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... give our readers anything like a historical sketch of Wolsey's famous old Palace - that has been done before - nor do we propose to write a " guide book " to Hampton Court , as that has been admirably done by Mr. E. Law . Our purpose is ...
... give our readers anything like a historical sketch of Wolsey's famous old Palace - that has been done before - nor do we propose to write a " guide book " to Hampton Court , as that has been admirably done by Mr. E. Law . Our purpose is ...
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... give your economic principles an ugly look of felony . " His lip lifted , and he did not answer for a moment . Then said he , in a straitened voice : " I see , I see . This is a blackmailing affair . ” I kept my temper royally . " No ...
... give your economic principles an ugly look of felony . " His lip lifted , and he did not answer for a moment . Then said he , in a straitened voice : " I see , I see . This is a blackmailing affair . ” I kept my temper royally . " No ...
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... give you the money on the spot - if I had it . ” " At least send back the clock and let it be re - sold . " He looked at me , as if politeness alone restrained him from a positive guffaw . " Unconscious humourist ! " he murmured thickly ...
... give you the money on the spot - if I had it . ” " At least send back the clock and let it be re - sold . " He looked at me , as if politeness alone restrained him from a positive guffaw . " Unconscious humourist ! " he murmured thickly ...
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... give you any exact idea of that abominable watch in such gruesome company - the murderer and his victim . I sat for more than an hour with my eyes open upon that darkness , listening , straining , attentive to every interruption of the ...
... give you any exact idea of that abominable watch in such gruesome company - the murderer and his victim . I sat for more than an hour with my eyes open upon that darkness , listening , straining , attentive to every interruption of the ...
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... give me a sounder view than yours . " He picked up a couple of pebbles and grated them together , smiling bitterly . His face , indeed , was almost wholly bitter in expression , strongly lined , and of a complexion dull with bile . He ...
... give me a sounder view than yours . " He picked up a couple of pebbles and grated them together , smiling bitterly . His face , indeed , was almost wholly bitter in expression , strongly lined , and of a complexion dull with bile . He ...
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Page 237 - ... thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
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Page 219 - O mother Ida, many-fountain'd Ida, Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. For now the noonday quiet holds the hill: The grasshopper is silent in the grass : The lizard, with his shadow on the stone, Rests like a shadow, and the winds are dead.
Page 567 - That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light: Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight: Nor wintry leaves nor vernal, Nor days nor things diurnal; Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night.
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Page 138 - I had thought of the Lycidas as of a full-grown beauty — as springing up with all its parts absolute — till, in an evil hour, I was shown the original copy of it, together with the other minor poems of its author, in the library of Trinity, kept like some treasure, to be proud of. I wish they had thrown them in the Cam, or sent them after the latter Cantos of Spenser, into the Irish Channel. How it staggered me to see the fine things in their...
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Page 240 - The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad; it stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. It was surmounted by a canopy of gold, supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald.
Page 240 - Bordeaux, who, after defrauding several of the Princes " of Europe by means of false gems which he fabricated with " great skill, sought refuge at the court of Shah Jehan, " where he made his fortune and was in high favour with