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... whole into a detached and most delightful villa , and called it Springfield . Here Mr. Edwards resided , during his memorable and well - contested competition for the representation of Southampton in parliament . Here also he prepared ...
... whole into a detached and most delightful villa , and called it Springfield . Here Mr. Edwards resided , during his memorable and well - contested competition for the representation of Southampton in parliament . Here also he prepared ...
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... whole earth has often appeared to honour filial piety ... Wo ; While the markets were held at this village of Four- posts , it is said that the persons who brought provisions from the country , were accustomed , in order to guard ...
... whole earth has often appeared to honour filial piety ... Wo ; While the markets were held at this village of Four- posts , it is said that the persons who brought provisions from the country , were accustomed , in order to guard ...
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... whole fell by degrees under the sole direction of a surveyor - general of the woods , a single officer , under no effectual check or control . This defective system has lately been in some small degree improved . An attempt was , indeed ...
... whole fell by degrees under the sole direction of a surveyor - general of the woods , a single officer , under no effectual check or control . This defective system has lately been in some small degree improved . An attempt was , indeed ...
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... whole plan is the offspring of formality ; and the more formal it is , the nearer it ap- proaches that idea of perfection at which it aims . But , * Beauties of England and Wales , by Brayley and Britton , vol . vi . p . 179 . in the ...
... whole plan is the offspring of formality ; and the more formal it is , the nearer it ap- proaches that idea of perfection at which it aims . But , * Beauties of England and Wales , by Brayley and Britton , vol . vi . p . 179 . in the ...
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... whole together presents one vast , sublime object . Like a grand gallery of exquisite pictures , it fills the eye with all its greatness ; while the objects , on each side , continually changing , afford at every step a new ...
... whole together presents one vast , sublime object . Like a grand gallery of exquisite pictures , it fills the eye with all its greatness ; while the objects , on each side , continually changing , afford at every step a new ...
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Page 37 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
Page 37 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 36 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 36 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 36 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 174 - His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition. Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar : Heroic actions early bred in, Ne'er to be match'd in modern reading, But by his namesake Charles of Sweden.
Page 174 - A skeleton in outward figure ; His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition.
Page 205 - A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay.
Page 209 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 125 - ... their migration. Now and then, in calm weather, when mast falls sparingly, he calls them perhaps together by the music of his horn to a gratuitous meal ; but in general they need little attention, returning regularly home at night, though they often wander in the day two or three miles from their sty. There are experienced leaders in all herds, which have spent this roving life before, and can instruct their juniors in the method of it. By this management the herd is carried home to their respective...