Aventures de Lyderic, comte de Flandre

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Rivingtons, 1890 - 155 pages

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Page 133 - Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust. From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deem'd; And, though her body die, her fame survives, A secular bird, ages of lives.
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Page 126 - On peut dire que béni a un sens moral et de louanges, et bénit un sens légal et de consécration. Des armes bénites avec* beaucoup d'appareil dans l'église, ne sont pas toujours bénies du ciel sur le champ de bataille.
Page 139 - ... old stock, arising through ignorance or mispronunciation originally, that every language is frequently enriched; and new modifications of thought, unfolding themselves in the progress of society, generate for themselves concurrently appropriate expressions It must not be allowed to weigh against a folk and rural districts, as distinguished from the quadrille, and waltz, and more artificial dances, of the town. A well-known rose, the
Page 121 - ST. (688-659), originally a goldsmith, but afterwards bishop of Noyon, was born at Cadillac, near Limoges, in 588. Having manifested at an early age a decided talent for the art of design, he was placed by his parents with the master of the mint at Limoges, where he made rapid progress in goldsmith's work. He became coiner to Clotaire ft.
Page 141 - The fourteenth century, not understanding the reason of this distinction, supposed it to be a mere irregularity, and accordingly, in defiance of etymology, reduced...

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