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Page 74
... hundred Years arrived ; Infirm from Age , and weakly stooping low , With Wrinkles marked , and rugged deep , his Brow ; His Mouth was wide , his Head hung feebly down , His Teeth were lost , his Hands were bony grown ; Thick on his Chin ...
... hundred Years arrived ; Infirm from Age , and weakly stooping low , With Wrinkles marked , and rugged deep , his Brow ; His Mouth was wide , his Head hung feebly down , His Teeth were lost , his Hands were bony grown ; Thick on his Chin ...
Page 119
... Hundred and Sixty Guineas . Even Washington's MOTHER was deemed a Bargain , at One Hundred and Eighty - five , whilst the Young SULTAN at One Year old , 152,660 , Sheep , and Lambs 1,045,210 , Calves , 119.
... Hundred and Sixty Guineas . Even Washington's MOTHER was deemed a Bargain , at One Hundred and Eighty - five , whilst the Young SULTAN at One Year old , 152,660 , Sheep , and Lambs 1,045,210 , Calves , 119.
Page 120
... Hundred Guineas . These Upon Mr. PAGET retiring to a smaller Farm , in 1793 , his Cattle came to the Hammer . SHAKESPEARE , a BULL , bred by the above Mr. FOWLER , sold for Four Hundred Guineas , and one Two Year old Heifer , for Eighty ...
... Hundred Guineas . These Upon Mr. PAGET retiring to a smaller Farm , in 1793 , his Cattle came to the Hammer . SHAKESPEARE , a BULL , bred by the above Mr. FOWLER , sold for Four Hundred Guineas , and one Two Year old Heifer , for Eighty ...
Page 127
... Hundred Thousand Quar- ters , each containing Eight WINCHESTER Bushels . This Essential Commodity , has been , which is generally furnished with a Pump to which the Retail Dealers apply in Rotation , and dilute the Milk at their ...
... Hundred Thousand Quar- ters , each containing Eight WINCHESTER Bushels . This Essential Commodity , has been , which is generally furnished with a Pump to which the Retail Dealers apply in Rotation , and dilute the Milk at their ...
Page 146
... Hundred weight , then , was well worth Three Hundred of the Hops , now , to be pur- chased . Barrels and Coals being at twice their former Cost , and all other Articles in equal Advance , the BREWERS could not sell such Goods , as are ...
... Hundred weight , then , was well worth Three Hundred of the Hops , now , to be pur- chased . Barrels and Coals being at twice their former Cost , and all other Articles in equal Advance , the BREWERS could not sell such Goods , as are ...
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Page 650 - And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Page 422 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 678 - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Page 678 - Springlets in the dawn are steaming, Diamonds on the brake are gleaming; And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Page 100 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall.
Page 523 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 290 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 506 - Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Page 242 - Virtue ! when thy clime I seek, Let not my spirit's flight be weak : Let me not, like this feeble thing, With brine still dropping from its wing, Just sparkle in the solar glow And plunge again to depths below. But, when I leave the grosser throng With whom my soul hath dwelt so long, Let me, in that aspiring day, Cast every lingering stain away, And, panting for thy purer air, Fly up at once and fix me there.
Page 99 - IF all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.