Temple Bar, Volume 7Ward and Lock, 1862 |
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... Officers who were to see the Sentence executed were now in a Great Dilemma . In vain did they try by argument to persuade the Fellow to remain still , and have his Head quietly taken off . At last he was remanded back to Prison , and ...
... Officers who were to see the Sentence executed were now in a Great Dilemma . In vain did they try by argument to persuade the Fellow to remain still , and have his Head quietly taken off . At last he was remanded back to Prison , and ...
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... Officer that I sworded , some of the Wealthy Merchants would have subscribed to an Association for setting me up again ; but that Rencounter was remem- bered to my hurt , and says Mynheer van Bommel , when he brought me my Certificate ...
... Officer that I sworded , some of the Wealthy Merchants would have subscribed to an Association for setting me up again ; but that Rencounter was remem- bered to my hurt , and says Mynheer van Bommel , when he brought me my Certificate ...
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... Alchemist again . A week after I had lent him the money , he fled on a suspicion of Base Coin ; and I had hard work to persuade the Officers of Justice that I had not a hand in his Malpractices . As it CAPTAIN DANGEROUS . 41.
... Alchemist again . A week after I had lent him the money , he fled on a suspicion of Base Coin ; and I had hard work to persuade the Officers of Justice that I had not a hand in his Malpractices . As it CAPTAIN DANGEROUS . 41.
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... Officer in the Gray Musqueteers . " Pig , why dost thou not take off thy Hat ? " I was all at once pushed violently ... Officers of the Body Guard , who , having tied him to a Bench , pricked him with their Sword Points , beat him with ...
... Officer in the Gray Musqueteers . " Pig , why dost thou not take off thy Hat ? " I was all at once pushed violently ... Officers of the Body Guard , who , having tied him to a Bench , pricked him with their Sword Points , beat him with ...
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... noble Captains , you brave swells , you honest , jovial , intrepid , kind- hearted , ignorant young officers in the Heavies and the Prancers , rush VOL . VII . G off to your booksellers and invest in all the copies BREAKFAST IN BED . 75.
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Page 381 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 344 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus;" " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
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Page 79 - And save the expense of long litigious laws, Where suits are traversed, and so little won That he who conquers is but last undone. Such are not your decrees ; but so designed, The sanction leaves a lasting peace behind, Like your own soul serene, a pattern of your mind.
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Page 384 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.