Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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Արդյունքներ 77–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... side distances are meas- ured on the maps in every direction . Two central postal districts of London - West Cen- tral and East Central- are surrounded by six others : North Western , Northern , and Eastern , to the north and east , and ...
... side distances are meas- ured on the maps in every direction . Two central postal districts of London - West Cen- tral and East Central- are surrounded by six others : North Western , Northern , and Eastern , to the north and east , and ...
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... sides his victories at Aboukir , St. Vincent , Copenhagen , and Tra- falgar . His last command , " England expects every man will do his duty , " is ( rather incon- spicuously ) inscribed on the south face , be- neath the death - scene ...
... sides his victories at Aboukir , St. Vincent , Copenhagen , and Tra- falgar . His last command , " England expects every man will do his duty , " is ( rather incon- spicuously ) inscribed on the south face , be- neath the death - scene ...
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... side of Whitehall , on a bit of land owned centuries ago by Scottish kings . Opposite , just beyond the Admiralty , is a little , low building , with a clock - tower , once only a guard - house for the palace of Whitehall , but now the ...
... side of Whitehall , on a bit of land owned centuries ago by Scottish kings . Opposite , just beyond the Admiralty , is a little , low building , with a clock - tower , once only a guard - house for the palace of Whitehall , but now the ...
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... side of Downing Street ( which has given its name to the whole political quarter ) , and look out at the back on the waters of St. James's Park , by the side of the offices of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in ...
... side of Downing Street ( which has given its name to the whole political quarter ) , and look out at the back on the waters of St. James's Park , by the side of the offices of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in ...
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... side of Westminster proper ; but how few single half - miles of street have witnessed events of such magnitude as Whitehall , where dynasties have risen and been dethroned , and the consecutive policies , domestic and foreign , of a ...
... side of Westminster proper ; but how few single half - miles of street have witnessed events of such magnitude as Whitehall , where dynasties have risen and been dethroned , and the consecutive policies , domestic and foreign , of a ...
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Էջ 293 - TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost.
Էջ 66 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Էջ 292 - UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, SIDNEY'S sister, PEMBROKE'S mother ; Death ! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Էջ 230 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Էջ 231 - The world, surely, has not another place like Oxford ; it is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it, for it would take a lifetime and more than one, to comprehend and enjoy it satisfactorily.
Էջ 171 - The Prelate of Durham became one, and the more important, of the only two English prelates whose worldly franchises invested them with some faint shadow of the sovereign powers enjoyed by the princely churchmen of the Empire.
Էջ 70 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Էջ 143 - ' Lowland Scotland as a distinct nationality came in with two warriors and went out with two bards. It came in with William Wallace and Robert Bruce, and went out with Robert Burns and Walter Scott. The first two made the history ; the last two told the story and sang the song.
Էջ 39 - In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.