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Our black cat took the other implements , but with no opportunity to disappear down success until , I suppose , somethe hatch . He was wise , for body touched a vital spot , and the next second over to port , the huge sail then ...
Our black cat took the other implements , but with no opportunity to disappear down success until , I suppose , somethe hatch . He was wise , for body touched a vital spot , and the next second over to port , the huge sail then ...
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deavouring to cover his Central Finally , the captain , who American parts with his scant also could not swim , floated and tattered clothing . The in on a life - belt . He had been Indians took us into their huts caught up in the ...
deavouring to cover his Central Finally , the captain , who American parts with his scant also could not swim , floated and tattered clothing . The in on a life - belt . He had been Indians took us into their huts caught up in the ...
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He took resting . The end of his puttee immediate steps to remedy the fell from his hand and , un- defect , but , when this was winding slowly , settled in un- done , he had still to deal with tidy loops about his ankle .
He took resting . The end of his puttee immediate steps to remedy the fell from his hand and , un- defect , but , when this was winding slowly , settled in un- done , he had still to deal with tidy loops about his ankle .
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He duly arrived , and recognised his right wing to be misled perhaps by a national a sensitive spot that he proreputation for discretion , in- tected it so thoroughly , and vited the commanding officer , for the same reason he took who ...
He duly arrived , and recognised his right wing to be misled perhaps by a national a sensitive spot that he proreputation for discretion , in- tected it so thoroughly , and vited the commanding officer , for the same reason he took who ...
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His military genius confirmed , Johnstone took the carried them through so long bit between his teeth , and set as their luck held . It was luck out for the north .
His military genius confirmed , Johnstone took the carried them through so long bit between his teeth , and set as their luck held . It was luck out for the north .
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Página 152 - Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer, Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing, And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading thing.
Página 283 - How then shall any man, who has a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such a work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but a very few years, and, in an age or two, shall hardly be understood without an interpreter?
Página 282 - ... that our language is extremely imperfect ; that its daily ' improvements are by no means in proportion to v its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
Página 285 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style, which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy...
Página 59 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Página 516 - So sincere and so undisguised, that no mind with a spark of generosity would ever think of hurting him, he lies so open to injury. But so indolent, that if he cannot overcome this habit, all his good qualities will signify nothing at all.
Página 285 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another without imparting something of its native idiom...
Página 849 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
Página 60 - The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.
Página 155 - Westminster Hall ; for many people think, if once they have fetched a warrant from a justice, they have given earnest to follow the suit, though otherwise the matter be so mean that the next night's sleep would have bound both parties to the peace, and made them as good friends as ever before.