Country miscellany and literary selector, Temas1-71832 |
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... head and please the fancy . That your Petitioner has reasons to believe that the Editor of the said Local Publication is a young man , just set up in business , and anxious by a diligent and right employment of his " Press , " to serve ...
... head and please the fancy . That your Petitioner has reasons to believe that the Editor of the said Local Publication is a young man , just set up in business , and anxious by a diligent and right employment of his " Press , " to serve ...
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... head , but oftener a crook of ivory . But they have latterly been much displaced by light umbrellas , the handles of ... head of a thistle , will allow . The utility of the stick seems divi- sible into three heads ; first , to give a ...
... head , but oftener a crook of ivory . But they have latterly been much displaced by light umbrellas , the handles of ... head of a thistle , will allow . The utility of the stick seems divi- sible into three heads ; first , to give a ...
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... into the sleeves , and drawing the skirts over my head . In this situation I lay , like Fal- Ꭰ staff in the basket , -hilt to point , —and 17 THE LITERARY SELECTOR Extract from the Life of Sir T Munro Water Witch 225.
... into the sleeves , and drawing the skirts over my head . In this situation I lay , like Fal- Ꭰ staff in the basket , -hilt to point , —and 17 THE LITERARY SELECTOR Extract from the Life of Sir T Munro Water Witch 225.
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... head . This bed served me till Alexander went last to Bengal , when he gave me an Europe camp - couch . On this great occasion , I bought a pillow and a carpet to lay under me , but the unfortunate curtains were condemned to make pillow ...
... head . This bed served me till Alexander went last to Bengal , when he gave me an Europe camp - couch . On this great occasion , I bought a pillow and a carpet to lay under me , but the unfortunate curtains were condemned to make pillow ...
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... head , sir ? " Do you see which " I see nothing but the light . It is so dark that our own sails are scarcely visible — and yet I think here are his yards , a little forward of our lee beam . " " " Tis our own lower boom . I got it out ...
... head , sir ? " Do you see which " I see nothing but the light . It is so dark that our own sails are scarcely visible — and yet I think here are his yards , a little forward of our lee beam . " " " Tis our own lower boom . I got it out ...
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Página 183 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 213 - you can do nothing for me." All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Página 102 - For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Página 214 - Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek: and Nelson said, " Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty!
Página 214 - Captain Hardy, some fifty minutes after he had left the cockpit, returned ; and, again taking the hand of his dying friend and commander, congratulated him on having gained a complete victory. How many of the enemy were taken he did not know, as it was impossible to perceive them distinctly ; but fourteen or fifteen at least. " That's well, cried Nelson,
Página 212 - ' I hope not," cried Hardy. "Yes," he replied, "my backbone is shot through." Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the...
Página 92 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 126 - Talent is power; tact is skill. Talent is weight ; tact is momentum. Talent knows what to do; tact knows how to do it. Talent makes a man respectable ; tact will make him respected. Talent is wealth ; tact is ready money.
Página 212 - It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal. This, however, was concealed from all except Captain Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood he felt momently within his breast, that no human care could avail him, insisted that the surgeon should leave him, and attend to those to whom he might be useful...
Página 212 - Redoutable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent; for, as she carried no flag, there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball fired from her...