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... Notices . Parts I. to XI . of this work are published : Part XII . will complete the volume . " In the numbers of the ... Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages . With upwards of 200 Engravings . Part I. containing ...
... Notices . Parts I. to XI . of this work are published : Part XII . will complete the volume . " In the numbers of the ... Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages . With upwards of 200 Engravings . Part I. containing ...
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... Notice of the Author . To which is added , an Inquiry into the Life and Character of King Eadwig , from the Author's MS . 8vo . 12s . IV . SIR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or , Railway Speculators . By CATHERINE SINCLAIR , Author of " Modern ...
... Notice of the Author . To which is added , an Inquiry into the Life and Character of King Eadwig , from the Author's MS . 8vo . 12s . IV . SIR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or , Railway Speculators . By CATHERINE SINCLAIR , Author of " Modern ...
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... notice , and which is from one of the tracts against Thomas ' Nash , produced by Gabriel Harvey , the friend of Spenser . He couples Skelton and Scoggin together , in no very respectful manner , and completes the triumvirate by Nash ...
... notice , and which is from one of the tracts against Thomas ' Nash , produced by Gabriel Harvey , the friend of Spenser . He couples Skelton and Scoggin together , in no very respectful manner , and completes the triumvirate by Nash ...
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... notice of an indenture executed in A.D. 1343 , whereby the priory of Henton lent no less than twenty books to another monastic establishment . The deed is described , but not printed . It will be seen that the instru- ment we have given ...
... notice of an indenture executed in A.D. 1343 , whereby the priory of Henton lent no less than twenty books to another monastic establishment . The deed is described , but not printed . It will be seen that the instru- ment we have given ...
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... Notice of Manuscript in the possession of original Minutes of the Assembly of Peers and the Rev. Sir Thomas Miller , Bart . , containing the Privy Councillors that met at Guildhall , upon the flight of James II . from London ...
... Notice of Manuscript in the possession of original Minutes of the Assembly of Peers and the Rev. Sir Thomas Miller , Bart . , containing the Privy Councillors that met at Guildhall , upon the flight of James II . from London ...
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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...