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... use of the plough ; and , where no coal is to be found , and few provifions can be raised , there is ftill lefs for that of the anvil and fhuttle . As the highlanders were , upon thefe accounts , excluded from extenfive a- griculture ...
... use of the plough ; and , where no coal is to be found , and few provifions can be raised , there is ftill lefs for that of the anvil and fhuttle . As the highlanders were , upon thefe accounts , excluded from extenfive a- griculture ...
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... use of their wings , which will con- tinue but a very short time , being ow- ing to a premature and forced revival . Klein patronifes the doctrine strongly , giving the following history of their manner of retiring , which he received ...
... use of their wings , which will con- tinue but a very short time , being ow- ing to a premature and forced revival . Klein patronifes the doctrine strongly , giving the following history of their manner of retiring , which he received ...
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... use . We shall expect to hear that you have acted in this manner , and that fuch furplus has been accordingly depofited in our cafh ; and we direct that you may obferve this as a rule for your conduct in the diftribution of any further ...
... use . We shall expect to hear that you have acted in this manner , and that fuch furplus has been accordingly depofited in our cafh ; and we direct that you may obferve this as a rule for your conduct in the diftribution of any further ...
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... use eve- ry effort in his power to fettle the un- happy affairs of Poland , but certainly will not have a foot of land in that kingdom . Already in poffeffion of a large dominion , well peopled , trong in his army , and ftronger in the ...
... use eve- ry effort in his power to fettle the un- happy affairs of Poland , but certainly will not have a foot of land in that kingdom . Already in poffeffion of a large dominion , well peopled , trong in his army , and ftronger in the ...
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... use of man , that any country can produce . From the amorous difpofition of these people's tempers , which breaks out , upon all occafions , in an excess of aukward complaifance to their females ( who are generally handsome , if not a ...
... use of man , that any country can produce . From the amorous difpofition of these people's tempers , which breaks out , upon all occafions , in an excess of aukward complaifance to their females ( who are generally handsome , if not a ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 308 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Página 159 - WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Página 308 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Página 350 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 274 - ... band of nature, as thou shalt find them so many advocates to plead an apology for thee behind thy back. But shake off those glow-worms...
Página 308 - Dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up Arms, I myself will be your General, Judge, and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field...
Página 5 - ID encampments, they were expert at Forming beds in a moment, by tying together bunches of heath, and fixing them upright in the ground; an art, which, as the beds were both foft and dry, preferved their health in the field, When other foldiers loft theirs.
Página 106 - I found was very extravagant, gave great demonstrations of joy at the receiving of the will : but opening it, he found himself disinherited and cut off from the possession of a fair estate, by virtue of my being made a present to him. This put him into such a passion, that after having taken me in his hand, and cursed me, he squirred...
Página 159 - ... wastes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it. If we divide the life...
Página 2 - Weft fkirts of their country: the unmixed remains of that Celtic empire, which once ftretched from the pillars of Hercules to Archangel. As the manners of this race of men were, in the days of our fathers, the...