Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, Volume 1author; and for sale, 1815 |
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... present successor did not merely traverse England ; he lived in it without business , and was not pressed for time . His wife , who is English , was with him ; and he owes to her introduction a greater share of domestic intimacy than ...
... present successor did not merely traverse England ; he lived in it without business , and was not pressed for time . His wife , who is English , was with him ; and he owes to her introduction a greater share of domestic intimacy than ...
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... present impression of Ken- sington Gardens is that of a formal sort of wilderness . * • * I have since seen these gardens at a more propitious season ; their lofty avenues carpeted with green , are highly picturesque , as well as ...
... present impression of Ken- sington Gardens is that of a formal sort of wilderness . * • * I have since seen these gardens at a more propitious season ; their lofty avenues carpeted with green , are highly picturesque , as well as ...
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... present measures of ministers , which have not been of late either very wise or very successful , but the form and constitution of the government itself . It is stigmatized as vicious , corrupt , and in its decay , without hope or ...
... present measures of ministers , which have not been of late either very wise or very successful , but the form and constitution of the government itself . It is stigmatized as vicious , corrupt , and in its decay , without hope or ...
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... present , I believe , other calls for its money . But there is a society lately formed for the same object ; they have pro- vided some convenient rooms in Pall Mall , lighted by skylights , for the reception of modern pictures ; the ...
... present , I believe , other calls for its money . But there is a society lately formed for the same object ; they have pro- vided some convenient rooms in Pall Mall , lighted by skylights , for the reception of modern pictures ; the ...
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... present proprietor for L. 16,000 sterling , but had cost nearly double in building . The rent of houses a little inferior is L. 400 or L. 500 sterling a - year , including taxes ; but there are houses the rent of which is L. 1000 a ...
... present proprietor for L. 16,000 sterling , but had cost nearly double in building . The rent of houses a little inferior is L. 400 or L. 500 sterling a - year , including taxes ; but there are houses the rent of which is L. 1000 a ...
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Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years ..., Volume 1 Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1817 |
Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years ..., Volume 1 Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1817 |
Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain, during ... 1810 and 1811 ... Louis Simond Visualização integral - 1815 |
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Página 362 - ... know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be!
Página 362 - Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
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Página 133 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Página 25 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 133 - I have given suck; and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn, as you Have done to this.
Página 319 - Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurled, The fragments of an earlier world ; A wildering forest feathered o'er His ruined sides and summit hoar, While on the north, through middle air, Ben-an heaved high his forehead bare. xv. From the steep promontory gazed The stranger, raptured and amazed, And,
Página iv - Longworth, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: " The Trust, a comedy, in five acts, by Charles Breck," in conformity to the act of the congress of the United States...