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Page 380
... bave been perfectly ascertained - but lies , in all probability , between 19deg . and 20deg . The best description of it is given by Fitch - an English traveller , who visit- ed the spot in 1587. He says , he was twenty - five days ...
... bave been perfectly ascertained - but lies , in all probability , between 19deg . and 20deg . The best description of it is given by Fitch - an English traveller , who visit- ed the spot in 1587. He says , he was twenty - five days ...
Page 380
... bave been the appellation of the Indo - Scythic Kings , who reigned over the countries along the Indus to its mouth , in the commencement of the Christian era . " The interest " -continues Mr. Wilson - excited by monuments of this ...
... bave been the appellation of the Indo - Scythic Kings , who reigned over the countries along the Indus to its mouth , in the commencement of the Christian era . " The interest " -continues Mr. Wilson - excited by monuments of this ...
Page 548
... bave , it is understood , been sent from the General Department to the Accountant General , by whom Copies will be furnished to you on your application . Council Chamber , July 6 , 1830 . I am , Sir , your most obedient Servant , W. H. ...
... bave , it is understood , been sent from the General Department to the Accountant General , by whom Copies will be furnished to you on your application . Council Chamber , July 6 , 1830 . I am , Sir , your most obedient Servant , W. H. ...
Page 548
... bave flown all over India , and all the creditors must have heard of it , and have given instructions for the protection of their interests . But intermediately , the Court could act for the creditors , and give consent and approbation ...
... bave flown all over India , and all the creditors must have heard of it , and have given instructions for the protection of their interests . But intermediately , the Court could act for the creditors , and give consent and approbation ...
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... bave been so three years . I have known of loans fre- quently advanced on Company's papers . Upon a man coming to borrow money he mentions the sum he wants , which with his name is taken to the Secretary ; they are then entered in a ...
... bave been so three years . I have known of loans fre- quently advanced on Company's papers . Upon a man coming to borrow money he mentions the sum he wants , which with his name is taken to the Secretary ; they are then entered in a ...
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Page 541 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 542 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 380 - Is she for tropic suns, or polar snow? What boots the inquiry? Neither friend nor foe She cares for; let her travel where she may, She finds familiar names, a beaten way Ever before her, and a wind to blow. Yet still I ask, what haven is her mark? And, almost as it was when ships were rare, (From time to time, like pilgrims, here and there Crossing the waters) doubt, and something dark, Of the old sea some reverential- fear, Is with me at thy farewell, joyous bark...
Page 541 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 541 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild.
Page 436 - Critic — it is only too good for an after-piece), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), — and, to crown all, delivered the very best oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 541 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he, with his horrid crew, Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though immortal.
Page 403 - These devils of Grub Street rogues, that write the Flying Post and Medley in one paper, will not be quiet. They are always mauling Lord Treasurer, Lord Bolingbroke, and me. We have the dog under prosecution, but Bolingbroke is not active enough ; but I hope to swinge him. He is a Scotch rogue, one Ridpath. They get out upon bail, and write on. We take them again, and get fresh bail; so it goes round.
Page 470 - The fact, then, appears to be, that we are constituted so as to condemn falsehood, unprovoked violence, injustice, and to approve of benevolence to some preferably to others, abstracted from all consideration, which conduct is likeliest to produce an overbalance of happiness or misery.
Page 543 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...