The Planet, conducted by T. McNicollThomas M'Nicoll 1862 |
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... house and rest ? O ! Thou great and mighty Spirit , how does my poor nation err , That the phials of Thy anger Thou art pouring over her ? Speak , when will Thy mercy beaming from the clouds on us descend ? Speak ! O , speak ! when will ...
... house and rest ? O ! Thou great and mighty Spirit , how does my poor nation err , That the phials of Thy anger Thou art pouring over her ? Speak , when will Thy mercy beaming from the clouds on us descend ? Speak ! O , speak ! when will ...
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... , however , since , on the * Letter to Earl Granville , K.G. , on the Revised Code . ' By Sir James K. Shuttleworth , Bart . Smith , Elder , and Co. motion of Sir John Pakington in the House of Commons 40 The Education Controversy .
... , however , since , on the * Letter to Earl Granville , K.G. , on the Revised Code . ' By Sir James K. Shuttleworth , Bart . Smith , Elder , and Co. motion of Sir John Pakington in the House of Commons 40 The Education Controversy .
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Thomas M'Nicoll. motion of Sir John Pakington in the House of Commons , a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the whole subject of popular education , and to report thereon to the Crown . This Commission produced the result of ...
Thomas M'Nicoll. motion of Sir John Pakington in the House of Commons , a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the whole subject of popular education , and to report thereon to the Crown . This Commission produced the result of ...
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... Houses of Parliament must be altered . It is a monstrous thing that all the legislation on this great national question ... House . The grant is now so large , the interests at stake so complicated , and the whole machinery is so vast ...
... Houses of Parliament must be altered . It is a monstrous thing that all the legislation on this great national question ... House . The grant is now so large , the interests at stake so complicated , and the whole machinery is so vast ...
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... house of Travers , whose arrival he awaited at the door . As he sees him approaching , he comes to meet him , and , feigning the voice of his wife , asks whether he had recovered the pork . ' Yes ; I have it , ' answered the husband ...
... house of Travers , whose arrival he awaited at the door . As he sees him approaching , he comes to meet him , and , feigning the voice of his wife , asks whether he had recovered the pork . ' Yes ; I have it , ' answered the husband ...
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Page 134 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 265 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her...
Page 301 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 266 - God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 322 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 141 - If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Page 265 - After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park? Smiling she answered me, ' I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas I good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 269 - Therefore, to ride comely; to run fair at the tilt or ring; to play at all weapons; to shoot fair in bow or surely in gun; to vault lustily; to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dance comely; to sing, and play...
Page 266 - It is your shame (I speak to you all, you young gentlemen of England) that one maid should go beyond you all, in excellency of learning and knowledge of divers tongues.
Page 266 - ... else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips...