Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 10
... scarcely looked at the board . I thought that I had him . All at once I found my counters driven into the corner . Not a piece to move , by Hercules . It cost me two millions of Ses- terces . All the Gods and Goddesses confound him for ...
... scarcely looked at the board . I thought that I had him . All at once I found my counters driven into the corner . Not a piece to move , by Hercules . It cost me two millions of Ses- terces . All the Gods and Goddesses confound him for ...
Page 15
... scarcely sufficient to prevent a total rupture . " " Indignant ! The gods confound him ! -He prated about humanity , and generosity , and moderation . By Hercules , I have not heard such a lecture since I was with Xenochares at Rhodes ...
... scarcely sufficient to prevent a total rupture . " " Indignant ! The gods confound him ! -He prated about humanity , and generosity , and moderation . By Hercules , I have not heard such a lecture since I was with Xenochares at Rhodes ...
Page 22
... scarcely one Englishman in ten who has not belonged to some associa- tion for distributing books or for prosecuting them ; for sending invalids to the hospital , or beggars to the tread- mill ; for giving plate to the rich or blankets ...
... scarcely one Englishman in ten who has not belonged to some associa- tion for distributing books or for prosecuting them ; for sending invalids to the hospital , or beggars to the tread- mill ; for giving plate to the rich or blankets ...
Page 26
... scarcely furnish brick - kilns enough for his eulogists . It is recorded in particular that Pharonezzar , the Assyrian Pindar , published a bridge and four walls in his praise . One day the king was going in state from his palace to the ...
... scarcely furnish brick - kilns enough for his eulogists . It is recorded in particular that Pharonezzar , the Assyrian Pindar , published a bridge and four walls in his praise . One day the king was going in state from his palace to the ...
Page 54
... scarcely neces- sary to say that those qualities which escaped the notice of the poet himself were not likely to attract the attention of the commentators . The fact is , that , while the public homage was paid to some absurdities with ...
... scarcely neces- sary to say that those qualities which escaped the notice of the poet himself were not likely to attract the attention of the commentators . The fact is , that , while the public homage was paid to some absurdities with ...
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