English Essays ...: Popular tales of Hindostan and Germany. Longfellow. Pitt. I. The duchess of Kent. George Stephenson. The modern Russian drama. Travels in the Caucasus. La Bruyère. Napoleon IO. Meissner, 1870 |
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... followed their advice with a vengeance . Hence disease and mortal langour in his prime ; hence the constitution early decayed which succumbed to the blow of Austerlitz . Lord Stanhope to whose valuable biography , which forms the ...
... followed their advice with a vengeance . Hence disease and mortal langour in his prime ; hence the constitution early decayed which succumbed to the blow of Austerlitz . Lord Stanhope to whose valuable biography , which forms the ...
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... followed the apparent overthrow of the family prospect , as far as the English throne was concerned . The dream of greatness was dissolved in tears ; and the widower of our beloved Princess Charlotte was sympathised with by all , and ...
... followed the apparent overthrow of the family prospect , as far as the English throne was concerned . The dream of greatness was dissolved in tears ; and the widower of our beloved Princess Charlotte was sympathised with by all , and ...
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... followed , the father of the family still being employed as fireman . George now began to earn twopence a day from a farmer's widow , by taking care of her cows , keeping them clear of the railroad track , and barring 122 GEORGE STEPHENSON ...
... followed , the father of the family still being employed as fireman . George now began to earn twopence a day from a farmer's widow , by taking care of her cows , keeping them clear of the railroad track , and barring 122 GEORGE STEPHENSON ...
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the directors and their friends ; and then twenty - one wagons with temporary seats for passengers , followed finally by six wagon - loads of coal ; in all , a train of thirty - eight vehicles . " The signal being given , " said a ...
the directors and their friends ; and then twenty - one wagons with temporary seats for passengers , followed finally by six wagon - loads of coal ; in all , a train of thirty - eight vehicles . " The signal being given , " said a ...
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... followed . Thousands upon thousands of persons lined each side of the railway for miles , and all through the country vehicles were drawn up and elevated stands erected , whence the multitude greeted the flying trains with tumultuous ...
... followed . Thousands upon thousands of persons lined each side of the railway for miles , and all through the country vehicles were drawn up and elevated stands erected , whence the multitude greeted the flying trains with tumultuous ...
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Էջ 316 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
Էջ 43 - O'er the ocean wild and wide ! For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than I could bear.
Էջ 43 - Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Էջ 250 - Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Էջ 141 - I have said will come to pass as sure as you live. I only wish I may live to see the day, though that I can scarcely hope for, as I know how slow all human progress is, and with what difficulty I have been able to get the locomotive adopted, notwithstanding my more than ten years' successful experiment at Killingworth.
Էջ 151 - would rather meet a highwayman, or see a burglar on his premises, than an engineer ; he should be much more safe, and of the two classes he thought the former more respectable...
Էջ 89 - British barbarians, have predicted with equal boldness, " there is a people that will never rise to civilisation — there is a people destined never to be free — a people without the understanding necessary for the attainment of useful arts ; depressed by the hand of nature below the level of the human species ; and created to form a supply of slaves for the rest of the world.
Էջ 68 - Temple to say, that whoever voted for the India bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as his enemy. And if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger or more to the purpose.
Էջ 44 - Comes the thought of other years. And I think how many thousands Of care-encumbered men, Each bearing his burden of sorrow, Have crossed the bridge since then. I see the long procession Still passing to and fro, The young heart hot and restless, And the old subdued and slow ! And...
Էջ 25 - Punchkin then stretched out his left arm, crying, "•Give me my parrot." The prince pulled of the parrot's second wing, and the magician's left arm tumbled off. ' "Give me my parrot," cried he, and fell on his knees. The prince pulled off the parrot's right leg, the magician's right leg fell off; the prince pulled off the parrot's left leg, down fell the magician's left. 'Nothing remained of him save the limbless body and the head; but still he rolled his eyes, and cried, "Give me my parrot.