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river called Sand Spruit — a bad And this was how I heard of the place at the best
to cross , and one massacre of my poor regiment . which , with tired horses , if the
The tent was hot and stuffy , and others did not turn up , would be I was glad to ...
river called Sand Spruit — a bad And this was how I heard of the place at the best
to cross , and one massacre of my poor regiment . which , with tired horses , if the
The tent was hot and stuffy , and others did not turn up , would be I was glad to ...
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The fort—or laager, as it was then called—was a low earthwork with a ditch round
it, at one part deep, for the rest only a mere scratch. Through the centre ran a
thick wall, with a tin roof sloping on one side—the place forming an open shed, ...
The fort—or laager, as it was then called—was a low earthwork with a ditch round
it, at one part deep, for the rest only a mere scratch. Through the centre ran a
thick wall, with a tin roof sloping on one side—the place forming an open shed, ...
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A dialogue was once overheard between one of these “Queen's lunatics,” as they
are often called, and a person in authority over the prison where he was in
custody. He had been for years in possession of his senses, and they were the ...
A dialogue was once overheard between one of these “Queen's lunatics,” as they
are often called, and a person in authority over the prison where he was in
custody. He had been for years in possession of his senses, and they were the ...
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Still conduct called for consideration, and hence for specific acts of misconduct
marks came to be forfeited. Of course there might be a possibility of false
evidence in the reasons for forfeiture, but the process would have the distinctness
of any ...
Still conduct called for consideration, and hence for specific acts of misconduct
marks came to be forfeited. Of course there might be a possibility of false
evidence in the reasons for forfeiture, but the process would have the distinctness
of any ...
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*Le Fayoum, Sinai et Petra, par Paul Lenoir. propriately so called , for it was a
forced it. The most striking object which meets the eye from the summit of the
highest mound of ruin of the ancient city of Arsinoë, is the Pyramid of Howara,
distant ...
*Le Fayoum, Sinai et Petra, par Paul Lenoir. propriately so called , for it was a
forced it. The most striking object which meets the eye from the summit of the
highest mound of ruin of the ancient city of Arsinoë, is the Pyramid of Howara,
distant ...
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Էջ 569 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Էջ 257 - Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Էջ 359 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Էջ 213 - Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Էջ 147 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, Nymphs ! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ? ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE FROM THE SAME CITY.
Էջ 359 - They shall run like mighty men, they shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks ; neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path : and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Էջ 32 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Էջ 394 - NEAVES. A Glance at some of the Principles of Comparative Philology. As illustrated in the Latin and Anglican Forms of Speech. By the Hon. Lord NEAVES. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d. Songs and Verses, Social and Scientific. By an Old Contributor to 'Maga.
Էջ 232 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of -uniform employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Էջ 600 - ... Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.