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... land left bare by the receding of shallow water . " In the latter sense Shakespeare uses shelf , which , in fact , with some plausibility , Warburton suggested here . for " schoole . " I simply propose to read " this bank and shore of ...
... land left bare by the receding of shallow water . " In the latter sense Shakespeare uses shelf , which , in fact , with some plausibility , Warburton suggested here . for " schoole . " I simply propose to read " this bank and shore of ...
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... land , or rather stone , rises from a submerged plateau far away in the Atlantic in about the latitude of the middle of the Hebrides . It appears in most modern maps with any pretension to detail , but I do not know where to find any ...
... land , or rather stone , rises from a submerged plateau far away in the Atlantic in about the latitude of the middle of the Hebrides . It appears in most modern maps with any pretension to detail , but I do not know where to find any ...
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... land have accumulated to a very considerable degree . But at present we know very little of the northern counties , and still less of Scotland , Ire- land , and Wales . English travellers on the Con- tinent who can obtain leave to ...
... land have accumulated to a very considerable degree . But at present we know very little of the northern counties , and still less of Scotland , Ire- land , and Wales . English travellers on the Con- tinent who can obtain leave to ...
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... land House " ; and which centre ; that of the façade next Charing Cross , or of the house itself behind ? It is not usually known that the former was re- built 1748-52 , from the design of Daniel Garrett , architect , and was completely ...
... land House " ; and which centre ; that of the façade next Charing Cross , or of the house itself behind ? It is not usually known that the former was re- built 1748-52 , from the design of Daniel Garrett , architect , and was completely ...
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... land , the waste of the manor , afterwards called Tothill Fields , on which the in- habitants of the manor had common rights , extend- ing from the Abbey Close on the east to Eye and Chelsea on the west , and from the Thames on the ...
... land , the waste of the manor , afterwards called Tothill Fields , on which the in- habitants of the manor had common rights , extend- ing from the Abbey Close on the east to Eye and Chelsea on the west , and from the Thames on the ...
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Page 106 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Page 203 - Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.
Page 338 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 212 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea...
Page 24 - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Page 338 - Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd...
Page 204 - Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks ; And these are but the shatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one. Nor blame I Death, because he bare The use of virtue out of earth ; I know transplanted human worth Will bloom to profit, otherwhere.
Page 193 - slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word.
Page 54 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Page 7 - To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians. The most violent egotism which I have met with in the course of my reading, is that of cardinal Wolsey, ego et rex meus,