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... seem ashamed of being seen to descend under the well - dome , and ask the old dame for a draught of the water ; they prefer having it sent to their lodgings or apartments - another most absurd practice which obtains only in this country ...
... seem ashamed of being seen to descend under the well - dome , and ask the old dame for a draught of the water ; they prefer having it sent to their lodgings or apartments - another most absurd practice which obtains only in this country ...
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... tepid bathing , or the open sea , or in a river or a spring in the sun , the water which at first might seem tepid , would soon progressively feel colder and colder . This difference , which it is of the most vital 38 BUXTON .
... tepid bathing , or the open sea , or in a river or a spring in the sun , the water which at first might seem tepid , would soon progressively feel colder and colder . This difference , which it is of the most vital 38 BUXTON .
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... seems to have spared nothing to render his hotel such as to deserve the support . and commendation of its inmates ; in which he has indeed consulted his real interest . He has , moreover , had the good fortune to secure the aid , and ...
... seems to have spared nothing to render his hotel such as to deserve the support . and commendation of its inmates ; in which he has indeed consulted his real interest . He has , moreover , had the good fortune to secure the aid , and ...
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... seem almost to touch - a small space of blue heaven alone being seen between them . At the extreme or furthest point of this line of perspective are the Fountain Baths and Gardens , a comparatively new establishment distinct from the ...
... seem almost to touch - a small space of blue heaven alone being seen between them . At the extreme or furthest point of this line of perspective are the Fountain Baths and Gardens , a comparatively new establishment distinct from the ...
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... seem to manage as if familiar with their work or duties . Fearfully and tremblingly therefore did I take my place in the well - stuffed carriage , and committed myself serenely to my fate . That fate , however , was propitious , as will ...
... seem to manage as if familiar with their work or duties . Fearfully and tremblingly therefore did I take my place in the well - stuffed carriage , and committed myself serenely to my fate . That fate , however , was propitious , as will ...
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The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Midland Spas ... Augustus Bozzi Granville No preview available - 2014 |
The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Midland Spas ... Augustus Bozzi Granville No preview available - 2014 |
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Page 273 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 211 - And he took bread, and • gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : This do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 214 - And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Page 211 - These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Page 285 - So on the tip of his subduing tongue All kinds of arguments and question deep, All replication prompt and reason strong, For his advantage still did wake and sleep : To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep, He had the dialect and different skill, Catching all passions in his craft of will...
Page 218 - Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men ; after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Page 365 - Will not this impressive fact induce persons of rank and influence to set their countrywomen right in the article of dress, and lead them to abandon a practice which disfigures the body, strangles the chest, produces nervous or other disorders, and has an unquestionable tendency to implant an incurable hectic malady in the frame ? Girls have no more need of artificial bones and bandages than hoys.
Page 283 - ... us. There is, perhaps, no one person of any considerable rate of mind who does not owe something to this matchless poet. He is the teacher of all good, — pity, generosity, true courage, love. His works alone (leaving mere science out of the question) contain, probably, more actual wisdom than the whole body of English learning. He is the text for the moralist and the philosopher. His bright wit is cut out
Page 284 - into little stars :" his solid masses of knowledge are meted out in morsels and proverbs ; and, thus distributed, there is scarcely a corner which he does not illuminate, or a cottage which he does not enrich.
Page 46 - At another part of his work on the spas of England, he says, that "the efficacy of the Buxton waters used as baths at their natural temperature is more strikingly manifested in cases of general debility, partial paralysis, and that peculiar state of weakness which is the result of rheumatic affection and repeated attacks of gout. In the latter case, indeed, Buxton has acquired a wellknown reputation.