Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts, Volumes 1-3W. and R. Chambers, 1852 - English literature |
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... turned out at the end of the fortnight : if they struck without notice , they could be turned out without notice . The proprietors of the stopped colliery were making great efforts to obtain labour , and were quite ready to enlist the ...
... turned out at the end of the fortnight : if they struck without notice , they could be turned out without notice . The proprietors of the stopped colliery were making great efforts to obtain labour , and were quite ready to enlist the ...
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... turned them inward . As we neared the centre , my guide apprised me that we were approaching the great arch - traitor Satan . Half from the central gulf he seemed to spring , But Phlegra's giant brood , and Babel's king , To pigmies ...
... turned them inward . As we neared the centre , my guide apprised me that we were approaching the great arch - traitor Satan . Half from the central gulf he seemed to spring , But Phlegra's giant brood , and Babel's king , To pigmies ...
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... turned their faces , And on the further shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone , They would have crossed once more . But , with a crash like thunder , Fell every loosened beam ; And , like a dam , the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the ...
... turned their faces , And on the further shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone , They would have crossed once more . But , with a crash like thunder , Fell every loosened beam ; And , like a dam , the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the ...
Contents
THE STRUGGLE IN THE CAUCASUS NO 9 | 9 |
CURIOSITIES OF CRIMINAL LAW 10 | 10 |
A LEGEND OF GHENT 11 | 11 |
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