Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köideW. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1896 |
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... letters and writings , such as those on Old Age and Resignation , show subtle thought and elevation of tone , if scarcely distinction of style , but lack the peculiar charm that belonged to her personality , and scarcely justify the ...
... letters and writings , such as those on Old Age and Resignation , show subtle thought and elevation of tone , if scarcely distinction of style , but lack the peculiar charm that belonged to her personality , and scarcely justify the ...
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... letters . His life during these three eventful and laborious years is minutely recorded in his wonderful Journal to Stella , the most faith- ful and fascinating diary the world has ever seen , in which all his hopes and fears , his ...
... letters . His life during these three eventful and laborious years is minutely recorded in his wonderful Journal to Stella , the most faith- ful and fascinating diary the world has ever seen , in which all his hopes and fears , his ...
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... letters alone they are quite admirable ; but as biographical materials they are priceless . No man was stauncher in his friendships than Swift , and in spite of his bitter moods he hardly ever lost a friend . They were all he had to ...
... letters alone they are quite admirable ; but as biographical materials they are priceless . No man was stauncher in his friendships than Swift , and in spite of his bitter moods he hardly ever lost a friend . They were all he had to ...
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... letters during the period when the irritation of the agricultural labourers of England against their employers was at its height , namely from 1830 to 1833. The cause of this misunder- standing arose from a wide - spread belief on the ...
... letters during the period when the irritation of the agricultural labourers of England against their employers was at its height , namely from 1830 to 1833. The cause of this misunder- standing arose from a wide - spread belief on the ...
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... letters , whose privations and miserable end brought about the foundation of the Literary Fund , graduated at Wadham College , Oxford ( M.A. , 1734 ) , and in his fiftieth year began the publication , by subscription , of a complete ...
... letters , whose privations and miserable end brought about the foundation of the Literary Fund , graduated at Wadham College , Oxford ( M.A. , 1734 ) , and in his fiftieth year began the publication , by subscription , of a complete ...
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Page 286 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Page 218 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 264 - Christ : and that there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood ; which conversion the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation.
Page 279 - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the Cabinet.
Page 185 - I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
Page 191 - I would prepare myself for no man in England but Lord Thurlow. When I am to meet with him, I should wish to know a day before.
Page 2 - God-dam ! elle vous sangle un soufflet de crocheteur : preuve qu'elle entend. Les Anglais, à la vérité, ajoutent, par-ci par-là, quelques autres mots en conversant; mais il est bien aisé de voir que God-dam est le fond de la langue ; et si monseigneur n'a pas d'autre motif de me laisser en Espagne...
Page 128 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Page 270 - ... or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe both houses, or either house of parliament...
Page 21 - ... years. No one is bound to pay taxes specially appropriated to defraying the expenses of a creed to which he does not belong. The free exercise of worship is guaranteed within the limits compatible with public order and proper behaviour.