Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Band 2R. Bentley, 1853 |
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... head off 187-217 CHAPTER VII . The quantity of land , and the quantity of people who live on it - The constitution of a man pitted against the con- stitution of a horse - Climate and its effect upon health- Limit of American life ...
... head off 187-217 CHAPTER VII . The quantity of land , and the quantity of people who live on it - The constitution of a man pitted against the con- stitution of a horse - Climate and its effect upon health- Limit of American life ...
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... heads , their houses , and their idle children , a crushing retribution . So , too , the Castle folk , who had their opera - glasses , their bouquets , their scented gloves , of pink or primrose , their genteel servility , their ...
... heads , their houses , and their idle children , a crushing retribution . So , too , the Castle folk , who had their opera - glasses , their bouquets , their scented gloves , of pink or primrose , their genteel servility , their ...
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... head , and they , having obtained the grand desideratum of the pious Emperor Nero , had chopped it off at one blow . The climax of his outpouring was finally reached , when he an- nounced to the assembled gapers his having become a ...
... head , and they , having obtained the grand desideratum of the pious Emperor Nero , had chopped it off at one blow . The climax of his outpouring was finally reached , when he an- nounced to the assembled gapers his having become a ...
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... heads of the people completely topsy - turvy . He performed in several parts of the States until July 1812 , and died on the 26th of * He subsequently appeared at Drury Lane , in 1813 , and was the successful author of some excellent ...
... heads of the people completely topsy - turvy . He performed in several parts of the States until July 1812 , and died on the 26th of * He subsequently appeared at Drury Lane , in 1813 , and was the successful author of some excellent ...
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... heads of half Europe , turned very few in America , and we question whether the result was either profitable or agreeable . Our opinions on this delightful actress have long since been recorded , and the talent of herself and her liege ...
... heads of half Europe , turned very few in America , and we question whether the result was either profitable or agreeable . Our opinions on this delightful actress have long since been recorded , and the talent of herself and her liege ...
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Seite 177 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 160 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Seite 3 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Seite 137 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Seite 317 - ... of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it ; for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses ; that your majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bonds of law', loyalty, faith, and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation formed by these ties, to be further violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, which, if...
Seite 32 - Government, the other half to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same...
Seite 120 - O you ! whom vanity's light bark conveys On fame's mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or born too high ! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Seite 317 - Permit us, then, most gracious Sovereign, in the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility, to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining...
Seite 154 - HILL.] (3) [The plan of going to bed early, and rising betimes, has been called the golden rule for the attainment of health and long life.
Seite 317 - We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.