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... Church Deco- ration , Objects of Historical Interest , & c . Drawn and etched by W. B. SCOTT . " A collection of Antiquarian Relics , chiefly in the Decorative branch of Art , preserved in the Northern Counties , pourtrayed by a very ...
... Church Deco- ration , Objects of Historical Interest , & c . Drawn and etched by W. B. SCOTT . " A collection of Antiquarian Relics , chiefly in the Decorative branch of Art , preserved in the Northern Counties , pourtrayed by a very ...
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... Churches , Worthies , St. Peter's College , the Streets , Modern Buildings , and Ancient Institutions . By the Rev ... Church . See Morning Post , May 17 .; John Bull , June 2 ,; Critic , June 15 .; Atlas , June 16 .; Christian Remem ...
... Churches , Worthies , St. Peter's College , the Streets , Modern Buildings , and Ancient Institutions . By the Rev ... Church . See Morning Post , May 17 .; John Bull , June 2 ,; Critic , June 15 .; Atlas , June 16 .; Christian Remem ...
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... Church , Canterbury , appointing two of the monks of his church to be his procurators for the purpose of receiving from the convent of Anglesey , in Cambridgeshire * , a book which had been lent to the late Rector of Terrington . Its ...
... Church , Canterbury , appointing two of the monks of his church to be his procurators for the purpose of receiving from the convent of Anglesey , in Cambridgeshire * , a book which had been lent to the late Rector of Terrington . Its ...
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... CHURCH , NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Views . Elevations , Sections , and Details of . By ED- WARD BARR , Esq . , Architect . 12 Plates . Folio . 10s . 6d . A small Church in the Early English Style ; calculated for 200 persons ; to cost about 8004 ...
... CHURCH , NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Views . Elevations , Sections , and Details of . By ED- WARD BARR , Esq . , Architect . 12 Plates . Folio . 10s . 6d . A small Church in the Early English Style ; calculated for 200 persons ; to cost about 8004 ...
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... Church , Kent Pawnbrokers ' Golden Balls Lions in the Tower . · Page 35 36 38 38 33 88 888 == ¢ ?? 39 39 · 40 41 41 42 42 Notes on Authors and Books , No. 1. , by Bolton Corney- 42 QUERIES : -- Form of Petition Query as to Notes ...
... Church , Kent Pawnbrokers ' Golden Balls Lions in the Tower . · Page 35 36 38 38 33 88 888 == ¢ ?? 39 39 · 40 41 41 42 42 Notes on Authors and Books , No. 1. , by Bolton Corney- 42 QUERIES : -- Form of Petition Query as to Notes ...
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Page 26 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 141 - I knew a very wise man, so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 350 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 26 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 290 - FAIR stood the wind for France, When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Kaux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry.
Page 134 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Page 189 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But kings in wit may want discerning spirit.
Page 26 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Page 118 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 155 - While his young master lieth o'er his head. Second, that he do, on no default, Ever presume to sit above the salt. Third, that he never change his trencher twice. Fourth, that he use all common courtesies; Sit bare at meals, and one half rise and wait. Last, that he never his...