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… provokes an irresistible smile; as, for instance, when we read it recorded on the tomb of Samuel Butler, the author of … of the deceased. Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, read the service, standing by the side of the vault. The … our next chapter. The fulsome expressions which are to be read upon most of the monuments here are enough to make one …
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… and trained for domestic service; they were also taught to read and write and understand the four first rules in …
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… judges, should be uncovered. Then the Clerk of the Crown read the indictment, and arraigned the prisoner, who pleaded … the "British Chronologist," under date July 14th, 1736, we read that"When the courts were sitting in Westminster Hall, … libel." Under date of December 7th of the same year we read that Mr. Nixon, a "Nonjuring" clergyman, was tried at …
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… of the hoarser Greek. Fifth: these more skill'd and deeper read in Greek, From various books can various beauties seek. … the further honour of being sent round the school to be read. "The other day," writes Cowper, "I sent my imagination … of Warren Hastings' conduct in India, they had better read Lord Thurlow's summing up of the evidence brought …
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… dirt. Next year the Queen expressed a wish to hear Dickens read 'The Carol;' but this, too, came to nothing. At last," …
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… foundation of the church with tolerable accuracy, as we read that both Sebert and his wife were buried in the Church …
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… catch, which Dr. Callcott set to music: 'Have you read Sir John Hawkins's History? Some folks think it quite a … some time, however, risingis rising, and the more it is read and known the more it ought to risein public estimation …
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… or fall of individuals of less or more merit. Thus, we read in Erskine's "Dramatic Biography" the following bit of … a patron of sports and pastimes; at all events, we read that he granted to his groomporter, one Clement …
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… a favourite resort of Oliver Goldsmith. In his "Essays" we read that, "If a man be splenetic, he may every day meet … nor, somewhat later, do you find the crowds assembled to read the papers and discuss the politics after breakfast, as …