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... addition of these three " read " addition to these three . " p . 112.- 12th line , leave out the last " s " in " circumstances . " p . 155. — 3rd line , for " larger " read “ large . ” Y CHAPTER I. " I'll be at charges for a ERRATA. ...
... addition of these three " read " addition to these three . " p . 112.- 12th line , leave out the last " s " in " circumstances . " p . 155. — 3rd line , for " larger " read “ large . ” Y CHAPTER I. " I'll be at charges for a ERRATA. ...
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... circumstances which on the face of it discloses much of comfort and much of danger , yet it is difficult to say whether such a time is precisely that which one should select for the commencement of a book , having for its object the ...
... circumstances which on the face of it discloses much of comfort and much of danger , yet it is difficult to say whether such a time is precisely that which one should select for the commencement of a book , having for its object the ...
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... circumstances of agriculture and the means employed in the development of crops under the watchful care of the husbandman . But how has or rather how has not the very earth itself in its crude uncultivated state been turned to the ...
... circumstances of agriculture and the means employed in the development of crops under the watchful care of the husbandman . But how has or rather how has not the very earth itself in its crude uncultivated state been turned to the ...
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... circumstances by no means uncomfortable construction , consisted of a saddle which extending well on to the croupe , not only allowed of the accommodation necessary for the gentleman in front , but also for CHAPTER IV. ...
... circumstances by no means uncomfortable construction , consisted of a saddle which extending well on to the croupe , not only allowed of the accommodation necessary for the gentleman in front , but also for CHAPTER IV. ...
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... , a mode which however comfortable or convenient under ordinary circumstances , you will say was capable of improvement in face of exceptional emergencies ! CHAPTER V. " And whom a mercy's name have we 30 SKETCHES OF PROGRESS .
... , a mode which however comfortable or convenient under ordinary circumstances , you will say was capable of improvement in face of exceptional emergencies ! CHAPTER V. " And whom a mercy's name have we 30 SKETCHES OF PROGRESS .
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Page 165 - The judge, who was a shrewd fellow, winked at the manifest iniquity of the decision : and when the court was dismissed, went privily and bought up all the pigs that could be had for love or money. In a few days his Lordship's town house was observed to be on fire.
Page 141 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Page 163 - He burnt his fingers, and to cool them he applied them in his booby fashion to his mouth. Some of the crumbs of the scorched skin had come away with his fingers, and for the first time in his life (in the world's life indeed, for before him no man had known it) he tasted — crackling ! Again he felt and fumbled at the pig.
Page 163 - ... the negligence of this unlucky young firebrand. Much less did it resemble that of any known herb, weed, or flower. A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip. He knew not what to think.
Page 162 - Bo-bo, a great lubberly boy, who being fond of playing with fire, as younkers of his age commonly are, let some sparks escape into a bundle of straw, which kindling quickly, spread the conflagration over every part of their poor mansion, till it was reduced to ashes. Together with the cottage (a sorry antediluvian make-shift of a building, you may think it) what was of much more importance, a fine litter of new-farrowed pigs, no less than nine in number, perished.
Page 166 - Thus this custom of firing houses continued till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it.
Page 166 - ... that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burnt as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string, or spit, came in a century or two later, I forget in whose dynasty. By such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the most useful, and seemingly the most obvious arts, make their way among mankind.
Page 124 - But the constitutional government of this island is so admirably tempered and compounded, that nothing can endanger or hurt it, but destroying the equilibrium of power between one branch of the legislature and tho rest.
Page 164 - Eat, eat, eat the burnt pig, father, only taste, — O Lord," — with suchlike barbarous ejaculations, cramming all the while as if he would choke. Ho-ti trembled in every joint while he grasped the abominable thing, wavering whether he should not put his son to death for an unnatural young monster, when the crackling...
Page 165 - Evidence was given, the obnoxious food itself produced in court, and verdict about to be pronounced, when the foreman of the jury begged that some of the burnt pig, of which the culprits stood accused, might be handed into the box.