The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Том 21853 |
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... flowers . But the exhalations which are easily raised with those vapours are more subtile and less corrosive . Whence it is , that they make a very healthful water , upon the tops of tender , and blooming flowers , which is indeed so ...
... flowers . But the exhalations which are easily raised with those vapours are more subtile and less corrosive . Whence it is , that they make a very healthful water , upon the tops of tender , and blooming flowers , which is indeed so ...
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... flowers , And thorns surround its fairest rose . The home of earth is not for me ; Far off my spirit's dwelling lies ; The eye of faith alone can see Its pearly gates beyond the skies . The ear of faith alone can hear The music of its ...
... flowers , And thorns surround its fairest rose . The home of earth is not for me ; Far off my spirit's dwelling lies ; The eye of faith alone can see Its pearly gates beyond the skies . The ear of faith alone can hear The music of its ...
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... flowers perfum❜d . The animal creation seem oppressed with langour at this hot season , and either seek the ... flower , VOL . II . G And every latent herb : for the sweet task , PROSE AND POETRY . 49 JULY. ...
... flowers perfum❜d . The animal creation seem oppressed with langour at this hot season , and either seek the ... flower , VOL . II . G And every latent herb : for the sweet task , PROSE AND POETRY . 49 JULY. ...
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... flowers , strongly prevailing at different periods , in foreign countries , was carried to some extent in various parts of England . In the Flora Domestica it will be observed , that the Romans alluded to the practice in their wills ...
... flowers , strongly prevailing at different periods , in foreign countries , was carried to some extent in various parts of England . In the Flora Domestica it will be observed , that the Romans alluded to the practice in their wills ...
Сторінка 56
C. Gough. addition , some graves are daily strewed over with fresh gathered flowers , by friends or relatives of the inhabitants . In some parts of this country , about the middle of the last century , the practice was very prevalent of ...
C. Gough. addition , some graves are daily strewed over with fresh gathered flowers , by friends or relatives of the inhabitants . In some parts of this country , about the middle of the last century , the practice was very prevalent of ...
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Сторінка 238 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Сторінка 266 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
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Сторінка 221 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Сторінка 291 - My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Сторінка 221 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Сторінка 238 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.