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... original owners . The organization of their fleets , however , for actual service , showed less practical wisdom than many other parts of their system ; though , no doubt , it had its origin in a jealousy that was not wholly groundless ...
... original owners . The organization of their fleets , however , for actual service , showed less practical wisdom than many other parts of their system ; though , no doubt , it had its origin in a jealousy that was not wholly groundless ...
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... originals , early English , decorated , or perpendicular ; or they are mere stiff , ungainly , pretentious samples of that conventional style which passes with the vulgar for real Gothic , but savours to more tutored minds of the worst ...
... originals , early English , decorated , or perpendicular ; or they are mere stiff , ungainly , pretentious samples of that conventional style which passes with the vulgar for real Gothic , but savours to more tutored minds of the worst ...
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... original genius has yet left his mark on the architecture of this age . We have still , as it were , to master the very rudiments of an art whose final teachings have been scattered to the winds by the blundering of ignorant ...
... original genius has yet left his mark on the architecture of this age . We have still , as it were , to master the very rudiments of an art whose final teachings have been scattered to the winds by the blundering of ignorant ...
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... original estimate . It would be just as wise to argue that one man could not dine well for two or three shillings , because another man's dinner costs him a pound . The estimated cost of Mr. Scott's design for the Foreign Office , was ...
... original estimate . It would be just as wise to argue that one man could not dine well for two or three shillings , because another man's dinner costs him a pound . The estimated cost of Mr. Scott's design for the Foreign Office , was ...
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... original formation in this country . The Spectator of Nov. 26 , 1714 , gives a sketch of the news- reporter of the day , which will stand for the present period- " The one early in the antechamber , his head thrust into the thick of the ...
... original formation in this country . The Spectator of Nov. 26 , 1714 , gives a sketch of the news- reporter of the day , which will stand for the present period- " The one early in the antechamber , his head thrust into the thick of the ...
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Page 219 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Page 388 - In her right hand the lily, in her left The letter — all her bright hair streaming down — And all the coverlid was cloth of gold Drawn to her waist, and she herself in white All but her face, and that clear-featured face Was lovely, for she did not seem as dead, But fast asleep, and lay as tho
Page 398 - To learning and to loyalty were bred : For colleges on bounteous kings depend, And never rebel was to arts a friend.
Page 179 - A History of England, from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642.
Page 83 - ... with their reflections and observations upon every piece of intelligence that is sent us from abroad. The text is given us by one set of writers, and the comment by another. But notwithstanding we have the same tale told us in so many different papers, and, if occasion requires, in so many articles of the same paper ; notwithstanding, in a scarcity of foreign posts, we hear the same story repeated by different...
Page 193 - to my end.' His end was worthy of his life. His intellect was not for a moment clouded. His fortitude was the more admirable because he was not willing to die. He had very lately said to one of those whom he most loved, ' You know that I never feared death ; there have been times when I should have wished it, but, now that this great new prospect is opening before me, I do wish to stay here a little longer.
Page 464 - ... Confederation, and of the Swiss Constitution previous to 1847. It was tried in America for a few years immediately following the War of Independence. The other principle is that of the existing Constitution of the United States, and has been adopted within the last dozen years by the Swiss Confederacy. The Federal Congress of the American Union is a substantive part of the government of every individual State. Within the limits of its attributions, it makes laws which are obeyed by every citizen...
Page 193 - He ordered several of them to be called in, and exerted himself to take leave of them with a few kind and cheerful words. Among the English who were admitted to his bedside were Devonshire and Ormond. But there were in the crowd those who felt as no...
Page 95 - Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
Page 167 - All hail, great master ! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curled clouds : to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.