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... heard of the name of Bewick . Yet inquire of the many upon what foun- dation the fame of this name is built , and , nine times out of ten , the answer shall be , " upon the excellence of his wood engravings . " Even so . Ask what sort ...
... heard of the name of Bewick . Yet inquire of the many upon what foun- dation the fame of this name is built , and , nine times out of ten , the answer shall be , " upon the excellence of his wood engravings . " Even so . Ask what sort ...
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... heard them praised too , that imitated humanity as abominably as Hamlet's ranting actor ever did . A picture may strut as well as a player , whatever some people may think to the contra- ry . There is no doubt that Nature sometimes ...
... heard them praised too , that imitated humanity as abominably as Hamlet's ranting actor ever did . A picture may strut as well as a player , whatever some people may think to the contra- ry . There is no doubt that Nature sometimes ...
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... heard among us ; let us take care that it be not repeated . Temperate and determined resistance will accom- plish all that we desire . It may not diminish the numbers of the Catho lics , but it may reform Catholicism . It may root up ...
... heard among us ; let us take care that it be not repeated . Temperate and determined resistance will accom- plish all that we desire . It may not diminish the numbers of the Catho lics , but it may reform Catholicism . It may root up ...
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... heard or read , and this gentleman and I are old and inti- mate acquaintances . That cannot be the gentleman I want . " " Come up stairs and look at him , ” said the lad ; " and if he is not your man , you have nothing ado but to beg ...
... heard or read , and this gentleman and I are old and inti- mate acquaintances . That cannot be the gentleman I want . " " Come up stairs and look at him , ” said the lad ; " and if he is not your man , you have nothing ado but to beg ...
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... heard him informing Mr Bald that he had not caught any , but that he had hooked one which was fully a stone weight . The whole scene again pre- sented itself to my imagination in vi- vid and more vivid colours , my knees lost their ...
... heard him informing Mr Bald that he had not caught any , but that he had hooked one which was fully a stone weight . The whole scene again pre- sented itself to my imagination in vi- vid and more vivid colours , my knees lost their ...
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Page 559 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 125 - O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child, To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth, delivered from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's...
Page 103 - This true catholic faith, out of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess, and truly hold, I, N. promise, vow and swear most constantly to hold and profess the same whole and entire, with God's assistance, to the end of my life...
Page 125 - Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given, For happy spirits to alight . Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 165 - Think of a genius not born in every country, or every time ; a man gifted by nature with a penetrating aquiline eye ; with a judgment prepared with the most extensive erudition ; with an herculean robustness of mind, and nerves not to be broken with labour ; a man who could spend twenty years in one pursuit.
Page 227 - MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ., FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.; comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev.
Page 483 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy temple wait : No...
Page 125 - The youthful world's grey fathers in one knot, Did with intentive looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower...
Page 483 - While suns unblest their angry lustre fling, And wayworn pilgrims seek the scanty spring ? Where now thy pomp which kings with envy...
Page 403 - I, make your demands. Why, half a pss. of eight and a dram, sais John. I agreed, and gave him a Dram (now) in hand to bind the bargain. My hostess catechis'd John for going so...