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... river Borne to a height of 265 feet , with a circumference at its base of 500 feet , and at its top ; of from 45 to 50 feet . The sides of this ' sugar - loaf ' are almost perpendicular ; but a winding stair cut along the rock conducts ...
... river Borne to a height of 265 feet , with a circumference at its base of 500 feet , and at its top ; of from 45 to 50 feet . The sides of this ' sugar - loaf ' are almost perpendicular ; but a winding stair cut along the rock conducts ...
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... river , and is partly navigable for barges . On the north - western border lie the Slieve Bloom Mountains , and the Dysart Hills occupy the south - east ; the rest of the surface being flat or gently undulating . In its geological struc ...
... river , and is partly navigable for barges . On the north - western border lie the Slieve Bloom Mountains , and the Dysart Hills occupy the south - east ; the rest of the surface being flat or gently undulating . In its geological struc ...
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... river ) rises 14 feet , and the stream is thus rendered navigable for vessels of considerable burden . The banks of the rivers are usually well elevated , and in many places consist of very rich alluvium , brought down from the great ...
... river ) rises 14 feet , and the stream is thus rendered navigable for vessels of considerable burden . The banks of the rivers are usually well elevated , and in many places consist of very rich alluvium , brought down from the great ...
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... , U.S. , on the cast parts which he seems to have played were Captain | bank of the Mississippi River , 160 miles north of QUINCY - QUININE . St Louis , is handsomely built. Common Quince ( Cydonia vulgaris ) . Raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) .
... , U.S. , on the cast parts which he seems to have played were Captain | bank of the Mississippi River , 160 miles north of QUINCY - QUININE . St Louis , is handsomely built. Common Quince ( Cydonia vulgaris ) . Raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) .
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... river on a marshy plain at the confluence of the Raab of that name , 67 miles west - north - west of Buda . It consists of an inner and outer town - the former well defended - is well built , but suffers from an insufficient supply of ...
... river on a marshy plain at the confluence of the Raab of that name , 67 miles west - north - west of Buda . It consists of an inner and outer town - the former well defended - is well built , but suffers from an insufficient supply of ...
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Page 234 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 131 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 221 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Page 300 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page 216 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 285 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 299 - Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 340 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 131 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 299 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible...