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Page 48
M. Franconi gets upon his back , cracks his whip , He happened by accident one
day to omit hangand fires pistols , at ... In the last place , a triomphal at the mouth
of the river Lena , in Siberia , has arch , charged with fire - works , is erected in ...
M. Franconi gets upon his back , cracks his whip , He happened by accident one
day to omit hangand fires pistols , at ... In the last place , a triomphal at the mouth
of the river Lena , in Siberia , has arch , charged with fire - works , is erected in ...
Page 107
This morning , a fire broke out in sput for to cut out that part which was scized by
the City of London Inn , in Dover . the dog . pears it was occasioned by a
foreigner , who , it MARRIED . - It Walthain Abbey , Mr. N. is said , went to bed
intoxicated ...
This morning , a fire broke out in sput for to cut out that part which was scized by
the City of London Inn , in Dover . the dog . pears it was occasioned by a
foreigner , who , it MARRIED . - It Walthain Abbey , Mr. N. is said , went to bed
intoxicated ...
Page 154
This morning , at half after two alarming the family , who had just time to escape o'
clock , a fire was discovered in the premises of before the flames made their way
through the Mr. Coe , oilman and tallow - chandler , in Holles- | party wall .
This morning , at half after two alarming the family , who had just time to escape o'
clock , a fire was discovered in the premises of before the flames made their way
through the Mr. Coe , oilman and tallow - chandler , in Holles- | party wall .
Page 157
DORSETSHIRE . fire ; the almost immediate explosion of these Died . At
Blandford , Ilarriet Jane , yoongest combustibles was dreadful , that although all
were danghter of ilie Rev. Thomas Diggle , Rector of desirous , none could afford
timely ...
DORSETSHIRE . fire ; the almost immediate explosion of these Died . At
Blandford , Ilarriet Jane , yoongest combustibles was dreadful , that although all
were danghter of ilie Rev. Thomas Diggle , Rector of desirous , none could afford
timely ...
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Before the gates there sat change [ fierce , | On either side a formidable shape ;
Officrce extremes , extremes by change more The one seem'd woman to the
waste , and From beds of raging fire to starve in ice fair , Their soft ethereal
warmth ...
Before the gates there sat change [ fierce , | On either side a formidable shape ;
Officrce extremes , extremes by change more The one seem'd woman to the
waste , and From beds of raging fire to starve in ice fair , Their soft ethereal
warmth ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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