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... give one if they knew it was wanted . In this way we desire that our little book should take " NOTES , " and be a medley of all that men are doing — that the Notes of the writer and the reader , what- ever be the subject - matter of his ...
... give one if they knew it was wanted . In this way we desire that our little book should take " NOTES , " and be a medley of all that men are doing — that the Notes of the writer and the reader , what- ever be the subject - matter of his ...
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... give me the exact dates , or tell me where I can find the earlier volumes ; say , the first ten , of either or all ? more . D. A BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROJECT . Of the various sections into which Nov. 3. 1849. ] 7 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... give me the exact dates , or tell me where I can find the earlier volumes ; say , the first ten , of either or all ? more . D. A BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROJECT . Of the various sections into which Nov. 3. 1849. ] 7 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... give us farther information . N. B. [ Mr. Brooke , of Ufford , has also kindly replied to the Query of INQUISITORIUS , by referring him to Limborch . ] ―― QUERY AS TO REFERENCES . Sir , May I be permitted to suggest one way in which you ...
... give us farther information . N. B. [ Mr. Brooke , of Ufford , has also kindly replied to the Query of INQUISITORIUS , by referring him to Limborch . ] ―― QUERY AS TO REFERENCES . Sir , May I be permitted to suggest one way in which you ...
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... give his words . Speaking of a person who acted as their guide , he says : folgenden Tages gieng er mit uns 22 engl . Meilen bis Colchester zu Fuss ; wo wir uns auf die Land - Kutsche verdungen , mit welcher wir 50 englische Meilen d ...
... give his words . Speaking of a person who acted as their guide , he says : folgenden Tages gieng er mit uns 22 engl . Meilen bis Colchester zu Fuss ; wo wir uns auf die Land - Kutsche verdungen , mit welcher wir 50 englische Meilen d ...
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... give your readers the results of your own experience and prac- tice , and tell them the simplest mode of mak- ing Notes , and when made , how to arrange them so as to find them when required ? I have been in the habit of using slips of ...
... give your readers the results of your own experience and prac- tice , and tell them the simplest mode of mak- ing Notes , and when made , how to arrange them so as to find them when required ? I have been in the habit of using slips of ...
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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.