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Page 85
... knew it must either be one of our own little ones , or a young Chittle . If it was one of the young Chittles , I used to hold up my hand and whistle , and father used to go on with his work . But if I was silent , and in that way let ...
... knew it must either be one of our own little ones , or a young Chittle . If it was one of the young Chittles , I used to hold up my hand and whistle , and father used to go on with his work . But if I was silent , and in that way let ...
Page 87
... knew why . For our Cousin Reuben was a great He had been favourite with all of us . apprenticed to a waterman , but had won his coat and freedom a few months before this . He was a merry , slangy , dapper fellow , about seventeen ...
... knew why . For our Cousin Reuben was a great He had been favourite with all of us . apprenticed to a waterman , but had won his coat and freedom a few months before this . He was a merry , slangy , dapper fellow , about seventeen ...
Page 97
... knew good writing from bad . They laughed at Tupper and with Thackeray , and carried off their full share of honours in the university examinations . It could not be for their edification that such stuff as the follow- ing is put on ...
... knew good writing from bad . They laughed at Tupper and with Thackeray , and carried off their full share of honours in the university examinations . It could not be for their edification that such stuff as the follow- ing is put on ...
Page 107
... knew better , and agreed that the cream of the sport was still to come . We made a halt , and lunched on plum - cake and cold tea . No sensible hunter will touch alcohol in any shape till the day's work is over . Nothing but the ...
... knew better , and agreed that the cream of the sport was still to come . We made a halt , and lunched on plum - cake and cold tea . No sensible hunter will touch alcohol in any shape till the day's work is over . Nothing but the ...
Page 133
... knew what a man he was , and what he was and is to me ! " - as , in a quiet evening hour , one may do so and prattle so , without offence , and possibly with profit , so it may be even if the sketches have to be done , and the little ...
... knew what a man he was , and what he was and is to me ! " - as , in a quiet evening hour , one may do so and prattle so , without offence , and possibly with profit , so it may be even if the sketches have to be done , and the little ...
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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.