Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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... present paper . The author is speaking of infancy as " the sunshine of our existence , " and he then adds , " If there be one topic upon which the aged love to dwell more than another , it is this : With what enthusiastic glee will they ...
... present paper . The author is speaking of infancy as " the sunshine of our existence , " and he then adds , " If there be one topic upon which the aged love to dwell more than another , it is this : With what enthusiastic glee will they ...
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... present day ; for we are told that in the front of their present elegant Gothic cathedral " there is a statue of Pliny , with basso relievos alluding to his writings ; and on each side of the grand entrance is an inscription in his ...
... present day ; for we are told that in the front of their present elegant Gothic cathedral " there is a statue of Pliny , with basso relievos alluding to his writings ; and on each side of the grand entrance is an inscription in his ...
Page 54
... present undertaking . 7 The barony , or honour and fee of Skipton in Craven , had been , before the Norman conquest , the property of earl Edwin , son of Leofwine , and brother of Leofric , earls of Mercia . On the establishment 54 ...
... present undertaking . 7 The barony , or honour and fee of Skipton in Craven , had been , before the Norman conquest , the property of earl Edwin , son of Leofwine , and brother of Leofric , earls of Mercia . On the establishment 54 ...
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... present a mill - dam . As it was then the middle of summer , it was almost dry ; but Robert had recourse to a stratagem , in order to prevent any attack from that quarter . He had some time before ordered many ditches and pits to be ...
... present a mill - dam . As it was then the middle of summer , it was almost dry ; but Robert had recourse to a stratagem , in order to prevent any attack from that quarter . He had some time before ordered many ditches and pits to be ...
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... present , proves the antiquity of the story , which nearly amounts to proving its truth . But ' bootless bene ' is unavail- ing prayer ; and the meaning , though imperfectly expressed , seems to have been , ' What remains when prayer is ...
... present , proves the antiquity of the story , which nearly amounts to proving its truth . But ' bootless bene ' is unavail- ing prayer ; and the meaning , though imperfectly expressed , seems to have been , ' What remains when prayer is ...
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Mornings in Spring; Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical ..., Volume 1 Nathan Drake No preview available - 2012 |
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