The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Том 1J. Limbird, 1823 |
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... took gain'd eight hundred a year , The step that he took made that sum disappear . Please look at the Act , and advise whe- ther Boyd By debt made the deed nudum pactum and void ; And say , if eight hundred per annum , Miss Pirouette ...
... took gain'd eight hundred a year , The step that he took made that sum disappear . Please look at the Act , and advise whe- ther Boyd By debt made the deed nudum pactum and void ; And say , if eight hundred per annum , Miss Pirouette ...
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... took place in 1807 , a contest which is said to have cost upwards of 300,000 % . his whole expenses were defrayed by public subscription ! Nay , such was the public zeal manifested in his favour , that more than double the sum necessary ...
... took place in 1807 , a contest which is said to have cost upwards of 300,000 % . his whole expenses were defrayed by public subscription ! Nay , such was the public zeal manifested in his favour , that more than double the sum necessary ...
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... took excessive prices ; that the watch was not kept , that there were several assaults ; and that Matilda Symonds was , as presented in former years , a disturber of the peace . " - Manning's Surrey , p . 554 . The Neapolitans are very ...
... took excessive prices ; that the watch was not kept , that there were several assaults ; and that Matilda Symonds was , as presented in former years , a disturber of the peace . " - Manning's Surrey , p . 554 . The Neapolitans are very ...
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... took him up shortly , and reminded him of the disturbances of which he had formerly been the occa- sion . " Sir , ” replied Wilkes , “ I never was a Wilkite . " THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING QUICKLY . -The benevolent Dr. Wilson once dis ...
... took him up shortly , and reminded him of the disturbances of which he had formerly been the occa- sion . " Sir , ” replied Wilkes , “ I never was a Wilkite . " THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING QUICKLY . -The benevolent Dr. Wilson once dis ...
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... took no particular no- tice of him . He soon began , however , to make inquiries respecting the da- mage done by the blowing up of an ammunition waggon , and asked whether those who suffered by the accident had received the money which ...
... took no particular no- tice of him . He soon began , however , to make inquiries respecting the da- mage done by the blowing up of an ammunition waggon , and asked whether those who suffered by the accident had received the money which ...
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Сторінка 261 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
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Сторінка 418 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Сторінка 220 - Jeffery, with the first fire, shot his antagonist dead. This happened in France, whither he had attended his mistress in the troubles. He was again taken prisoner by a Turkish rover, and sold into Barbary.
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