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... short by any of those professions to whose costume a well curled and pow- dered wig had been considered in- dispensable . The danger to which these gentlemen exposed themselves in going about in the coldest wea- ther without hats , made ...
... short by any of those professions to whose costume a well curled and pow- dered wig had been considered in- dispensable . The danger to which these gentlemen exposed themselves in going about in the coldest wea- ther without hats , made ...
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... short corners came into favour , and kept its place for eight years . In 1790 , the crown of the hat became nar- rower at the bottom than the top . In 1794 , it resumed its old form , which in 1795 it lost , to take that of the reverse ...
... short corners came into favour , and kept its place for eight years . In 1790 , the crown of the hat became nar- rower at the bottom than the top . In 1794 , it resumed its old form , which in 1795 it lost , to take that of the reverse ...
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... short to be spent in devotion to her happiness . " I rallied him as being too desponding , and said , " that I still hoped the affair would not terminate fatally . " He observed , that he was perfectly resigned to whatever might happen ...
... short to be spent in devotion to her happiness . " I rallied him as being too desponding , and said , " that I still hoped the affair would not terminate fatally . " He observed , that he was perfectly resigned to whatever might happen ...
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... short time for this use . He not only complied with my skill to render the illusion more com- plete . He also raised an objection at the outset to my room ; ' for , ' said he , if we do not procure another , people will perceive whence ...
... short time for this use . He not only complied with my skill to render the illusion more com- plete . He also raised an objection at the outset to my room ; ' for , ' said he , if we do not procure another , people will perceive whence ...
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... short a period . period . The fame of the Society was consequent- ly spread far and wide . Finding , however , by experience , that the climate was extremely unfa- vourable for the production of fruit and wine , and that we should never ...
... short a period . period . The fame of the Society was consequent- ly spread far and wide . Finding , however , by experience , that the climate was extremely unfa- vourable for the production of fruit and wine , and that we should never ...
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Page 340 - Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 355 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively.
Page 124 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Page 234 - ... management or precaution, to the shoulders of the too merciful executioner. The scene immediately became more interesting. The beadle could by no means be prevailed upon to strike hard, which provoked the constable to strike harder ; and this double flogging continued, till a lass of...
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Page 142 - Irish sailor, who was poor and much distressed for clothes and common necessaries. Hickey compassionating his poverty, and finding he was his countryman, relieved his wants, and an intimacy commenced between them. They agreed to go to Ireland together; and it was remarked on their passage that Caulfield...
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Page 223 - Sir Charles Lee, by his first lady, had only one daughter, of which she died in childbirth ; and when she died, her sister, the lady Everard, desired to have the education of the child ; and she was by her very well educated till she was marriageable ; and a match was concluded for her with sir William Perkins, but was then prevented in an extraordinary manner. Upon a Thursday night, she thinking she saw...
Page 295 - Her sister Furies fly her hideous face; So frightful are the forms the monster takes, So fierce the hissings of her speckled snakes. Her Juno finds, and thus inflames her spite: "O virgin daughter of eternal night, Give me this once thy labour, to sustain My right, and execute my just disdain.
Page 234 - ... the verse. She then began in a kind of whining recitative, but as she proceeded and as the composition required it, her voice assumed a variety of deep and fine tones, and the energy with which many passages were delivered, proved her perfect comprehension and strong feeling of the subject, but her eyes always continued shut, perhaps to prevent interruption to her thoughts, or her attention being engaged by any surrounding object.