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... appear lit- the eye by their remarkable forms , tle less than a resuscitation from the but are condemned by nature to be grave . It is , however , no easy mat- unproductive . This famous and fatal ter to conceive how much a despe ...
... appear lit- the eye by their remarkable forms , tle less than a resuscitation from the but are condemned by nature to be grave . It is , however , no easy mat- unproductive . This famous and fatal ter to conceive how much a despe ...
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... appear exemplary wisdom . to many , we have no doubt , " he will at no great distance of time , re- sume it . The king of Prussia is in his 37th year , being born on the 3d of August 1770. His Majesty is of the issue of Such is the ...
... appear exemplary wisdom . to many , we have no doubt , " he will at no great distance of time , re- sume it . The king of Prussia is in his 37th year , being born on the 3d of August 1770. His Majesty is of the issue of Such is the ...
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... appearing to be a little softer only evidently to be the firmest mass than those which are seen on the fro- upon ... appear to presence forms , which at a distance contain any nourishment for plants , we were accustomed to consider ...
... appearing to be a little softer only evidently to be the firmest mass than those which are seen on the fro- upon ... appear to presence forms , which at a distance contain any nourishment for plants , we were accustomed to consider ...
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... appear , we may learn from cerates them without cessation ; their it this important truth , that errors ruins tumble down without interval , and imperfections will float down Themselves insensible to spring , and to us on the current of ...
... appear , we may learn from cerates them without cessation ; their it this important truth , that errors ruins tumble down without interval , and imperfections will float down Themselves insensible to spring , and to us on the current of ...
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... appear very difficult to bring to a resemblance strange to one who compares their with ours ; but it is by no means im- columns with similar propositions , probable , that , if we had copies made written after our manner , at the end of ...
... appear very difficult to bring to a resemblance strange to one who compares their with ours ; but it is by no means im- columns with similar propositions , probable , that , if we had copies made written after our manner , at the end of ...
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Page 228 - The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding; and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May.
Page 269 - OSSIAN. The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic. With a Literal Translation into English, and a Dissertation on the Authenticity of the Poems.
Page 346 - The scene of the Picture is laid in that part of the road to Canterbury which commands a view of the Dulwich hills — the time, a beautiful and serene April morning. The interest of the Procession is considerably heightened by the cheerfulness of the accompanying landscape. The Pilgrims are grouped with a decorum suited to their respective characters, and in the order in which we may suppose Chaucer himself to have seen them, headed by the Miller, playing upon his pipe, under the guidance of Harry...
Page 56 - The evidence that there is a Being, all-powerful, wise, and good, by whom every thing exists ; and particularly, to obviate difficulties regarding the wisdom and goodness of the Deity ; and this, in the first place, from considerations independent of written revelation, and, in the second place, from the Revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and from the whole, to point out the inferences most necessary for and useful to mankind.
Page 375 - I was soon convinced that my means were unequal to a regular siege; the only prospect of success that presented itself was, to erect a battery as near as possible to a wall by the south gate, that joins the works to the sea, and endeavour to breach it.
Page 228 - twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea.
Page 114 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy,
Page 139 - French languages: the earliest known instance of the English tongue having been used in deeds, is that of the indenture between the abbot and convent of Whitby, and Robert, the son of John Bustard, dated at York, in the year 1343. The English tongue was ordered to be used in all law pleadings in 1364. Ordered to be used in all law-suits in May, 1731.
Page 129 - A sporting tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting, and other field amusements, as practised in that country,...
Page 114 - Hardy within the first hour-and-aquarter of this period. A partial cannonade, however, was still maintained, in consequence of the enemy's running ships passing the British at different points ; and the last distant guns which were fired at their van ships that were making off, were heard a minute or two before his lordship expired.