Miscellanies, Volumen2J.W. Parker and Son, 1860 |
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... perhaps they had , on the whole , the best of the argument ; and if it were any pleasure to them to prove the impotency of humanity , they must have enjoyed that lofty grati- fication awhile . One would have thought , certainly , that ...
... perhaps they had , on the whole , the best of the argument ; and if it were any pleasure to them to prove the impotency of humanity , they must have enjoyed that lofty grati- fication awhile . One would have thought , certainly , that ...
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... perhaps , which most illustrates the variety , fulness , and energy of his intel- lect . A short sketch of his life , by me , has been ap- pended by our mutual friend the editor to his preface : but the best evidence of what manner of ...
... perhaps , which most illustrates the variety , fulness , and energy of his intel- lect . A short sketch of his life , by me , has been ap- pended by our mutual friend the editor to his preface : but the best evidence of what manner of ...
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... perhaps , over the top of the road , ' worked out by the feet of the pack - horses into trans- verse ridges and furrows of stiff clay , or mud and water , in which many a horse has been abandoned as inextricable ? While roads are left ...
... perhaps , over the top of the road , ' worked out by the feet of the pack - horses into trans- verse ridges and furrows of stiff clay , or mud and water , in which many a horse has been abandoned as inextricable ? While roads are left ...
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... perhaps the best sketch in the book is that of his first sight of the great ' Mycteria Americana ' — p . 280 : As I was riding this evening across the Pantanos ( marshes ) , a district on the south side of the town , where the soil is ...
... perhaps the best sketch in the book is that of his first sight of the great ' Mycteria Americana ' — p . 280 : As I was riding this evening across the Pantanos ( marshes ) , a district on the south side of the town , where the soil is ...
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... perhaps independent and alone , into something more worthy of that terres- trial Paradise in which Mr. Mansfield found them idling -the western ' Land of Prester John , ' as he calls it , in a playful and fanciful poem ( full ...
... perhaps independent and alone , into something more worthy of that terres- trial Paradise in which Mr. Mansfield found them idling -the western ' Land of Prester John , ' as he calls it , in a playful and fanciful poem ( full ...
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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.