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Page 24 - WOOD, STATED PUBLICLY in Court that Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE was UNDOUBTEDLY the INVENTOR of CHLORODYNE, that the whole story of the defendant was deliberately untrue, and he regretted to say it had been sworn to.— See The Times, July 13th, 1864.
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Page 43 - I roam By Thrasymene's lake, in the defiles Fatal to Roman rashness, more at home. For there the Carthaginian's warlike wiles, Come back before me, as his skill beguiles The host between the mountains and the shore, Where courage falls in her despairing files, And torrents swol'n to rivers with their gore, Reek through the sultry plain with legions scattered o'er.
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Page 43 - Far other scene is Thrasymene now, Her lake a sheet of silver, and her plain Rent by no ravage save the gentle plough, Her aged trees rise thick as once the slain.
Page 10 - offered at great Reductions in Fares. Cook's Tours to Holland, Belgium, and the Rhine, are arranged upon a most comprehensive basis, Tickets being provided for every Route, for single and return journeys, and for Circular Tours. Breaks of journey are allowed at all places of interest. COOK'S EXCURSIONS AND
Page 13 - tower. Sismondi compares the tower to the usual pictorial representations in children's books of the Tower of Babel. It is a happy simile, and conveys a better idea of the building than chapters of laboured description. Nothing can exceed the grace and lightness of the structure ; nothing can be more