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... lines has been made to the Catalogue , and a note appended that the first and second titles were evidently trans- posed by the printer . This tract may be a combination of the first and third of the works mentioned by Rawson . And I sug ...
... lines has been made to the Catalogue , and a note appended that the first and second titles were evidently trans- posed by the printer . This tract may be a combination of the first and third of the works mentioned by Rawson . And I sug ...
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... lines along which his genius travelled when stimulated by his quite untutored studies . In one chapter alone ( chap . xliv . ) of ' Pick- wick we find two such instances : Sam Weller's tale of the gentleman who blew out his brains as a ...
... lines along which his genius travelled when stimulated by his quite untutored studies . In one chapter alone ( chap . xliv . ) of ' Pick- wick we find two such instances : Sam Weller's tale of the gentleman who blew out his brains as a ...
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... lines are better known than the couplet , The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay , A bed by night , a chest of drawers by day . It may be suggestive of an origin , and is certainly worth noting as a coincidence , that in The Satires ...
... lines are better known than the couplet , The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay , A bed by night , a chest of drawers by day . It may be suggestive of an origin , and is certainly worth noting as a coincidence , that in The Satires ...
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... lines occur in some verses composed above a twelvemonth ago , while walking from Felpham to Lavant , to meet my sister , " and sent to Mr. Butts in a letter apparently in continuation of one of 22 Nov. , 1802. Clearly they were not ...
... lines occur in some verses composed above a twelvemonth ago , while walking from Felpham to Lavant , to meet my sister , " and sent to Mr. Butts in a letter apparently in continuation of one of 22 Nov. , 1802. Clearly they were not ...
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... lines . Here the name of Bartolus , the great mediæval jurist , has displaced that of the Roman emperor : - 19 Dat Galenus opes , fulvum dat Bartolus aurum , Pontificat Moyses cum sacco per civitatem . EDWARD BENSLY . ( 11 S. vii . 428 ...
... lines . Here the name of Bartolus , the great mediæval jurist , has displaced that of the Roman emperor : - 19 Dat Galenus opes , fulvum dat Bartolus aurum , Pontificat Moyses cum sacco per civitatem . EDWARD BENSLY . ( 11 S. vii . 428 ...
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Page 246 - For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and species of property in the country. Occasionally they have varied this state of civil warfare by perpetrating some job which outraged public opinion, or by stumbling into mistakes which have been always discreditable, and sometimes ruinous. All this they call a policy, and seem quite proud of it; but the country has, I think, made up its mind to close...
Page 375 - The Daughter of Debate, that eke discord doth sow, Shall reap no gain where former rule hath taught still peace to grow No foreign banished wight shall anchor in this port; Our realm it brooks no stranger's force, let them elsewhere resort. Our rusty sword with rest shall first his edge employ, To poll their tops that seek such change and gape for joy.
Page 144 - Next, Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Page 132 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 149 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Page 153 - I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed, that I am reckless what I do, to spite the world.
Page 78 - Mirabilis Annus, or The year of Prodigies and Wonders, being a faithful and impartial Collection of several Signs that have been seen in the Heavens, in the Earth, and in the Waters...
Page 207 - A CHARGE to keep I have A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky...
Page 69 - Mr. Barker's as mute as a fish in the sea, Mr. Miles never moves on a journey, Mr. Gotobed sits up till half after three, Mr.
Page 132 - Shakespear for his honour'd Bones, The labour of an age in piled Stones, Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?