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... observations upon Froissart himself , to deal only with the earlier portion of the period recorded in his chronicle , confining our remarks chiefly to the condition and circumstances of England at the accession and during the reign of ...
... observations upon Froissart himself , to deal only with the earlier portion of the period recorded in his chronicle , confining our remarks chiefly to the condition and circumstances of England at the accession and during the reign of ...
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... observation and from unborrowed experience . His route too , in the present instance , was over ground that is seldom trodden by pleasure hunters and the tribe of summer cantering tourists . Western Siberia included some of the ...
... observation and from unborrowed experience . His route too , in the present instance , was over ground that is seldom trodden by pleasure hunters and the tribe of summer cantering tourists . Western Siberia included some of the ...
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... upon the Russians . We observed , in talking of our Chinese expedition with the authorities in those parts , that they seemed to enjoy the idea of our bringing the Brother of the Sun and 44 Cottrell's Recollections of Siberia .
... upon the Russians . We observed , in talking of our Chinese expedition with the authorities in those parts , that they seemed to enjoy the idea of our bringing the Brother of the Sun and 44 Cottrell's Recollections of Siberia .
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... observation , much less favourably than by some other travellers . The following is part of his account ; and even from it we should conclude that the change , on passing through the door in the wooden frame that divides the two empires ...
... observation , much less favourably than by some other travellers . The following is part of his account ; and even from it we should conclude that the change , on passing through the door in the wooden frame that divides the two empires ...
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... observed , the English lan- guage was taxed , till , powerful as it is , it seemed at times about to give way . Moreover , his religious tenets have nothing whatever to do with his poetry . Had Milton been an Atheist , it would not have ...
... observed , the English lan- guage was taxed , till , powerful as it is , it seemed at times about to give way . Moreover , his religious tenets have nothing whatever to do with his poetry . Had Milton been an Atheist , it would not have ...
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Page 126 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 252 - I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted.
Page 253 - THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 252 - But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life we led ; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders. " Many a wassail-bout Wore the long Winter out ; Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail, Filled to o'erflowing.
Page 251 - Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber.
Page 411 - ... hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people...
Page 252 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow ; Oft through the forest dark Followed the werewolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders.
Page 226 - return to him, and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my son is alive. And also say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey be his and the honour thereof, and to them that be about him.
Page 411 - I would establish but one great general rule to be observed in all conversation, which is this, "that men should not talk to please themselves, but those that hear them." This would make them consider, whether what they speak be worth hearing; whether there be either wit or sense in what they are about to say; and, whether it be adapted to the time when, the place where, and the person to whom, it is spoken.
Page 210 - the innocency of childhood, the beauty of youth, the solidity of middle, the gravity of old age, and all at eighteen ; the birth of a princess, the learning of a clerk, the life of a saint, yet the death of a malefactor, for her parent's offences.