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Pàgina viii
... Ancient Guilds and Modern Benefit Clubs , -The Oxford Man and the Cam- bridge Man , 75-- - " Great Events from Little Causes spring , " 76 . -Great Britain on the Map of the World , 80. - Ancient and Modern London , -Potatoes the ...
... Ancient Guilds and Modern Benefit Clubs , -The Oxford Man and the Cam- bridge Man , 75-- - " Great Events from Little Causes spring , " 76 . -Great Britain on the Map of the World , 80. - Ancient and Modern London , -Potatoes the ...
Pàgina 9
... ancient , as the reign of Henry VIII . here in England can bear witness ; and therein especially the Lord Cromwell , who perished by the same unjust law that himself had devised for the taking away of another man's life . " Free ...
... ancient , as the reign of Henry VIII . here in England can bear witness ; and therein especially the Lord Cromwell , who perished by the same unjust law that himself had devised for the taking away of another man's life . " Free ...
Pàgina 18
... ancient Counts de Vermandois . Lord ap - Adam's wife ( the ancestress of this second President of America ) was the daughter and sole heiress of John Lord de Gournay , of Beverston Castle , Gloucestershire , the representative of the ...
... ancient Counts de Vermandois . Lord ap - Adam's wife ( the ancestress of this second President of America ) was the daughter and sole heiress of John Lord de Gournay , of Beverston Castle , Gloucestershire , the representative of the ...
Pàgina 48
... ancient and modern history . What was the Lacedæmonian phalanx in the best days of Lacedæmon ? What was the Roman Legion in the best days of Rome ? What were the armies that con- quered at Cressy , at Poictiers , at Agincourt , 49 ...
... ancient and modern history . What was the Lacedæmonian phalanx in the best days of Lacedæmon ? What was the Roman Legion in the best days of Rome ? What were the armies that con- quered at Cressy , at Poictiers , at Agincourt , 49 ...
Pàgina 55
... ancient states and monarchical forms of government , has been violently rent in twain , and what- ever may be the issue of that struggle in which we see at present only a lavish expenditure of blood and treasure , still there is no ...
... ancient states and monarchical forms of government , has been violently rent in twain , and what- ever may be the issue of that struggle in which we see at present only a lavish expenditure of blood and treasure , still there is no ...
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Pàgina 232 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Pàgina 214 - And, instead of this, there is not a moment, of any day of our lives, when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory; and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Pàgina 154 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
Pàgina 280 - Calculated alike to profit and to please, they inform the understanding, elevate the affections, and entertain the imagination. Indited under the influence of HIM, to whom all hearts are known, and all events foreknown, they suit mankind in all situations ; grateful as the manna which descended from above, and conformed itself to every palate.
Pàgina 280 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Pàgina 289 - DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART; comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use.
Pàgina 20 - Let us be masters of the Channel for six hours, and we are masters of the world ! ' Such are Napoleon's own words in a secret letter to Latouche Treville, dated the 2nd of July.
Pàgina 280 - Heroical magnanimity, exquisite justice, grave moderation, exact wisdom, repentance unfeigned, unwearied patience, the mysteries of God, the sufferings of Christ, the terrors of wrath, the comforts of grace, the works of providence over this world, and the promised joys of that world which is to come, all good necessarily to be either known, or done, or had, this one celestial fountain yieldeth.
Pàgina 232 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...