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... " Robert Conger Pell. ENTERED , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by D. APPIHTON & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PREFACE . NOTES AND QUERIES * may be called a.
... " Robert Conger Pell. ENTERED , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by D. APPIHTON & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PREFACE . NOTES AND QUERIES * may be called a.
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... called a literary exchange , where " all who know something - have something to ask -or who can solve something , " may meet upon common ground . This excellent , idea has in its execution proved of real service to literature , by ...
... called a literary exchange , where " all who know something - have something to ask -or who can solve something , " may meet upon common ground . This excellent , idea has in its execution proved of real service to literature , by ...
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... called Se'noaks in Kent ; and the further contraction , coupled with the phonetic spelling of former days , easily passed into S'nooks . This is no imaginary conclusion , for Messrs . Sharp and Harrison , solicitors , Southampton , have ...
... called Se'noaks in Kent ; and the further contraction , coupled with the phonetic spelling of former days , easily passed into S'nooks . This is no imaginary conclusion , for Messrs . Sharp and Harrison , solicitors , Southampton , have ...
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... called Preiner . The count immediately in- formed the bishop of the arrival of this treasure , and invited him to witness the opening of the casket , and to attend for the purpose of verifying its con- tents . Accordingly the bishop ...
... called Preiner . The count immediately in- formed the bishop of the arrival of this treasure , and invited him to witness the opening of the casket , and to attend for the purpose of verifying its con- tents . Accordingly the bishop ...
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... word was so unusual in New England that the writers thought themselves obliged to explain it . It was soon adopted , however . In a few months thereafter the citi- zens of Newbury fitted out a privateer called the Yankee 14 YANKEE .
... word was so unusual in New England that the writers thought themselves obliged to explain it . It was soon adopted , however . In a few months thereafter the citi- zens of Newbury fitted out a privateer called the Yankee 14 YANKEE .
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Page 302 - Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 142 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 195 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints whom all men grant To be the true church militant; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery; And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 232 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Page 68 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 235 - Sure the last end Of the good man is peace ! How calm his exit ! Night-dews fall not more gently to the ground, Nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft.
Page 309 - Even as a broken mirror, which the glass In every fragment multiplies ; and makes A thousand images of one that was, The same, and still the more, the more it breaks ; And thus the heart will do which not forsakes.
Page 101 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Page 295 - Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue. Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! Creation widened in man's view.
Page 116 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.