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Pagina 62
... continued to augment the wealth of his bookseller , the venerable and much respected Johnson . The following very interesting and extraordinary cir- cumstance occurred at Dort in the year 1785 , which is still the frequent narrative of ...
... continued to augment the wealth of his bookseller , the venerable and much respected Johnson . The following very interesting and extraordinary cir- cumstance occurred at Dort in the year 1785 , which is still the frequent narrative of ...
Pagina 68
... continued for many years , till time has hardened the cruel practice into a custom which has become inoffensive to the people . One of these poor wretches approached me ; the af- fected gaiety of her deportment , so entirely discordant ...
... continued for many years , till time has hardened the cruel practice into a custom which has become inoffensive to the people . One of these poor wretches approached me ; the af- fected gaiety of her deportment , so entirely discordant ...
Pagina 90
... continued smoking , and en- joying the delightful novelty of our aquatic conveyance and the surrounding scenery . We met several boats , and the dexterity by which the line was slackened by one boat , to permit the other , which kept ...
... continued smoking , and en- joying the delightful novelty of our aquatic conveyance and the surrounding scenery . We met several boats , and the dexterity by which the line was slackened by one boat , to permit the other , which kept ...
Pagina 118
... after a prodigal effusion of blood , the peace obtained in 1648 lasted only four years . The first war with Great Bri- tain continued to 1654 ; and scarcely had the republic BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH . 119 tasted of the sweets of.
... after a prodigal effusion of blood , the peace obtained in 1648 lasted only four years . The first war with Great Bri- tain continued to 1654 ; and scarcely had the republic BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH . 119 tasted of the sweets of.
Pagina 119
... continued till 1660 , and in the South to 1661 : then immediately fol- lowed a fierce contest with Great Britain , which did not close till the treaty at Breda in 1667 , and the moment that was concluded , the country was invaded by ...
... continued till 1660 , and in the South to 1661 : then immediately fol- lowed a fierce contest with Great Britain , which did not close till the treaty at Breda in 1667 , and the moment that was concluded , the country was invaded by ...
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Pagina 185 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Pagina 326 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Pagina 343 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Pagina 367 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Pagina 110 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Pagina 75 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Pagina 3 - In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft I shot his fellow of the self-same flight The self-same way, with more advised watch To find the other forth ; and by adventuring both I oft found both : I urge this childhood proof, Because what follows is pure innocence.
Pagina 247 - Why, this. Will lug your priests and servants from your sides, Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads : This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed ; Make the hoar leprosy adored ; place thieves, And give them title, knee and approbation With senators on the bench...
Pagina 403 - Fruitless embraces ; or they led the vine To wed her elm ; she spoused about him twines Her marriageable arms, and with her brings Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves.
Pagina 10 - That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations...