Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... soon appeared , that all the quarrelling to which he alluded was about two little babes- two poor , helpless , little infants - most helpless , most powerless to look at , but yet so mighty in the eye of the law that they even were ...
... soon appeared , that all the quarrelling to which he alluded was about two little babes- two poor , helpless , little infants - most helpless , most powerless to look at , but yet so mighty in the eye of the law that they even were ...
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... soon circulated that he had had a seizure , and was confined to his small house in Hart Street , Bloomsbury Square . The truth was , that the long - fretted nerves had lost their tone ; the heart had begun to palpitate , and a certain ...
... soon circulated that he had had a seizure , and was confined to his small house in Hart Street , Bloomsbury Square . The truth was , that the long - fretted nerves had lost their tone ; the heart had begun to palpitate , and a certain ...
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... soon found that " the London gentleman " made a country gentleman of a very exact and wary kind . The establishment , by degrees , with the aid and suggestions of General Colton , was duly organised ; and dire necessity forced on Mr ...
... soon found that " the London gentleman " made a country gentleman of a very exact and wary kind . The establishment , by degrees , with the aid and suggestions of General Colton , was duly organised ; and dire necessity forced on Mr ...
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... soon found his advantage in iden- tifying himself and small establishment with the wealth and consequence of Richcourt Hall . But it is " not good for man to be alone . " Of this he was reminded , in one of those plea- sant jests which ...
... soon found his advantage in iden- tifying himself and small establishment with the wealth and consequence of Richcourt Hall . But it is " not good for man to be alone . " Of this he was reminded , in one of those plea- sant jests which ...
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... soon out of her misery , with a good settlement to console her . What a fine thing it might be for our children in years to come ! " — Suiting the action to the word , Sir Buller began as it was invidiously reported to make a dead set ...
... soon out of her misery , with a good settlement to console her . What a fine thing it might be for our children in years to come ! " — Suiting the action to the word , Sir Buller began as it was invidiously reported to make a dead set ...
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Page 93 - What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 206 - s weel with you gentles, that can sit in the house with handkerchers at your een, when ye lose a friend; but the like o' us maun to our work again, if our hearts were beating as hard as ony hammer.
Page 69 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 225 - This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 13 - See also Jer. vii. 29. Micah i. 16. Isaiah vii. 20. No. 958. — ii. 4. Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.] Before the invention of money, trade used to be carried on by barter ; that is, by exchanging one commodity for another. The men who had been hunting in the woods for wild beasts would carry their skins to market, and exchange them with the armourer for so many bows and arrows. As these traffickers were...
Page 85 - Eton, and the other public schools, properly so called; and we hope and trust that an effort will now be made on the part of the Masters and Fellows of Eton to do full justice to those committed to their charge.