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... night at a spring , waking the well . Petrarch tells us how , in accordance with an old cus- tom , the banks of the Rhine at Cologne were covered on St. John's even at sunset , praeclaro et ingenti mulierum agmine ; . who with many ...
... night at a spring , waking the well . Petrarch tells us how , in accordance with an old cus- tom , the banks of the Rhine at Cologne were covered on St. John's even at sunset , praeclaro et ingenti mulierum agmine ; . who with many ...
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a running stream at twelve o'clock on Christmas night was reputed a cure for colic ; that obtained at midnight of St. John's day was deemed a febrifuge . Many non - medicinal springs had a high reputation ; some restored the old to ...
a running stream at twelve o'clock on Christmas night was reputed a cure for colic ; that obtained at midnight of St. John's day was deemed a febrifuge . Many non - medicinal springs had a high reputation ; some restored the old to ...
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... night , were so frightful and appalling that few liked to pass persons it after dark , and those who were compelled to do so , hurried along , as if they expected to see at their heels some of the poor wretches who were howl- ing ...
... night , were so frightful and appalling that few liked to pass persons it after dark , and those who were compelled to do so , hurried along , as if they expected to see at their heels some of the poor wretches who were howl- ing ...
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... night , as if the lash were indeed not spared . # 1 This at length attracted so much notice , and there were so many strange rumours circulating , that it was determined by the magistrates to make some enquiry into the business , which ...
... night , as if the lash were indeed not spared . # 1 This at length attracted so much notice , and there were so many strange rumours circulating , that it was determined by the magistrates to make some enquiry into the business , which ...
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night by the sound of men's voices , and when they were heard no more , such terrific screams rang through the air ... night after night , and every night on the same spot ? How did it happen that scores of persons testified to this fact ...
night by the sound of men's voices , and when they were heard no more , such terrific screams rang through the air ... night after night , and every night on the same spot ? How did it happen that scores of persons testified to this fact ...
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.