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... possessed of very great celebrity , they are now , either from the caprice of fashion , or from having been ex- tolled beyond their just merits , very little resorted to . The houses of Aix are generally large and well built : the ...
... possessed of very great celebrity , they are now , either from the caprice of fashion , or from having been ex- tolled beyond their just merits , very little resorted to . The houses of Aix are generally large and well built : the ...
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... possessed all the meek graces befitting a dutiful wife . The undisputed supremacy of the husband , in those well - ordered days , does not escape some pleasant ri- dicule from our author . The passive obedience , refused to the king ...
... possessed all the meek graces befitting a dutiful wife . The undisputed supremacy of the husband , in those well - ordered days , does not escape some pleasant ri- dicule from our author . The passive obedience , refused to the king ...
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... possessed of the best means of ap- preciating his character : -- In point of personal courage , the prince is said to be far from pre - emi- nent ; and his moral conduct is not less objectionable , in any respect , than that of his ...
... possessed of the best means of ap- preciating his character : -- In point of personal courage , the prince is said to be far from pre - emi- nent ; and his moral conduct is not less objectionable , in any respect , than that of his ...
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... possessing of theirs . " * * " We need no other evidence of the unparalleled industry of our author , than the fact , that of two hundred and seventy - eight species , which have been figured and de- scribed in his Ornithology , fifty ...
... possessing of theirs . " * * " We need no other evidence of the unparalleled industry of our author , than the fact , that of two hundred and seventy - eight species , which have been figured and de- scribed in his Ornithology , fifty ...
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... possessed uncommon sweetness , and is stated to have been irresistible . The com- plexion was a clear olive , otherwise in general colourless . The prevailing character of his countenance was grave , even to melancholy , but without any ...
... possessed uncommon sweetness , and is stated to have been irresistible . The com- plexion was a clear olive , otherwise in general colourless . The prevailing character of his countenance was grave , even to melancholy , but without any ...
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Seite 517 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything, for I know it is but a play; and, if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet, if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Seite 517 - Partridge gave that credit to Mr Garrick which he had denied to Jones, and fell into so violent a trembling that his knees knocked against each other. Jones asked him what was the matter, and whether he was afraid of the warrior upon the stage ! ' O la ! sir," said he, ' I perceive now it is what you told me.
Seite 448 - THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall — A joy thou art, and a wealth to all! A bearer of hope unto land and sea...
Seite 404 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Seite 383 - Salve regina, or vesper hymn to the Virgin, he made an impressive address to his crew. He pointed out the goodness of God in thus conducting them by soft and favoring breezes across a tranquil ocean, cheering their hopes continually with fresh signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. He now reminded them of the orders he had given on leaving the Canaries, that, after sailing westward seven hundred leagues, they should not make sail after midnight.
Seite 384 - ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies...
Seite 391 - ... the seeds of all mischief, have no place with them. They are content with so little, that in so large a country they have rather superfluity than scarceness; so that they seem to live in the golden world, without toil, living in open gardens; not intrenched with dykes, divided with hedges, or defended with walls.
Seite 448 - And it laugh'd into beauty at that bright spell. To the earth's wild places a guest thou art, Flushing the waste like the rose's heart; And thou scornest not from thy pomp to shed A tender smile on the ruin's head.
Seite 383 - Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in .sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves; or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance...
Seite 384 - Finding, however, that there was no attempt to pursue nor molest them, they gradually recovered from their terror, and approached the Spaniards with great awe ; frequently prostrating themselves on the earth, and making signs of adoration. During the...