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... east - south - east , and from Dublin 157 miles south - west - by - west . It rose into some importance during the French war , as the port of embarkatiou for troops going on foreign service , and is now an admiral's station . On the ...
... east - south - east , and from Dublin 157 miles south - west - by - west . It rose into some importance during the French war , as the port of embarkatiou for troops going on foreign service , and is now an admiral's station . On the ...
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... east and west , and is the loftiest and most connected of the ranges . The south - eastern district is flat , with a gradual slope towards the east . Of the rivers , the chief of which flow southward , the principal is the Wye ( which ...
... east and west , and is the loftiest and most connected of the ranges . The south - eastern district is flat , with a gradual slope towards the east . Of the rivers , the chief of which flow southward , the principal is the Wye ( which ...
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... east , in Arracan , owing to the south - west direction of the winds , it is 200 inches . At Madras , the annual fall is 45 inches ; at Seringapatam , only 24 inches ; at Bombay , 75 inches ; at Uttra - Mullay , 263 inches , and at ...
... east , in Arracan , owing to the south - west direction of the winds , it is 200 inches . At Madras , the annual fall is 45 inches ; at Seringapatam , only 24 inches ; at Bombay , 75 inches ; at Uttra - Mullay , 263 inches , and at ...
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... east of London by railway . Anciently , it in respect of simplicity and delicacy , though he has was a small fishing ... east country . ' and certainly rivalling Dunbar . As an editor , he The recently - built portion of the town ...
... east of London by railway . Anciently , it in respect of simplicity and delicacy , though he has was a small fishing ... east country . ' and certainly rivalling Dunbar . As an editor , he The recently - built portion of the town ...
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... East , of the stems of these palms . They are twisted into ropes in some parts of the East , which are used for binding wild elephants , and for other purposes requiring great strength ; the vessels of Java , Sumatra , and neighbouring ...
... East , of the stems of these palms . They are twisted into ropes in some parts of the East , which are used for binding wild elephants , and for other purposes requiring great strength ; the vessels of Java , Sumatra , and neighbouring ...
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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...