The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... classic pages of the accomplished Tertullian , in the second century ( Tract . de jejuniis ) . I say no more . These are what Edmund Burke would call ' grave and reverend authorities , ' and , in the silence of Holy Writ , may go as ...
... classic pages of the accomplished Tertullian , in the second century ( Tract . de jejuniis ) . I say no more . These are what Edmund Burke would call ' grave and reverend authorities , ' and , in the silence of Holy Writ , may go as ...
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... classic records ; for the Latin poet introduces young Iulus at a picnic , in the Æneid , exclaiming— ' Heus ! etiam mensas consumimus . ' " In England , as the inhabitants are of a mixed descent , and as there has ever been a disrelish ...
... classic records ; for the Latin poet introduces young Iulus at a picnic , in the Æneid , exclaiming— ' Heus ! etiam mensas consumimus . ' " In England , as the inhabitants are of a mixed descent , and as there has ever been a disrelish ...
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... classic chords of the bard of Mantua as on the Cremona fiddle ; at all events , he will prove far superior as a poet to the covey of unfledged rhymers who nestle in annuals and magazines . Sad abor- tions ! on which even you , O Queen ...
... classic chords of the bard of Mantua as on the Cremona fiddle ; at all events , he will prove far superior as a poet to the covey of unfledged rhymers who nestle in annuals and magazines . Sad abor- tions ! on which even you , O Queen ...
Page 37
... classic object of his pursuit , as to disregard the unpromising aspect of the vestibule by which alone it is approachable . Many are the splendid mansions and hospi- table halls that stud the suburbs of the " beautiful city , " each ...
... classic object of his pursuit , as to disregard the unpromising aspect of the vestibule by which alone it is approachable . Many are the splendid mansions and hospi- table halls that stud the suburbs of the " beautiful city , " each ...
Page 38
... Classic all , Nor lay they chiefly in the mathematical , " for his favourite pursuit during the canicule of 1825 , was the extermi- nation of mad dogs ; and so vigorously did he urge the carnage during the summer of his mayoralty , that ...
... Classic all , Nor lay they chiefly in the mathematical , " for his favourite pursuit during the canicule of 1825 , was the extermi- nation of mad dogs ; and so vigorously did he urge the carnage during the summer of his mayoralty , that ...
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