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... means of his wealth , had acquired great influence in the city where he lived . I pulled my ring off my finger , and putting it into his hand , demanded the value of it . He looked first at the ring , and then at me , and alternately ...
... means of his wealth , had acquired great influence in the city where he lived . I pulled my ring off my finger , and putting it into his hand , demanded the value of it . He looked first at the ring , and then at me , and alternately ...
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... means as unpremeditated as the circumstances which had led me into it ; and now , once more , the world was before me . " God grant , " said I , " that life may now flow smoother . " But my prayer was not yet granted . Fair winds ...
... means as unpremeditated as the circumstances which had led me into it ; and now , once more , the world was before me . " God grant , " said I , " that life may now flow smoother . " But my prayer was not yet granted . Fair winds ...
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... means of an alkaline salt or absorbent earth . Till oil is made miscible , it is unable to enter the radical vessels of vegetables ; and , on that account , Providence has bountifully supplied all natural soils with chalky or other ...
... means of an alkaline salt or absorbent earth . Till oil is made miscible , it is unable to enter the radical vessels of vegetables ; and , on that account , Providence has bountifully supplied all natural soils with chalky or other ...
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... means of supplying a salt fit for the nourishment of plants ; but by all the experiments that have been made upon lime , it is found to contain no kind of salt . Its operation , therefore , should be considered in a different light by ...
... means of supplying a salt fit for the nourishment of plants ; but by all the experiments that have been made upon lime , it is found to contain no kind of salt . Its operation , therefore , should be considered in a different light by ...
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... means of the gentle fermentation that it produces , the unsubdued soil is opened and divided ; the manures laid on readily come into contact with every part of it ; and the fibres of the plants have full liberty to spread themselves ...
... means of the gentle fermentation that it produces , the unsubdued soil is opened and divided ; the manures laid on readily come into contact with every part of it ; and the fibres of the plants have full liberty to spread themselves ...
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Page 5 - While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find " the cooling western breeze...
Page 265 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 108 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 366 - Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.
Page 332 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize — More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 46 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
Page 46 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Page 332 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 109 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 332 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all.