Littell's Living Age, Volume 201Living Age Company Incorporated, 1894 |
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... took on his shoulders a fresh burden , a pledged , it was sold by auction ; and if heavy one too . In 1631 , he started the it realized more than the sum advanced Gazette , the first newspaper ever pub- upon it , the difference , after ...
... took on his shoulders a fresh burden , a pledged , it was sold by auction ; and if heavy one too . In 1631 , he started the it realized more than the sum advanced Gazette , the first newspaper ever pub- upon it , the difference , after ...
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... took with him his printing - press . Before he left the city , however , fear- ing lest the Parliament should , during his absence , start a newspaper of its own , he organized the Courrier Fran- çais under the editorship of his two ...
... took with him his printing - press . Before he left the city , however , fear- ing lest the Parliament should , during his absence , start a newspaper of its own , he organized the Courrier Fran- çais under the editorship of his two ...
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... took no active part in the work , only superintended it ; but now they work as hard as their own labor- ers . The farmer's wife rises at 4 A.M. , superintends and works with the ser- vants ; she also attends to the dairy and poultry ...
... took no active part in the work , only superintended it ; but now they work as hard as their own labor- ers . The farmer's wife rises at 4 A.M. , superintends and works with the ser- vants ; she also attends to the dairy and poultry ...
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... took to be his name ; and the chiefs asked me if I knew him ; and whether he was , as he said , one of the big officials of India . He had reached within five days ' jour- ney from Lhassa . I heard many stories in Tibet about European ...
... took to be his name ; and the chiefs asked me if I knew him ; and whether he was , as he said , one of the big officials of India . He had reached within five days ' jour- ney from Lhassa . I heard many stories in Tibet about European ...
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... took precedence of all the French regi- ments except the two old regiments of guards ; the court itself moved out of Montreuil to make room for them when they marched thither ; the king sent the captain of his guards to wel- All through ...
... took precedence of all the French regi- ments except the two old regiments of guards ; the court itself moved out of Montreuil to make room for them when they marched thither ; the king sent the captain of his guards to wel- All through ...
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Page 161 - Of aspect more sublime : that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world. Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood. In which the affections gently lead us on...
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Page 69 - ... mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 386 - On the South there is a small, but pleasant Common where the Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home to their respective habitations, when presently the Constables walk their rounds to see good orders kept, and to take up loose people.
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Page 565 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happiness.