A Lift for the LazyPutnam, 1849 - 195 pages |
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... French rond - ruban . A phrase originally derived from a custom of the French officers , who , on signing a remonstrance to their supe- riors , wrote their names in a circular form , so that it might be impossible to ascertain who ...
... French rond - ruban . A phrase originally derived from a custom of the French officers , who , on signing a remonstrance to their supe- riors , wrote their names in a circular form , so that it might be impossible to ascertain who ...
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... French Revolution , when the National Assembly was occupied in its long dis- cussions relative to the reform of the ... French have given the name of Guillotine , and of which Guillotin is erroneously supposed to have been the inventor ...
... French Revolution , when the National Assembly was occupied in its long dis- cussions relative to the reform of the ... French have given the name of Guillotine , and of which Guillotin is erroneously supposed to have been the inventor ...
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... French and emprynted by me William Caxton . Fynysshid the last day of Marche the yer of our Lord God a thousand four hun- dred and lxxiiij . " Although the introduction of printing has of course lessened the prices of books , yet in ...
... French and emprynted by me William Caxton . Fynysshid the last day of Marche the yer of our Lord God a thousand four hun- dred and lxxiiij . " Although the introduction of printing has of course lessened the prices of books , yet in ...
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... French republic during the Revolution , ordered by the National Assembly of France in 1790. At one period , the enormous amount ( in our money ) of 1750 millions of dollars of this paper was in circulation in France and its dependencies ...
... French republic during the Revolution , ordered by the National Assembly of France in 1790. At one period , the enormous amount ( in our money ) of 1750 millions of dollars of this paper was in circulation in France and its dependencies ...
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... French hate Friday , and so did Lord Byron . The great Lord Burleigh , in his " Preceptes to his Sonne , " says : " Though I think no day amisse to undertake any good enterprise or bus- inesse in hande , yet have I observed these three ...
... French hate Friday , and so did Lord Byron . The great Lord Burleigh , in his " Preceptes to his Sonne , " says : " Though I think no day amisse to undertake any good enterprise or bus- inesse in hande , yet have I observed these three ...
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Page 144 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Page 41 - I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Page 145 - ... look or gesture, passeth for it ; sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Page 146 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Page 78 - A murderer and a villain ; A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord ; a vice of kings ; A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket ! Queen.
Page 147 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Page 85 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd 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. Fair crews triumphant leaning from above Shall wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move j Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud...
Page 167 - When you meet with several readings of the text, take heed you admit nothing against the tenets of your church, but do as if you were going over a bridge ; be sure you hold fast by the rail, and then you may dance here and there as you please ; be sure you keep to what is settled, and then you may flourish upon your various lections.