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... hand- somely treated by his domestics , and though he was not at home , he left orders always to shew hospitality to any one of his own caste , who may happen to come there . Having taken dinner we went to our host's dock - yard to pay ...
... hand- somely treated by his domestics , and though he was not at home , he left orders always to shew hospitality to any one of his own caste , who may happen to come there . Having taken dinner we went to our host's dock - yard to pay ...
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... hand to keep yourself steady , and your book in the other ; but then how are you to turn the leaves as you read them ? If you loose your hold the next lurch will throw you off your seat , and you are in the danger of breaking your neck ...
... hand to keep yourself steady , and your book in the other ; but then how are you to turn the leaves as you read them ? If you loose your hold the next lurch will throw you off your seat , and you are in the danger of breaking your neck ...
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... hand and eating out of it , but the most laborious task was that of taking tea ; we were obliged to hold the cup in our hands , and pour out the liquid and drink it off as fast we could . Such was the difficulty we had to encounter ...
... hand and eating out of it , but the most laborious task was that of taking tea ; we were obliged to hold the cup in our hands , and pour out the liquid and drink it off as fast we could . Such was the difficulty we had to encounter ...
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... hand , and driving furiously . There was another man with a long whip in his hand by the side of the driver , who kept urging the horses . Cape horses though not possessing the beauty and the speed of the Arabian are very strong , and ...
... hand , and driving furiously . There was another man with a long whip in his hand by the side of the driver , who kept urging the horses . Cape horses though not possessing the beauty and the speed of the Arabian are very strong , and ...
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... hands of the British . As night came on , we hove to on the other side of the island ; and on the following morning we came opposite James ' Town ; a boat was sent on shore , which returned in a few hours , and we set sail with the hope ...
... hands of the British . As night came on , we hove to on the other side of the island ; and on the following morning we came opposite James ' Town ; a boat was sent on shore , which returned in a few hours , and we set sail with the hope ...
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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; 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 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 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 272 - ... for the privilege of putting him to death. 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...
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 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 officia 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 203 - ... every carriage, and gives the owner an opportunity of displaying his best wig to every one that passes by. A little artificial fountain, spouting water sometimes to the amazing height of four feet, and in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are, besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient space for them), very curious statues of Harlequin, Scaramouch, Pierrot, and Columbine, which serve to remind their wives and daughters...
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 477 - And let us ex- | alt his | name to- | gether. 1 sought the | Lord • and he | heard me : And delivered me | out of | all my | fears.
Page 474 - On his death-bed poor Lubin lies, His spouse is in despair ; With frequent sobs and mutual cries, They both express their care. " ' A different cause,' says Parson Sly, ' The same effect may give ; Poor Lubin fears that he shall die, His wife that he may live.