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... remained unchanged . Every day the queen showed more indifference to the friends of her ill fortune , among whom was La Rochefoucauld , upon whose observant spirit this first lesson on the ingratitude of courts was not thrown away ...
... remained unchanged . Every day the queen showed more indifference to the friends of her ill fortune , among whom was La Rochefoucauld , upon whose observant spirit this first lesson on the ingratitude of courts was not thrown away ...
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... remained , the Federal Diet was declared forever abolished ; and delegates were summoned from each state to meet and concoct some new scheme of government . This assembly was presided over by an Archduke of Austria ; but at last , after ...
... remained , the Federal Diet was declared forever abolished ; and delegates were summoned from each state to meet and concoct some new scheme of government . This assembly was presided over by an Archduke of Austria ; but at last , after ...
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... remained behind ascertained mixture of organic and inorganic enough to fill a chariot ! In the deep recesses of materials exposed to well - known atmospheric con- woods , and elsewhere , where suffered to grow ditions , as is formed by ...
... remained behind ascertained mixture of organic and inorganic enough to fill a chariot ! In the deep recesses of materials exposed to well - known atmospheric con- woods , and elsewhere , where suffered to grow ditions , as is formed by ...
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... remained unanswered . " Come , none of your nonsense , Master Pan- chito ; " said he , " you know right well that I have not the means of making your wife an allowance . You think yourself a very cunning fellow to feign death in that ...
... remained unanswered . " Come , none of your nonsense , Master Pan- chito ; " said he , " you know right well that I have not the means of making your wife an allowance . You think yourself a very cunning fellow to feign death in that ...
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... remained . The unhappy girl had thus found an assassin in place of a lover , and theft had followed murder . The cries of the coachman soon attracted a crowd of persons , among whom was fortunately a physician , who , after a short The ...
... remained . The unhappy girl had thus found an assassin in place of a lover , and theft had followed murder . The cries of the coachman soon attracted a crowd of persons , among whom was fortunately a physician , who , after a short The ...
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Page 244 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not. attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 249 - ... any declaration before mentioned shall not extend to any letters patent and grants of privilege for the term of fourteen years or under, hereafter to be made of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the law nor mischievous to the State, by raising prices of commodities at...
Page 17 - em? To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts; but never to my friend: I tamely can endure the first; But this with envy makes me burst.
Page 15 - Certainly the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn; and at such times when they thought the case indeed required...
Page 238 - Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Page 130 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight : they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?
Page 244 - The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Page 132 - COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry ; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest : Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie : Go by, go by.
Page 218 - The tear, down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Page 240 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame; the noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses and churches...