Miscellanies, Volumen2J.W. Parker and Son, 1860 |
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... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
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... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
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... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of ...
... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of ...
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... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death ; and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work ...
... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death ; and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work ...
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... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
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Página 387 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 304 - And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Página 247 - And soon with this he other matter blended, Cheerfully uttered, with demeanour kind, But stately in the main ; and, when he ended, I could have laughed myself to scorn to find In that decrepit man so firm a mind.
Página 385 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 78 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Página 129 - Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek And love to live in dimple sleek...
Página 191 - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Página 108 - Fletcher; and lastly (without wrong last to be named), the right happy and copious industry of Master Shakespeare, Master Dekker, and Master Heywood; wishing what I write may be read by their light...
Página 387 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled ; thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Página 331 - ... between the living and the dead, that the plague may be stayed. Hardly less is the present physical state of our great cities felt by that numerous class which is, next to the employer, the most important in a city. I mean the shopmen, clerks, and all the men, principally young ones, who are employed exclusively in the work of distribution.