Letters from England, Հատոր 3Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808 |
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... passed one of these rings , that the fairies were never seen now , as they used to be in old times . " What do you mean by old times ? " — " In the times of the Scriptures . " - " Nay , " said the priest , " I am sure you never read of ...
... passed one of these rings , that the fairies were never seen now , as they used to be in old times . " What do you mean by old times ? " — " In the times of the Scriptures . " - " Nay , " said the priest , " I am sure you never read of ...
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... . Then come what are called the puffs ; that is to say , advertisements inserted in an unusual shape , so that the reader , who would else have passed them over , is taken by sur- * prise . Thus , for instance , my eye was 28 LETTER LVI .
... . Then come what are called the puffs ; that is to say , advertisements inserted in an unusual shape , so that the reader , who would else have passed them over , is taken by sur- * prise . Thus , for instance , my eye was 28 LETTER LVI .
Էջ 71
... passed by and threw their pence in , not allowing them- selves time to enter . Was there ever so indefatigable a people ! —I may here men- tion , that the first confectioner who ever carried on the trade in England was a Spa- niard , by ...
... passed by and threw their pence in , not allowing them- selves time to enter . Was there ever so indefatigable a people ! —I may here men- tion , that the first confectioner who ever carried on the trade in England was a Spa- niard , by ...
Էջ 101
... passing in the political world to think themselves politicians ; they feel the whole burthen of taxation , which is not the case with the peasant , because he raises a great part of his own food : they are aware of their own num- bers ...
... passing in the political world to think themselves politicians ; they feel the whole burthen of taxation , which is not the case with the peasant , because he raises a great part of his own food : they are aware of their own num- bers ...
Էջ 160
... passed great part of his life in Spain . It was his opinion that there is no God now , but that there would be one by and by ; for the organization of the uni- verse , when it became perfect , would pro- duce 160 LETTER LXIV .
... passed great part of his life in Spain . It was his opinion that there is no God now , but that there would be one by and by ; for the organization of the uni- verse , when it became perfect , would pro- duce 160 LETTER LXIV .
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Էջ 102 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them...
Էջ 238 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Էջ 219 - And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
Էջ 1 - Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die.
Էջ 101 - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Էջ 144 - Some years ago, being in the Campidoglio at Rome, he made up to the bust of Jupiter, and, bowing very low, exclaimed, in the Italian language,—" I hope, sir, if ever you get your head above water again, you will remember that I paid my respects to you in your adversity.
Էջ 322 - A GENERAL COLLECTION of VOYAGES and TRAVELS; forming a complete History of the Origin and Progress of Discovery, by Sea and Land, from the earliest Ages to the present Time...
Էջ 85 - A manufacturing poor is more easily instigated to revolt. They have no local attachments ; the persons to whom they look up for support they regard more with envy than respect, as men who grow rich by their labour...
Էջ x - Mr Rogers, being sentenced to be burned, and remanded back to prison, was on Monday morning, the fourth day of February, 1555, awakened out of a very sound sleep, with great difficulty, by the keeper's wife, who suddenly warned him to make haste and prepare himself for the fire. If it be so, said he, I need not tie
Էջ 302 - Oh,' said the gingerbread-baker, ' he wo'nt be angry at seeing me, I warrant, so show me the way up ;' and pushing the servant forward, he followed him up stairs into the room. When, however, he saw the great man whom he was come to honour lying on a couch, with his countenance pale, painful, and emaciated, yet full of benevolence, the sight overpowered him : he...