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He never married , being wholly busied in profound studies during the prime of
life , and afterwards engaged in the important business of the Mint ; Sir Isaac
Newton seemed quite occupied here with the company of distinguished
individuals ...
He never married , being wholly busied in profound studies during the prime of
life , and afterwards engaged in the important business of the Mint ; Sir Isaac
Newton seemed quite occupied here with the company of distinguished
individuals ...
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... infant ' s tutor , Ruy Gomez de Silva , in sentiments is so far from being correct ,
that the truth which he bewails the errors of his grandson , and ad - is - he was
never more zealously engaged in stimulating vises how he might be reclaimed .
... infant ' s tutor , Ruy Gomez de Silva , in sentiments is so far from being correct ,
that the truth which he bewails the errors of his grandson , and ad - is - he was
never more zealously engaged in stimulating vises how he might be reclaimed .
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SENEX . racteristic perseverance , but with small civility to your correspondent “
Senex , ” is determined never to be in the wrong . Let us hope that “ the modern
Polybius " has not An INEDITED LETTER OF Sir WALTER Scott . always been so
...
SENEX . racteristic perseverance , but with small civility to your correspondent “
Senex , ” is determined never to be in the wrong . Let us hope that “ the modern
Polybius " has not An INEDITED LETTER OF Sir WALTER Scott . always been so
...
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The early friendship , and a gentler spirit never wedded palm tree is known to put
forth a shoot every month , poesy . I ain not sure that his poetry has been
published and a spray of this tree , with twelve shoots on it , was in a collected
form ...
The early friendship , and a gentler spirit never wedded palm tree is known to put
forth a shoot every month , poesy . I ain not sure that his poetry has been
published and a spray of this tree , with twelve shoots on it , was in a collected
form ...
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The Bear he never can prevail To Lion it , for lack of tail . " Tue Mind will no more
do its best without encourage« Nor is Ursa in the feminine merely placed to make
I ment , than trees will produce ment , than trees will produce ripe fruit without ...
The Bear he never can prevail To Lion it , for lack of tail . " Tue Mind will no more
do its best without encourage« Nor is Ursa in the feminine merely placed to make
I ment , than trees will produce ment , than trees will produce ripe fruit without ...
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Página 74 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Página 4 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Página 59 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 70 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Página 70 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If...
Página 41 - ... letters, in the same manner as the hours of the day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate. They then fixed one of the needles on each of these plates in such a manner that it could move round without impediment, so as to touch any of the four and twenty letters.
Página 34 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 30 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Página 41 - If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the...
Página 59 - This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.