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... four hours , it came gradually forwards , the men behind throwing up the fandy earth from the bottom , and others tof- fing it to one another upon ftages , cill the uppermost threw it quite over the top . They brought it at laft within ...
... four hours , it came gradually forwards , the men behind throwing up the fandy earth from the bottom , and others tof- fing it to one another upon ftages , cill the uppermost threw it quite over the top . They brought it at laft within ...
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... four Cap- tains of the Strelitzes , and appointed for the fecond day of February , 1697 . But two of the Captains , touched with horror at the thoughts of their wicked engagement , went and threw them- felves at the Czar's feet , and ...
... four Cap- tains of the Strelitzes , and appointed for the fecond day of February , 1697 . But two of the Captains , touched with horror at the thoughts of their wicked engagement , went and threw them- felves at the Czar's feet , and ...
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... four , which is the fourth part , appears to me fuf- ficient , and is what every reduce himself to , who is fo far maf- ter of himself , as to go against bad habits and customs . man may The indulging fleep , too much is pernicious on a ...
... four , which is the fourth part , appears to me fuf- ficient , and is what every reduce himself to , who is fo far maf- ter of himself , as to go against bad habits and customs . man may The indulging fleep , too much is pernicious on a ...
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... four perches over in breadth , having fundry tufts of alders and fome afhes growing in the bottoms of them . The ground on the fouth fide of the faid pits lay higher than the upper face of the water about ten feet . And from the high ...
... four perches over in breadth , having fundry tufts of alders and fome afhes growing in the bottoms of them . The ground on the fouth fide of the faid pits lay higher than the upper face of the water about ten feet . And from the high ...
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... four feet deep , fome fix , fome feven , and fome more , whereby there were made in it , at leaft , not fo few as eleven thousand furrows , riffs , cracks , and clefts , in divers pla- ces . This moving and carrying of the ground ...
... four feet deep , fome fix , fome feven , and fome more , whereby there were made in it , at leaft , not fo few as eleven thousand furrows , riffs , cracks , and clefts , in divers pla- ces . This moving and carrying of the ground ...
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Page 295 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Page 295 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love, my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear, To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug and cry I'm sorry; but we all must die.
Page 322 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 294 - See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Page 295 - tis a shocking sight, And he's engaged to-morrow night; My Lady Club will take it ill, If he should fail her at quadrille. He loved the Dean— (I lead a heart,) But dearest friends, they say, must part. His time was come: he ran his race; We hope he's in a better place.
Page 294 - Behold the fatal day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive. Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead.
Page 294 - Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead. Before the passing-bell begun, The news through half the town has run. O, may we all for Death prepare! What has he left? And who's his heir?
Page 42 - D'Awtry, a member of the same society, living in Broad-street, being two of those Physicians that were presented by the College to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London...
Page 4 - O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
Page 294 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith, he must make his stories shorter...