A Lift for the LazyPutnam, 1849 - 195 pages |
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... Atlas ( the mythological giant , who was said to support the globe ) , to collections of geographical maps and charts . - Canaille . This word , which we have adopted from the French , was taken by them from the Italian canag- lia ...
... Atlas ( the mythological giant , who was said to support the globe ) , to collections of geographical maps and charts . - Canaille . This word , which we have adopted from the French , was taken by them from the Italian canag- lia ...
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... Atlas Auction Autumn Avoirdupois alance of Power Bank Forgeries Banyan Day Barbacue Barter Baskerville Editions Bayonet Begging the Question Bell , Book , and Candle Benefit of Clergy Berlin and Milan Decrees Bible " Page 33 152 23 34 ...
... Atlas Auction Autumn Avoirdupois alance of Power Bank Forgeries Banyan Day Barbacue Barter Baskerville Editions Bayonet Begging the Question Bell , Book , and Candle Benefit of Clergy Berlin and Milan Decrees Bible " Page 33 152 23 34 ...
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... Atlas 92 Auction 99 Autumn 10 Avoirdupois 41 alance of Power 24 Bank Forgeries 106 Banyan Day 147 Barbacue 32 Barter 38 Baskerville Editions 76 Bayonet 92 Begging the Question 25 Bell , Book , and Candle 69 Benefit of Clergy 32 Berlin ...
... Atlas 92 Auction 99 Autumn 10 Avoirdupois 41 alance of Power 24 Bank Forgeries 106 Banyan Day 147 Barbacue 32 Barter 38 Baskerville Editions 76 Bayonet 92 Begging the Question 25 Bell , Book , and Candle 69 Benefit of Clergy 32 Berlin ...
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... Atlas . " Loses nothing of its interest by the late discoveries , & c . , beyond the Rocky Mountains . " — Recorder . " One of Irving's most valuable works . Holden's Magazine . A Tour on the Prairies ; • Still fresh , instructive and ...
... Atlas . " Loses nothing of its interest by the late discoveries , & c . , beyond the Rocky Mountains . " — Recorder . " One of Irving's most valuable works . Holden's Magazine . A Tour on the Prairies ; • Still fresh , instructive and ...
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... Atlas . This splendid and important work - by far the most comprehensive , correct and useful Atlas now extant , was published recently in Edinburgh at the price of eight guineas , and the price in this country has been about $ 50 ...
... Atlas . This splendid and important work - by far the most comprehensive , correct and useful Atlas now extant , was published recently in Edinburgh at the price of eight guineas , and the price in this country has been about $ 50 ...
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Page 138 - 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 138 - ... sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or...
Page 140 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with
Page 79 - 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...
Page 72 - 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 141 - 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 139 - ... 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 154 - Now as I am glad that Sir John Oldcastle is put out, so I am sorry that Sir John Fastolfe is put in, to relieve his memory in this base service, to be the anvil for every dull wit to strike upon. Nor is our comedian excusable, by some alteration of his name, writing him Sir John Falstafe (and making him the property of pleasure for King Henry the Fifth to abuse), seeing the vicinity of sounds intrench on the memory of that worthy knight, and few do heed the inconsiderable difference in spelling of...