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... shapes itself to the vessel that contains it . 2. Misfortunes issue out where diseases enter in - at the mouth . 3. The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life . 4. Diseases may be cured , but not destiny . 5. A vacant ...
... shapes itself to the vessel that contains it . 2. Misfortunes issue out where diseases enter in - at the mouth . 3. The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life . 4. Diseases may be cured , but not destiny . 5. A vacant ...
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... shape , the stereotype , which is best calculated , by multiplying the copies and cheapening the price , to promote the circulation of every species of their literature . Hence they are , as might be expected , a reading people ; a ...
... shape , the stereotype , which is best calculated , by multiplying the copies and cheapening the price , to promote the circulation of every species of their literature . Hence they are , as might be expected , a reading people ; a ...
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... shape , too , which most nearly resembles their own performances , a mixture of song and recitative . and recitative . As the nearest way home from Calcutta , for these Italians , was by the Cape of Good Hope , they were a singular ...
... shape , too , which most nearly resembles their own performances , a mixture of song and recitative . and recitative . As the nearest way home from Calcutta , for these Italians , was by the Cape of Good Hope , they were a singular ...
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... shape and size somewhat like these * Written in 1813 . † Old London , Blackfriars , and Westminster bridges were then the only three in existence . VII . The towering edifices rise story above story , 160 CHAP . XVIII . LITERATURE .
... shape and size somewhat like these * Written in 1813 . † Old London , Blackfriars , and Westminster bridges were then the only three in existence . VII . The towering edifices rise story above story , 160 CHAP . XVIII . LITERATURE .
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... shape of moral tales , novels , and romances , which , by the aid of printing , so early invented , have become altogether innumerable . Among them , however , some have of course grown more famous and popular than others , and a very ...
... shape of moral tales , novels , and romances , which , by the aid of printing , so early invented , have become altogether innumerable . Among them , however , some have of course grown more famous and popular than others , and a very ...
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Seite 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel ; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEOROE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria ; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Seite 142 - O pardon ! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Seite 19 - JESSE'S (EDWARD) Visits to Spots of Interest in the Vicinity of Windsor and Eton.
Seite 22 - LIDDELL'S (DEAN) History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Seite 142 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 24 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 12 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Seite 12 - FORSYTH'S (WILLIAM) Hortensius, or the Advocate : an Historical Essay on the Office and Duties of an Advocate. Post Svo.
Seite 141 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.