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... situated opposite the bay at the foot of the hills , and is much warmer and pleasanter than Cape Town , which lies exposed to the wind . The view of the town from the harbour is very good . The houses are principally one story high ...
... situated opposite the bay at the foot of the hills , and is much warmer and pleasanter than Cape Town , which lies exposed to the wind . The view of the town from the harbour is very good . The houses are principally one story high ...
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... situated in the Atlantic ocean , and about 1200 miles distant from the west coast of Africa . The whole area of it is , we understand , about 30,000 acres , a greater part of which is unfit to be cultivated . The cliffs , on all sides ...
... situated in the Atlantic ocean , and about 1200 miles distant from the west coast of Africa . The whole area of it is , we understand , about 30,000 acres , a greater part of which is unfit to be cultivated . The cliffs , on all sides ...
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... situated the town of Dover . This place is considered of the greatest importance in a mili- tary point of view , as it defends the entrance to the rivers Thames and Medway ; the fortifi- cations have received many improvements during ...
... situated the town of Dover . This place is considered of the greatest importance in a mili- tary point of view , as it defends the entrance to the rivers Thames and Medway ; the fortifi- cations have received many improvements during ...
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... situated in the Park . It is a most extraordinary optical illusion . Upon our entering we beheld as we believed the interior of a spacious building , intended to represent the in- terior of a church at Florence ; most beautiful were its ...
... situated in the Park . It is a most extraordinary optical illusion . Upon our entering we beheld as we believed the interior of a spacious building , intended to represent the in- terior of a church at Florence ; most beautiful were its ...
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... situated at the corner of the Haymarket and Pall Mall , and is considered the most splendid of all the London Theatres ; and the richest and most fashionable of the inhabitants of London are to be seen within its walls . The boxes will ...
... situated at the corner of the Haymarket and Pall Mall , and is considered the most splendid of all the London Theatres ; and the richest and most fashionable of the inhabitants of London are to be seen within its walls . The boxes will ...
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Page 477 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 271 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...
Page 272 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent. into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent.
Page 272 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers — to be taxed no more.
Page 272 - ... restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the Judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride ; — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 271 - ... of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the...
Page 282 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow!
Page 353 - Exchequer shall always ex officio form three. The President is also nominated by the Crown, is usually a cabinet minister, and in all changes of Administration retires from office together with the salaried Commissioners and Secretary.
Page 474 - As lamps burn silent with unconscious light, So modest ease in beauty shines most bright. Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all.
Page 205 - He welcomed me into the country ; and, after having made me observe the turnpike on my left, and the ' Golden Wheatsheaf ' on my right, he conducted me into his house, where I was received by his lady, who made a thousand apologies for being catched in such a dishabille. " The hall (for so I was taught to call it) had its white wall almost hid by a curious collection of prints and paintings.