The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History, Biography, Poetry, and Romance; Jeux D'esprit, Traditionary Relics, and Essays, with Translations from Approved Authors, Том 1T. Tegg, 1824 |
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... carried to the re- verend fathers of the town , that the valiant Brenno , escaped from the massacre of his countrymen , was re- turning in triumph to the scene of his nativity . The fat bailiffs of the town came out in procession to ...
... carried to the re- verend fathers of the town , that the valiant Brenno , escaped from the massacre of his countrymen , was re- turning in triumph to the scene of his nativity . The fat bailiffs of the town came out in procession to ...
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... carried a tuft of the whitest down of the swan in one hand , and in the other a small iron instrument , heated red - hot , which he brandished in the air . It was with infinite concern I beheld the Graces bound at the foot of the throne ...
... carried a tuft of the whitest down of the swan in one hand , and in the other a small iron instrument , heated red - hot , which he brandished in the air . It was with infinite concern I beheld the Graces bound at the foot of the throne ...
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... carry constantly about with them a cumbrous unwieldy machine , of a pyramidal form , several ells in circum- ference . But the most common , and one of the worst instruments of torture , was a small machine , armed with fish - bone and ...
... carry constantly about with them a cumbrous unwieldy machine , of a pyramidal form , several ells in circum- ference . But the most common , and one of the worst instruments of torture , was a small machine , armed with fish - bone and ...
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... carrying their heads on one side , because he had the misfortune to have a wry neck ; but all adulation is poor , compared to what is practised in this court : sometimes the queen will lisp and stam- mer , and then none of her ...
... carrying their heads on one side , because he had the misfortune to have a wry neck ; but all adulation is poor , compared to what is practised in this court : sometimes the queen will lisp and stam- mer , and then none of her ...
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... carried me over five thousand dead bodies before breakfast , and twice saved my life - once when the allies left us in the lurch , and we were obliged to scamper for it ; once when our company fell into an ambush , and only thirty men ...
... carried me over five thousand dead bodies before breakfast , and twice saved my life - once when the allies left us in the lurch , and we were obliged to scamper for it ; once when our company fell into an ambush , and only thirty men ...
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