insisted on its heing , to ...
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... observe good And a commendable It likewise teaches us how to be worthily Truly And without reserve It instils principles indisputably And forms in us a disposition And · It makes us , to things indifferent , To what is absolutely ...
... observe good And a commendable It likewise teaches us how to be worthily Truly And without reserve It instils principles indisputably And forms in us a disposition And · It makes us , to things indifferent , To what is absolutely ...
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... observe how fatiguing and indecorous it was for him to perform so long a journey on foot , like the commonest pilgrim . The Saint understood the drift of Old Nick's address , and commanded him immediately to become a beast of burden ...
... observe how fatiguing and indecorous it was for him to perform so long a journey on foot , like the commonest pilgrim . The Saint understood the drift of Old Nick's address , and commanded him immediately to become a beast of burden ...
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... observed that the Revolutionary cause is condemned , and by the others , it is encouraged and lauded : - Hark ! hark ! the trumpet sounds , the din of war's alarms , O'er seas and solid grounds , doth call us all to arms ; Who for King ...
... observed that the Revolutionary cause is condemned , and by the others , it is encouraged and lauded : - Hark ! hark ! the trumpet sounds , the din of war's alarms , O'er seas and solid grounds , doth call us all to arms ; Who for King ...
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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature Charles Carroll Bombaugh Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1875 |
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Sida 803 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Sida 507 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Sida 760 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Sida 521 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Sida 125 - And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check, to good and bad : But when the planets In evil mixture, to disorder wander, What plagues, and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights, changes, horrors Divert and crack, rend and deracinate The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture...
Sida 783 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Sida 412 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Sida 391 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place...
Sida 269 - gainst self-slaughter ! O God ! O God ! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world ! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank, and gross in nature, Possess it merely.
Sida 231 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.