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Page 308 - Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my Lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.
Page 214 - ... soon ; that the political and commercial advantages of establishing a second route would at any time be considerable, and might, under possible circumstances, be exceedingly great, and that it would be worth the while of the English Government to make an effort to secure them, considering the moderate pecuniary risk which they would incur.
Page 346 - Father, I have heard many great orators in this chapel ; I have been highly pleased with them ; but for you, whenever I hear you, I go away displeased with myself; for I see more of my own character.
Page 270 - till they had been assur'd they might do it, without the Risque of an Insult, to their Modesty; or, if their Curiosity were too strong, for their Patience, they took care, at least, to save Appearances, and rarely came upon the first Days of Acting, but in Masks...
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Page 266 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
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Page 446 - ... his heel, but did not check him. There stands the stone, deeply plunged in the earth, to prove the truth of the legend." Passing through the outer circle of smaller stones, they dismounted, and fastening up their horses to an obelisk-shaped fragment, surveyed the mighty ruin, examining the trilithons and monoliths. " There is a superstition," observed Careless, " that these stones cannot be counted alike twice.
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