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... tion , most of them above the age of fifty ; while others were mere girls , just freed from the tyranny of the dancing , music , and draw- ing masters at boarding - school , ig- norant of almost every thing that was useful , and ...
... tion , most of them above the age of fifty ; while others were mere girls , just freed from the tyranny of the dancing , music , and draw- ing masters at boarding - school , ig- norant of almost every thing that was useful , and ...
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... tion , and that of your readers , to it , by a conviction of its high value . The annual diminution of our supplies of timber , more especially of oak , in consequence of its hi- therto rapid consumption , has led to many experiments to ...
... tion , and that of your readers , to it , by a conviction of its high value . The annual diminution of our supplies of timber , more especially of oak , in consequence of its hi- therto rapid consumption , has led to many experiments to ...
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... tion her about what he had seen , tach him , and the idea of his break- but pride , and the dread of ap- ing her chains was insupportable : pearing absurdly suspicious , pre- but that he should desert her for vented him . his wife , and ...
... tion her about what he had seen , tach him , and the idea of his break- but pride , and the dread of ap- ing her chains was insupportable : pearing absurdly suspicious , pre- but that he should desert her for vented him . his wife , and ...
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... tion of an account , given by the author , of a journey he made on the Continent , in a travelling ve- hicle built with this important im- provement ; by the general adop- tion of which , we will venture to say , many lives might be ...
... tion of an account , given by the author , of a journey he made on the Continent , in a travelling ve- hicle built with this important im- provement ; by the general adop- tion of which , we will venture to say , many lives might be ...
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... tion : he endeavoured to impose upon mankind the belief of his sanctified manners : he treated his associates with suitable deference ; and seemed as dexterous in his con- duct as he was barbarous in his dis- position . But caution and ...
... tion : he endeavoured to impose upon mankind the belief of his sanctified manners : he treated his associates with suitable deference ; and seemed as dexterous in his con- duct as he was barbarous in his dis- position . But caution and ...
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Página 88 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Página 223 - It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter ; and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations.
Página 203 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-inlaw against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Página 195 - So like an arrow swift he flew Shot by an archer strong, So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Página 195 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Página 222 - The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal...
Página 222 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Página 222 - But these are poor and narrow views of its importance. It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible, all over the world, the materials of wealth and prosperity.
Página 237 - M'Namara, the gentleman who was sent to him, who has a natural eloquence, and an excellent understanding, urged the most cogent reasons, and used all the arts of persuasion, to induce him to part with his mistress, and even proceeded so far as to assure him, according to his instructions...
Página 236 - When he (Charles Edward) was in Scotland, he had a mistress whose name was Walkinshaw, and whose sister was at that time, and is still, housekeeper at Leicester House. Some years after he was released from his prison, and conducted out of France, he sent for this girl, who soon acquired such a dominion over him, that she was acquainted with all his schemes, and trusted with his most secret correspondence. As soon as this was known in England, all those persons of distinction who were attached to...