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... England . We now find him giving instruc- tion gratuitously to the children of French emi- grants ; until the peace of Amiens allowed him to return to Paris , where he resumed his teach- ing , which he continued until his death , in ...
... England . We now find him giving instruc- tion gratuitously to the children of French emi- grants ; until the peace of Amiens allowed him to return to Paris , where he resumed his teach- ing , which he continued until his death , in ...
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... England , where he was taken particular notice of by queen Caroline , then princess of Wales , to whom he read in MS . his tragedy of the Captives ; and in 1726 dedi- cated his Fables , by permission , to the duke of Cumberland . From ...
... England , where he was taken particular notice of by queen Caroline , then princess of Wales , to whom he read in MS . his tragedy of the Captives ; and in 1726 dedi- cated his Fables , by permission , to the duke of Cumberland . From ...
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... England , upon the invitation of Charles I. , who appointed him lodgings in his court , with a considerable salary ; and employed him in his palace at Greenwich , and other public places . The most remarkable of his performances in England ...
... England , upon the invitation of Charles I. , who appointed him lodgings in his court , with a considerable salary ; and employed him in his palace at Greenwich , and other public places . The most remarkable of his performances in England ...
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... England from Armorica by his friend Gualter , archdeacon of Oxford . But the achievements of king Arthur , Merlin's prophecies , and many speeches and letters , were chiefly his own addi- tions . GEOFFROY ( Stephen Francis ) , M. D. , a ...
... England from Armorica by his friend Gualter , archdeacon of Oxford . But the achievements of king Arthur , Merlin's prophecies , and many speeches and letters , were chiefly his own addi- tions . GEOFFROY ( Stephen Francis ) , M. D. , a ...
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... England , Scotland , and the United States , ( red sandstone of Recent Greywacke , or Scotland and Norway ; con- glomerate of the Alps , the Pyrenees , and Scotland ) . Transition Red Sandstone , Mountain limestone of England , Scotland ...
... England , Scotland , and the United States , ( red sandstone of Recent Greywacke , or Scotland and Norway ; con- glomerate of the Alps , the Pyrenees , and Scotland ) . Transition Red Sandstone , Mountain limestone of England , Scotland ...
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Page 156 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Page 376 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Page 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Page 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.