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... favour me with the name of that king who is mentioned in ancient history as having made a law against adultery , in which it was enacted that the offender should be punished with the loss of both eyes ? A. M. LUTHER . I am at a loss to ...
... favour me with the name of that king who is mentioned in ancient history as having made a law against adultery , in which it was enacted that the offender should be punished with the loss of both eyes ? A. M. LUTHER . I am at a loss to ...
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... favour in the sight of many readers to whom , but for the editor's useful labour , they must have remained sealed books . A Tour in Tartan Land . By Cuthbert Bede . ( Bentley ) . Those of our readers who contemplate making a visit to ...
... favour in the sight of many readers to whom , but for the editor's useful labour , they must have remained sealed books . A Tour in Tartan Land . By Cuthbert Bede . ( Bentley ) . Those of our readers who contemplate making a visit to ...
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... favour of the small carte - de - visite size for portraits of notabilities , that a series of such portraits to be successful must consist of what Hamlet so well describes as " pic- tures in little ; " while the want of some short ...
... favour of the small carte - de - visite size for portraits of notabilities , that a series of such portraits to be successful must consist of what Hamlet so well describes as " pic- tures in little ; " while the want of some short ...
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... favour at that time . In support of these opinions , we may adduce the beautiful apostrophe to Ralegh in the Introduction to the third book , which must be regarded as the key - note to these two books . It is generally supposed Spenser ...
... favour at that time . In support of these opinions , we may adduce the beautiful apostrophe to Ralegh in the Introduction to the third book , which must be regarded as the key - note to these two books . It is generally supposed Spenser ...
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... favour- able to the discussion of the evidence ; and your columns are well adapted for its collection . To use the slang of the market , superstitions are lively , and philosophy rules dull at less than the old prices . Thirty years ago ...
... favour- able to the discussion of the evidence ; and your columns are well adapted for its collection . To use the slang of the market , superstitions are lively , and philosophy rules dull at less than the old prices . Thirty years ago ...
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Page 432 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 49 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 34 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 305 - And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Page 264 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 330 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 34 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 109 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 341 - Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply .. Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny.