Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... sunrise . I was sitting , or rather stand- ing , with my shoulders supported against a chesnut- tree , about half way down the slope of the celebrated Vallombrosa , watching the ascent of the great luminary of WINTER . 5.
... sunrise . I was sitting , or rather stand- ing , with my shoulders supported against a chesnut- tree , about half way down the slope of the celebrated Vallombrosa , watching the ascent of the great luminary of WINTER . 5.
Page 62
... celebrated pas called the Gargouillade , which , as a French author informs us , is devoted to the entrée of winds , dæmons , and elementary spirits , and of whose mode of execution he gravely proceeds to give an elaborate and ...
... celebrated pas called the Gargouillade , which , as a French author informs us , is devoted to the entrée of winds , dæmons , and elementary spirits , and of whose mode of execution he gravely proceeds to give an elaborate and ...
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... celebrated progenitor , whom it chooses to call the founder of the family . The haughtiest vaunter of high pedigree and the honours of unbroken descent , from the time of William the Conqueror , would probably weep with shame at being ...
... celebrated progenitor , whom it chooses to call the founder of the family . The haughtiest vaunter of high pedigree and the honours of unbroken descent , from the time of William the Conqueror , would probably weep with shame at being ...
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... celebrating at Delos . See ! in every direction the green ocean is studded with the white sails of barks ( like daisies in the grass ) hastening to the ceremony , from Attica , Boeotia , and Thessaly ; from Lesbos and Crete ; from Ionia ...
... celebrating at Delos . See ! in every direction the green ocean is studded with the white sails of barks ( like daisies in the grass ) hastening to the ceremony , from Attica , Boeotia , and Thessaly ; from Lesbos and Crete ; from Ionia ...
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... celebrated by other nations . In Hebrew , the word Sabbath signifies rest ; and the Jews fixed it on the Saturday , the last day of the week , to commemorate the completion of the work of creation , and the reposing of the Lord . It was ...
... celebrated by other nations . In Hebrew , the word Sabbath signifies rest ; and the Jews fixed it on the Saturday , the last day of the week , to commemorate the completion of the work of creation , and the reposing of the Lord . It was ...
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