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Page 93
... body to examine the delectable regions above , where you could look out of window , over Shep- herd's nursery ground , and see the real trees waving in the west . On reaching the first floor , my young- est brother , Fred , so to speak ...
... body to examine the delectable regions above , where you could look out of window , over Shep- herd's nursery ground , and see the real trees waving in the west . On reaching the first floor , my young- est brother , Fred , so to speak ...
Page 103
... bodies scraping them with a species of overgrown curry - comb . Those who had been half washed presented a most droll contrast of colour between the white coating of dust and the natural black hue of their skin . We wandered forth into ...
... bodies scraping them with a species of overgrown curry - comb . Those who had been half washed presented a most droll contrast of colour between the white coating of dust and the natural black hue of their skin . We wandered forth into ...
Page 104
... bodies , staring in ghastly fashion out of their bead eyes , but piping and darting about among their native foliage ; the big baboons swinging from branch to branch , and the lesser monkeys scudding along the cordage of knotted ...
... bodies , staring in ghastly fashion out of their bead eyes , but piping and darting about among their native foliage ; the big baboons swinging from branch to branch , and the lesser monkeys scudding along the cordage of knotted ...
Page 108
... body of the deer . You may be sure we did not dispute the possession of the skin . And several days passed in like man- ner , as delightful as constant change of scene , the innumerable chances of the chase , and rare good fellowship ...
... body of the deer . You may be sure we did not dispute the possession of the skin . And several days passed in like man- ner , as delightful as constant change of scene , the innumerable chances of the chase , and rare good fellowship ...
Page 109
... body , one in the foreleg , and another through the brain . We returned in triumph , shooting at everything that presented itself . I achieved a conquest over an ancient swine , which I brought down as it careered past at a distance of ...
... body , one in the foreleg , and another through the brain . We returned in triumph , shooting at everything that presented itself . I achieved a conquest over an ancient swine , which I brought down as it careered past at a distance of ...
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Page 263 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 239 - Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife : While he could stammer He settled Hoti's business— let it be ! — Properly based Oun — Gave us the doctrine of the enclitic De, Dead from the waist down.
Page 467 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed, in these words, and no other : IV. " I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and every thing contained and prescribed in and by the book, intituled,
Page 520 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian ; and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Page 368 - Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit; Laughter and wit Flashing so free. Life is but short — When we are gone, Let them sing on Round the old tree.
Page 367 - For not to desire or admire, if a man could learn it, were more Than to walk all day like the sultan of old in a garden of spice.
Page 367 - We are puppets, Man in his pride, and Beauty fair in her flower ; Do we move ourselves, or are moved by an unseen hand at a game That pushes us off from the board, and others ever succeed ? Ah yet, we cannot be kind to each other here for an hour ; We whisper, and hint, and chuckle, and grin at a brother's shame ; However we brave it out, we men are a little breed.
Page 272 - I have given instructions to those officers, to whom it belongs, to cause prosecutions to be instituted against all persons who shall, within the cognizance of the courts of the United States, violate the law of nations, with respect to the powers at war, or any of them.
Page 355 - Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself ; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favour.
Page 143 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.