Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... increasing vices of the age ; its hierarchy had become involved in the passions they were destined to combat ; and the cardinal's purple covered the shoulders of an associate in the midnight orgies of the Regent Orleans. Such was the ...
... increasing vices of the age ; its hierarchy had become involved in the passions they were destined to combat ; and the cardinal's purple covered the shoulders of an associate in the midnight orgies of the Regent Orleans. Such was the ...
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... increased against the rocks at the foot of the Cape , at length reminded me that the wind had risen , and that it was time to resume my voyage . We descended to the vessel , and found the sailors already prepared for our departure . We ...
... increased against the rocks at the foot of the Cape , at length reminded me that the wind had risen , and that it was time to resume my voyage . We descended to the vessel , and found the sailors already prepared for our departure . We ...
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... increasing spirit of freedom in the country , and fell into disgrace with the Court , and was dis- trusted by the Royal Family , because he strove to introduce those popular modifications into the administration of affairs , which might ...
... increasing spirit of freedom in the country , and fell into disgrace with the Court , and was dis- trusted by the Royal Family , because he strove to introduce those popular modifications into the administration of affairs , which might ...
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... increase ; She smiled , and said , Farewell , I die in peace . ' " As violets blue ' mongst lilies pure men throw , So paleness midst her native white begun . Her looks to heaven she cast : their eyes , I trow , Downward for pity bent ...
... increase ; She smiled , and said , Farewell , I die in peace . ' " As violets blue ' mongst lilies pure men throw , So paleness midst her native white begun . Her looks to heaven she cast : their eyes , I trow , Downward for pity bent ...
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... increasing debility ; but the moment at length arrived when all the practised skill of despotism over the long insouciance of servitude_could no longer keep together the huge and unwieldy body . In the fourth cen- tury we see it at once ...
... increasing debility ; but the moment at length arrived when all the practised skill of despotism over the long insouciance of servitude_could no longer keep together the huge and unwieldy body . In the fourth cen- tury we see it at once ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...