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Si les François n ' avoient pas de Bourbons il faudroit en faire , was the late
remark of a man who assuredly cannot be suspected of any bias in their favour -
the celebrated friend of Bentham , and editor of his works . The unfavourable
results ...
Si les François n ' avoient pas de Bourbons il faudroit en faire , was the late
remark of a man who assuredly cannot be suspected of any bias in their favour -
the celebrated friend of Bentham , and editor of his works . The unfavourable
results ...
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... a thin octavo volume , to revive the recollection of the dispute between their
late President and the Academy , and to correct an error into which Mr Malone
had fallen , in supposing that Sir Joshua was not entirely to blame in that
business .
... a thin octavo volume , to revive the recollection of the dispute between their
late President and the Academy , and to correct an error into which Mr Malone
had fallen , in supposing that Sir Joshua was not entirely to blame in that
business .
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But we are desired to look at the result ; and the vast progress made of late years
in Educating the poor , is cited as a convincing proof how much may be expected
from this source . We join willingly in this appeal to facts ; for we know that it ...
But we are desired to look at the result ; and the vast progress made of late years
in Educating the poor , is cited as a convincing proof how much may be expected
from this source . We join willingly in this appeal to facts ; for we know that it ...
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Master of the English School of Peebles , ( late of “ The principal merit of Mr
Fulton ' s System of Dundee ) , Author of the Concise Spelling Book , for the
Orthoepy consists in its simplicity , a property , it will | Use of Children , and an
Introduction ...
Master of the English School of Peebles , ( late of “ The principal merit of Mr
Fulton ' s System of Dundee ) , Author of the Concise Spelling Book , for the
Orthoepy consists in its simplicity , a property , it will | Use of Children , and an
Introduction ...
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By T . MITCHELL , · A . M . late Fellow of Sidney - Sussex College , Cambridge . -
Vol . I . London . John Murray , Albemarle - street , 1820 . pp . 454 .
NOTWITHSTANDING the great success of the Greek writers in tragic composition
, there were ...
By T . MITCHELL , · A . M . late Fellow of Sidney - Sussex College , Cambridge . -
Vol . I . London . John Murray , Albemarle - street , 1820 . pp . 454 .
NOTWITHSTANDING the great success of the Greek writers in tragic composition
, there were ...
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Página 194 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Página 148 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Página 145 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Página 146 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Página 150 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Página 194 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
Página 150 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Página 144 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Página 147 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
Página 146 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...