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... stood now oppressed with a tolerably heavy weight of another description of things ; which the tooth of Time , although he is notoriously known as the insatiate Edax Rerum , had in vain attempted to consume . A small portion of the ...
... stood now oppressed with a tolerably heavy weight of another description of things ; which the tooth of Time , although he is notoriously known as the insatiate Edax Rerum , had in vain attempted to consume . A small portion of the ...
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... stood invitingly open . " The next moment they trod it's tiled floor , and looked upon the sculptured marble effigies designed to perpetuate the memory of the great of other days . Two of these , of considerable magnitude , rested side ...
... stood invitingly open . " The next moment they trod it's tiled floor , and looked upon the sculptured marble effigies designed to perpetuate the memory of the great of other days . Two of these , of considerable magnitude , rested side ...
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... stood upon the table beside him , a silver - gilded cup of Rochelle wine , a loaf of the Prior's own white wassell - bread , and a fair dish of stewed eels , for which the Monastery of Ely had long been famous . As I entered the Parlour ...
... stood upon the table beside him , a silver - gilded cup of Rochelle wine , a loaf of the Prior's own white wassell - bread , and a fair dish of stewed eels , for which the Monastery of Ely had long been famous . As I entered the Parlour ...
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... stood in the centre , having upreared beside it the King's standard of azure and red sarcenet in quarters ; bearing the fleurs - de - lys of France and the lions of England , richly wrought thereon in goldsmiths ' work of beaten metal ...
... stood in the centre , having upreared beside it the King's standard of azure and red sarcenet in quarters ; bearing the fleurs - de - lys of France and the lions of England , richly wrought thereon in goldsmiths ' work of beaten metal ...
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... stood aside , that we might straightway pass into it ; the Knight having been commanded of his Highness to attend him at that hour . On entering the tent we found the King already risen from his couch , and seated by a table on C which ...
... stood aside , that we might straightway pass into it ; the Knight having been commanded of his Highness to attend him at that hour . On entering the tent we found the King already risen from his couch , and seated by a table on C which ...
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Página 77 - At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of their increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: and the Levite, * * * and the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
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Página 45 - They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
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