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... known to this day as Danes ' Blood Field " there grows a plant called " monkshood , " in which , during the spring ... known as Danes ' - blood . The dwarf elder , Sambucus Ebulus , is also known both as Danes ' - blood and Danes ...
... known to this day as Danes ' Blood Field " there grows a plant called " monkshood , " in which , during the spring ... known as Danes ' - blood . The dwarf elder , Sambucus Ebulus , is also known both as Danes ' - blood and Danes ...
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... known as " The Albert Memorial . " It was erected by public subscription , was begun ing attention . in 1865 , and completed in 1868. It rises to a height of 138 feet , and was constructed from the designs of Mr. W. J. Barre . On the ...
... known as " The Albert Memorial . " It was erected by public subscription , was begun ing attention . in 1865 , and completed in 1868. It rises to a height of 138 feet , and was constructed from the designs of Mr. W. J. Barre . On the ...
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... known that Baron Gerard teenth century . painted two portraits of her in 1829 and 1830. I much wish to trace these portraits , and any other portrait of her , if such exists . She was born in St. Helens , Isle of Wight , the year being ...
... known that Baron Gerard teenth century . painted two portraits of her in 1829 and 1830. I much wish to trace these portraits , and any other portrait of her , if such exists . She was born in St. Helens , Isle of Wight , the year being ...
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... known to call for further remark . in June , 1910 , a polished granite memorial It may not be so well known , however , that slab was placed on The Cottage , Braemar , bearing the inscription : - " Here R. L. Stevenson spent the summer ...
... known to call for further remark . in June , 1910 , a polished granite memorial It may not be so well known , however , that slab was placed on The Cottage , Braemar , bearing the inscription : - " Here R. L. Stevenson spent the summer ...
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... known rules of philology . If they do , the derivation of yorker from yarker , " jerk , " would certainly be at fault . In the first place , a jerk is expressly forbidden by the rules of cricket : " " A ball must be bowled . If thrown ...
... known rules of philology . If they do , the derivation of yorker from yarker , " jerk , " would certainly be at fault . In the first place , a jerk is expressly forbidden by the rules of cricket : " " A ball must be bowled . If thrown ...
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Página 8 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Página 35 - Wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary common-place things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.
Página 116 - THERE was a little girl, who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead, And when she was good, she was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid.
Página 196 - Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not— Plays, in the many games of life, that one...
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Página 369 - Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field. Where shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield ! XXXV.
Página 397 - For good undone and gifts misspent and resolutions vain, Tis somewhat late to trouble. This I know— I should live the same life over, if I had to live again; And the chances are I go where most men go.
Página 66 - O, that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come ! But it sufficeth, that the day will end, And then the end is known.
Página 44 - recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. He forgets neither friend nor foe, remembers, and with accuracy, both benefit and injury. He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood. You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation ; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor : he is the friend of man, save...
Página 301 - These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose, where music dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality.