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... English and French words are gene- rally deficient ; in the former , the long fyllable being removed from the end as far as the found will permit ; and in the latter , the laft fyllable being generally long . For example , Senator in ...
... English and French words are gene- rally deficient ; in the former , the long fyllable being removed from the end as far as the found will permit ; and in the latter , the laft fyllable being generally long . For example , Senator in ...
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... English tongue , originally harfh , is at prefent much foftened by dropping in the pro- nunciation many redundant ... English tongue * . I cannot however forbear urging one obfervation , borrowed from that author : feveral tenfes of our ...
... English tongue , originally harfh , is at prefent much foftened by dropping in the pro- nunciation many redundant ... English tongue * . I cannot however forbear urging one obfervation , borrowed from that author : feveral tenfes of our ...
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... English adventurers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and instead of reclaiming " the natives from their uncultivated manners , " they were gradually affimilated to the ancient " inhabitants , and degenerated from the ...
... English adventurers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and instead of reclaiming " the natives from their uncultivated manners , " they were gradually affimilated to the ancient " inhabitants , and degenerated from the ...
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... English language there are few declensions ; and therefore juxtaposition is our chief refource : ad- jectives accompany their fubftantives * ; an ad- verb accompanies the word it qualifies ; and the verb occupies the middle place ...
... English language there are few declensions ; and therefore juxtaposition is our chief refource : ad- jectives accompany their fubftantives * ; an ad- verb accompanies the word it qualifies ; and the verb occupies the middle place ...
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... English without the aid of a particle , Cafar's horfe . But in other inftances , declenfions not being used in the Eng- lifh language , relations of this kind are common- ly expreffed by prepofitions . This form of connecting by ...
... English without the aid of a particle , Cafar's horfe . But in other inftances , declenfions not being used in the Eng- lifh language , relations of this kind are common- ly expreffed by prepofitions . This form of connecting by ...
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Página 184 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Página 327 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 234 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Página 277 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Página 234 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 312 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Página 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Página 332 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
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Página 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...