Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... Things Necessary besides 66 all the Necessaries of Life " CHAPTER XX . Occasions when our departed Relatives are very apt to come to Life again CHAPTER XXI . How Tom Snipe lived by his Wits CHAPTER XXII . How Cupid is most Busy at Idle ...
... Things Necessary besides 66 all the Necessaries of Life " CHAPTER XX . Occasions when our departed Relatives are very apt to come to Life again CHAPTER XXI . How Tom Snipe lived by his Wits CHAPTER XXII . How Cupid is most Busy at Idle ...
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... thing it is that the fish should all be of one mind at the same time . If some of our trout in this water won't rise , there is not one of them that will rise - not , at least , as should be ; or if they do , it is only to play with the ...
... thing it is that the fish should all be of one mind at the same time . If some of our trout in this water won't rise , there is not one of them that will rise - not , at least , as should be ; or if they do , it is only to play with the ...
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... guarded , not only by the yearning of a devoted mother , but by the inviolable majesty of the law of England , as administered by the great Lord THINGS VERY PROVOKING . 5 Chancellor , who - rather 4 DRAGONS ' TEETH .
... guarded , not only by the yearning of a devoted mother , but by the inviolable majesty of the law of England , as administered by the great Lord THINGS VERY PROVOKING . 5 Chancellor , who - rather 4 DRAGONS ' TEETH .
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James Pycroft. THINGS VERY PROVOKING . 5 Chancellor , who - rather than one tittle of their remotest right should fail ... things a state actually shrivelled , shrunken , and insipid from the contrast ? -- Yes , there was one commanding ...
James Pycroft. THINGS VERY PROVOKING . 5 Chancellor , who - rather than one tittle of their remotest right should fail ... things a state actually shrivelled , shrunken , and insipid from the contrast ? -- Yes , there was one commanding ...
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... things in general : as also , in one vain and life - long attempt to rise above their proper element , forgetting ... thing it might be for our children in years to come ! " - Suiting the action to the word , Sir Buller began as it was ...
... things in general : as also , in one vain and life - long attempt to rise above their proper element , forgetting ... thing it might be for our children in years to come ! " - Suiting the action to the word , Sir Buller began as it was ...
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Page 97 - 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 210 - 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 73 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 229 - 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 17 - 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 89 - 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.