A Lift for the LazyPutnam, 1849 - 195 pages |
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... given the name of Guillotine , and of which Guillotin is erroneously supposed to have been the inventor : it is equally a vulgar error that he was one of its victims . He died in 1814 , after found- ing the French Academy of Medicine ...
... given the name of Guillotine , and of which Guillotin is erroneously supposed to have been the inventor : it is equally a vulgar error that he was one of its victims . He died in 1814 , after found- ing the French Academy of Medicine ...
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... given to them in mistake . Columbus , when he discovered them in 1492 , considered them as the western part of those vast regions in Asia , comprehended under the general name of Indies , to reach which , by a course due west across the ...
... given to them in mistake . Columbus , when he discovered them in 1492 , considered them as the western part of those vast regions in Asia , comprehended under the general name of Indies , to reach which , by a course due west across the ...
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... given up to Spain in 1748 . Grub Street . - The name of a street near Moor- fields , London , which was formerly the residence of the lowest class of literary characters , from which circumstance , the epithet Grub Street is applied to ...
... given up to Spain in 1748 . Grub Street . - The name of a street near Moor- fields , London , which was formerly the residence of the lowest class of literary characters , from which circumstance , the epithet Grub Street is applied to ...
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... given by as- tronomical writers to the constellation Ursa Major or Great Bear , on account of its fancied resemblance to a churl's wain , i . e . , a countryman's wagon . Pantaloon . One of the chief characters in all pan- tomimic ...
... given by as- tronomical writers to the constellation Ursa Major or Great Bear , on account of its fancied resemblance to a churl's wain , i . e . , a countryman's wagon . Pantaloon . One of the chief characters in all pan- tomimic ...
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... given to the edition of the Latin classics , prepared and commented upon by thirty - nine of the most famous schol- ars of the day , at the suggestion of Louis XIV . , for the benefit of the young prince ( in usum Del- phini ) , under ...
... given to the edition of the Latin classics , prepared and commented upon by thirty - nine of the most famous schol- ars of the day , at the suggestion of Louis XIV . , for the benefit of the young prince ( in usum Del- phini ) , under ...
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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.