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... common property . We may then take " Till death be uttered as equivalent to " Till all the dead have given utterance , " the dead being called upon to deliver themselves of their share in the universal lamentation . If we adopt this ...
... common property . We may then take " Till death be uttered as equivalent to " Till all the dead have given utterance , " the dead being called upon to deliver themselves of their share in the universal lamentation . If we adopt this ...
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... common amongst those of us who were youngsters then , I would add the information ( none about the cane being required even by studious readers of N. & Q. ) that it was a flat black ruler , and that the punishment consisted of strokes ...
... common amongst those of us who were youngsters then , I would add the information ( none about the cane being required even by studious readers of N. & Q. ) that it was a flat black ruler , and that the punishment consisted of strokes ...
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... common use . Chichester . E. E. STREET . The ' Slang Dictionary ' describes this to be the seat running along the roof of an The first omnibus in London ran from Paddington to the Bank on 4 July , 1829 , and accommodated twenty - two ...
... common use . Chichester . E. E. STREET . The ' Slang Dictionary ' describes this to be the seat running along the roof of an The first omnibus in London ran from Paddington to the Bank on 4 July , 1829 , and accommodated twenty - two ...
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... common rank and file . Can I assist you in any way ? ' Monsieur , I thank you , you are very good , but it is not possible , ' stammered the Frenchman in confusion ...... Yours are the first words of true kindness that I have heard ...
... common rank and file . Can I assist you in any way ? ' Monsieur , I thank you , you are very good , but it is not possible , ' stammered the Frenchman in confusion ...... Yours are the first words of true kindness that I have heard ...
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... common word for window , made up of three German words = " What is it ? " E. S. DODGSON . LOUIS XVI .: ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH ( 9th S. vii . 448 ) . A short , but very interesting account of the death of Louis XVI . is given in the ...
... common word for window , made up of three German words = " What is it ? " E. S. DODGSON . LOUIS XVI .: ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH ( 9th S. vii . 448 ) . A short , but very interesting account of the death of Louis XVI . is given in the ...
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Seite 233 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Seite 205 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Seite 319 - So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil...
Seite 478 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Seite 87 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before, The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare And grass in the green field.
Seite 77 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
Seite 257 - ... against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Seite 179 - O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, • To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...
Seite 206 - We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence ; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery.
Seite 440 - Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please: Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant ; And my ending is despair, Unless I be reliev'd by prayer ; Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.