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... March 1725 ; where he was baptized by the name of Henry Benedict Maria Clemens : he died there in 1807 , in the 83d year of his age . In 1745 he went to France to head an army of fifteen thousand men , assem- bled at Dunkirk for the ...
... March 1725 ; where he was baptized by the name of Henry Benedict Maria Clemens : he died there in 1807 , in the 83d year of his age . In 1745 he went to France to head an army of fifteen thousand men , assem- bled at Dunkirk for the ...
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... march in pro- cession , complete , as they proceed up the vast space of this wondrous temple , a spectacle nowhere to be equalled within the pale of European civilisation . In the midst of swords and crosiers , of halberds and ...
... march in pro- cession , complete , as they proceed up the vast space of this wondrous temple , a spectacle nowhere to be equalled within the pale of European civilisation . In the midst of swords and crosiers , of halberds and ...
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... March fol- lowing South Sea stock rose from 130 to 300 , gradually advanced to 400 , declined to 330 , and on the 7th of April was at 340. This so encouraged the directors , that on the 12th they opened books at the South Sea house for ...
... March fol- lowing South Sea stock rose from 130 to 300 , gradually advanced to 400 , declined to 330 , and on the 7th of April was at 340. This so encouraged the directors , that on the 12th they opened books at the South Sea house for ...
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... march immediately to London where thousands then would have armed for him . The lady Whorewood came to me , acquaints me herewith . I got G. Farmer ( who was a most ingenious locksmith , and dwelt in Bow - lane ) to make a saw to cut ...
... march immediately to London where thousands then would have armed for him . The lady Whorewood came to me , acquaints me herewith . I got G. Farmer ( who was a most ingenious locksmith , and dwelt in Bow - lane ) to make a saw to cut ...
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... March . Easter Monday Easter Tuesday are the Monday and Tuesday following Easter day . Ember Days , are the Wednesdays , Fri- days , and Saturdays , after the first Sun- day in lent ; after the Feast of Pente- cost ; after Holy - rood ...
... March . Easter Monday Easter Tuesday are the Monday and Tuesday following Easter day . Ember Days , are the Wednesdays , Fri- days , and Saturdays , after the first Sun- day in lent ; after the Feast of Pente- cost ; after Holy - rood ...
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Page 627 - 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 : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
Page 713 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 713 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 489 - Which the great lord inhabits not; and so This grove is wild with tangling underwood, And the trim walks are broken up, and grass, Thin grass and king-cups grow within the paths. But never elsewhere in one place I knew So many nightingales; and far and near, In wood and thicket, over the wide grove, They answer and provoke each other's songs, With skirmish and capricious passagings, And murmurs musical and swift jug jug, And one low piping sound more sweet than all...
Page 1095 - Bo-bo was strictly enjoined not to let the secret escape, for the neighbours would certainly have stoned them for a couple of abominable wretches, who could think of improving upon the good meat which God had sent them.
Page 569 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the...
Page 345 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 527 - Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 569 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 867 - A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew; And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night.