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... common phrase in Methodist class - meetings . 66 ་ ་ C. C. B. YAWS " : ITS ETYMOLOGY . - According to Rees's Cyclopædia , ' 1819 , this skin disease is " so called from the resemblance of its eruption to a raspberry , the word yaw in ...
... common phrase in Methodist class - meetings . 66 ་ ་ C. C. B. YAWS " : ITS ETYMOLOGY . - According to Rees's Cyclopædia , ' 1819 , this skin disease is " so called from the resemblance of its eruption to a raspberry , the word yaw in ...
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... common I cannot at all understand why the word E. toy , which is at least as old as 1530 ( see Palsgrave ) . And this corresponds to Du . tuig , which becomes Zeug in German , and is a word of very wide application . The peculiar ...
... common I cannot at all understand why the word E. toy , which is at least as old as 1530 ( see Palsgrave ) . And this corresponds to Du . tuig , which becomes Zeug in German , and is a word of very wide application . The peculiar ...
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... common sense ; and the reverence shown for illustrious descent by Sir Francis Palgrave in more than one passage in his ' History of Normandy and England ' was said , at the time of publica- tion , to have injured the sale of the work ...
... common sense ; and the reverence shown for illustrious descent by Sir Francis Palgrave in more than one passage in his ' History of Normandy and England ' was said , at the time of publica- tion , to have injured the sale of the work ...
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... common to both . I extract the following ; but , with this exception , all the quotations given below are from the edition of 1625 : - Goe forth thou haplesse Embrion of my Braine , Vnfashion'd as thou art ; expresse the straine And ...
... common to both . I extract the following ; but , with this exception , all the quotations given below are from the edition of 1625 : - Goe forth thou haplesse Embrion of my Braine , Vnfashion'd as thou art ; expresse the straine And ...
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... common knowledge that the ideas of the latter gentle- man upon the subject of art and embellish- ments generally were , to say the least of them , peculiar , the ultimate outcome of the negotiations being that the plan as proposed by ...
... common knowledge that the ideas of the latter gentle- man upon the subject of art and embellish- ments generally were , to say the least of them , peculiar , the ultimate outcome of the negotiations being that the plan as proposed by ...
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Página 203 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 290 - In the elder days of Art, Builders -wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Página 375 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn...
Página 212 - Great wits are sure to madness near allied; And thin partitions do their bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Página 213 - Sais-tu quel est Pyrrhus ? T'es-tu fait raconter Le nombre des exploits... Mais qui les peut compter? Intrépide, et partout suivi de la victoire, Charmant, fidèle enfin, rien ne manque à sa gloire.
Página 190 - Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.
Página 65 - Paul's Day be fair and clear. It does betide a happy year; But if it chance to snow or rain, Then will be dear all kinds of grain: If clouds or mists do dark the skie, Great store of birds and beasts shall die; And if the winds do fly aloft, Then wars shall vex the kingdome oft.
Página 77 - Woe to the coward, that ever he was born, Who did not draw the sword before he blew the horn!
Página 442 - The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws.
Página 154 - Can fire the guest in warming of the bed — There's a touch of sublime Milton for you, and the subject but an inn-keeper's daughter ! I can play with a girl as an angler does with his fish ; he keeps it at the end of his line, runs it up the stream, and down the stream, till at last he brings it to hand, tickles the trout, and so whips it into his basket.