An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 4K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1891 |
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... side of things when he stated that about this time England was infested with robbers , assassins , and incendi- aries , the natural consequences of degeneracy , corruption , and the want of police in the interior government of the ...
... side of things when he stated that about this time England was infested with robbers , assassins , and incendi- aries , the natural consequences of degeneracy , corruption , and the want of police in the interior government of the ...
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... side of a pool , so as not to disturb a minnow by a splash ; and he constantly saw him draw out the eels from the mud in one of the Arlescott ponds . So clever was he that he could bring the land - rails near him with a common comb ...
... side of a pool , so as not to disturb a minnow by a splash ; and he constantly saw him draw out the eels from the mud in one of the Arlescott ponds . So clever was he that he could bring the land - rails near him with a common comb ...
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... side Inverness . By the way , the battle is not christened yet ; I only know that neither Prestonpans nor Falkirk are to be godfathers . ' Suffice it to say here that the battle was a decisive one , and the rebellion was as good as at ...
... side Inverness . By the way , the battle is not christened yet ; I only know that neither Prestonpans nor Falkirk are to be godfathers . ' Suffice it to say here that the battle was a decisive one , and the rebellion was as good as at ...
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... side , whereas the unthinking idler leaves all doubts unresolved and all knots untied . No scholar but will be pleased to remember that the British Museum was founded this year . Here were combined the Cottonian Collections , Sir Hans ...
... side , whereas the unthinking idler leaves all doubts unresolved and all knots untied . No scholar but will be pleased to remember that the British Museum was founded this year . Here were combined the Cottonian Collections , Sir Hans ...
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... side as you entered . These things are passed away now , but they serve as remi- niscences , and Mr. Foss will inform anyone how truthful was the record of Charles Cross , and how trusty the good Old Oak's memory , as a faithful ...
... side as you entered . These things are passed away now , but they serve as remi- niscences , and Mr. Foss will inform anyone how truthful was the record of Charles Cross , and how trusty the good Old Oak's memory , as a faithful ...
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Página 3 - Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Página 400 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 35 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Página 433 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim: Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 406 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Página 244 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Página 82 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 74 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had...
Página 433 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The MOON takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening Earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the STARS that round her burn. And all the PLANETS in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 367 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.