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... took a pleasure in heaping her favours upon . All his specu- lations turned out prosperously ; he made cent . per cent . by his loans , and much more by his bargains ; so that , after a time , the care of keeping his wealth became as ...
... took a pleasure in heaping her favours upon . All his specu- lations turned out prosperously ; he made cent . per cent . by his loans , and much more by his bargains ; so that , after a time , the care of keeping his wealth became as ...
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... took his leave . At midnight , on the next night , Olivier was intro- duced by Nicholas , with abundant caution , to the cham- ber in which his treasure was locked . The Frenchman first began to explain to the merchant that it was by ...
... took his leave . At midnight , on the next night , Olivier was intro- duced by Nicholas , with abundant caution , to the cham- ber in which his treasure was locked . The Frenchman first began to explain to the merchant that it was by ...
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... took place in a manner truly characteristic of eastern man- ners . The emperor was made a prisoner by the Raja of Cascar , who , with a remarkable generosity , set him at liberty , solely on the condition that Cascar should be exempt ...
... took place in a manner truly characteristic of eastern man- ners . The emperor was made a prisoner by the Raja of Cascar , who , with a remarkable generosity , set him at liberty , solely on the condition that Cascar should be exempt ...
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... took aim at it with the same arrow with which he had pierced the caterpillar . Notwithstanding the antelope received the shaft in a part of its body which was not susceptible of a mortal wound , the animal instantaneously ex- pired ...
... took aim at it with the same arrow with which he had pierced the caterpillar . Notwithstanding the antelope received the shaft in a part of its body which was not susceptible of a mortal wound , the animal instantaneously ex- pired ...
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... took a seat near an artizan , who was drinking with great gaiety , and , inspired with the wine , was disposed to indulge his vocal talents . Jehan Guir was delighted to find himself in such pleasant society . A familiarity was soon ...
... took a seat near an artizan , who was drinking with great gaiety , and , inspired with the wine , was disposed to indulge his vocal talents . Jehan Guir was delighted to find himself in such pleasant society . A familiarity was soon ...
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Էջ 253 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Էջ 239 - Is it so?" reflecting on the alliance which had placed the Stewart family on the throne; "then God's will be done. It came with a lass, and it will go with a lass.
Էջ 216 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Էջ 259 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...
Էջ 283 - Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose, where music dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality.
Էջ 65 - Those who approach the study of this interesting subject with unbiassed minds will readily perceive that there must have existed an early period of lawlessness, in which it was with women as with other kinds of property, " that he should take who had the power, and he should keep who can"; that wives were first obtained by force, then by theft, and later by trade and bargain.
Էջ 214 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 97 - The Jolly Beggars, for humorous description and nice discrimination of character, is inferior to no poem of the same length in the whole range of English poetry. The scene indeed is laid in the very lowest department of low life, the actors being a set of strolling vagrants, met to carouse, and barter their rags and plunder for liquor in a hedge alehouse.
Էջ 145 - Tower Menagerie; comprising the Natural History of the Animals contained in that Establishment, with Anecdotes of their Characters and History. Illustrated by Portraits of each, taken from life, by William Harvey, [and engraved on Wood by Branston and Wright.
Էջ 228 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.