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... John , Memoir of 10 , 115 Charlotte Bronté 292 Man , The Isle of Children of Light 553 Metropolitan Members . Church of England as it is , and as it might be . 34 Obituary : - Circumstantial Evidence Civil Service Superannuation Fund ...
... John , Memoir of 10 , 115 Charlotte Bronté 292 Man , The Isle of Children of Light 553 Metropolitan Members . Church of England as it is , and as it might be . 34 Obituary : - Circumstantial Evidence Civil Service Superannuation Fund ...
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LECTURES , THEATRES , EXHIBITIONS . THE EAST AND THE WEST . SIR JOHN MALCOLM . 8 A little girl , not over eight years old , at nearly midnight was tempting its mother home , who leant her back to the wall , needed its support , and ...
LECTURES , THEATRES , EXHIBITIONS . THE EAST AND THE WEST . SIR JOHN MALCOLM . 8 A little girl , not over eight years old , at nearly midnight was tempting its mother home , who leant her back to the wall , needed its support , and ...
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THE EAST AND THE WEST . SIR JOHN MALCOLM . * THE Malcolms of Eskdale were. may wish to visit Baden , the centre of European gambling , have permission to draw their own inferences , and they will never be able to ascribe their losses ...
THE EAST AND THE WEST . SIR JOHN MALCOLM . * THE Malcolms of Eskdale were. may wish to visit Baden , the centre of European gambling , have permission to draw their own inferences , and they will never be able to ascribe their losses ...
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... John Pasley , a merchant of London , were useful to the sons of the family , who only required to have a foot put in the stirrup in order to get upon the horse . So when John , or , as he was commonly called at Burnfoot , Jock , Malcolm ...
... John Pasley , a merchant of London , were useful to the sons of the family , who only required to have a foot put in the stirrup in order to get upon the horse . So when John , or , as he was commonly called at Burnfoot , Jock , Malcolm ...
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... John Malcolm , who was , doubtless , rendered more active in the cause from a recollec- tion of his own trials . He had written to his uncle , Mr. John Pasley , of London , for assistance , and that relative transmitted to him a sum of ...
... John Malcolm , who was , doubtless , rendered more active in the cause from a recollec- tion of his own trials . He had written to his uncle , Mr. John Pasley , of London , for assistance , and that relative transmitted to him a sum of ...
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Page 99 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 141 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 335 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 17 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 99 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
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Page 273 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God!
Page 207 - The Karens are a meek, peaceful race, simple and credulous, with many of the softer virtues, and few flagrant vices. Though greatly addicted to drunkenness, extremely filthy and indolent in their habits, their morals, in other respects, are superior to many more civilized races.
Page 427 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...
Page 20 - It is the same ! — for, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free ; Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow ; Nought may endure but Mutability.