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... correspondent - a bibliographical friend - suggests that , for various reasons , which bibliographers will appreciate , our Prospectus should have a place in the body of our work . We believe that many of our readers concur in a wish ...
... correspondent - a bibliographical friend - suggests that , for various reasons , which bibliographers will appreciate , our Prospectus should have a place in the body of our work . We believe that many of our readers concur in a wish ...
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... correspondent will only place the Book of Sentences before the public in a readable form , with a map , and ( by all means ) a few notes , he will be doing a great service to all persons who take an interest in ecclesiastical history ...
... correspondent will only place the Book of Sentences before the public in a readable form , with a map , and ( by all means ) a few notes , he will be doing a great service to all persons who take an interest in ecclesiastical history ...
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... correspondent of the Morning Herald , of the 16th September , 1822 . " Looking over an old volume the other day , printed in 1771 , I find it remarked that it was known as a tradition , that Shakspeare shut himself up all night in ...
... correspondent of the Morning Herald , of the 16th September , 1822 . " Looking over an old volume the other day , printed in 1771 , I find it remarked that it was known as a tradition , that Shakspeare shut himself up all night in ...
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... Correspondent proposes to collect and for- ward . ] SERPENTS ' EGGS AND STRAW NECKLACES . [ Mr. Thoms ' Query in this case should have been limited to the straw necklaces , as Mr. Nichols ་ has already explained the serpents ' eggs ...
... Correspondent proposes to collect and for- ward . ] SERPENTS ' EGGS AND STRAW NECKLACES . [ Mr. Thoms ' Query in this case should have been limited to the straw necklaces , as Mr. Nichols ་ has already explained the serpents ' eggs ...
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... correspondents could in- form us where the MSS . in question are now de- posited . ] ' about town met at Guildhall to ... correspondent , in some hasty moment , but his summary of the character of Burnet in his His- tory of England , ii ...
... correspondents could in- form us where the MSS . in question are now de- posited . ] ' about town met at Guildhall to ... correspondent , in some hasty moment , but his summary of the character of Burnet in his His- tory of England , ii ...
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Page 38 - 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 deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 127 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 348 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And...
Page 175 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Page 199 - 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 38 - 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 481 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 442 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 38 - 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 389 - He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh ; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser.