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... letter . " Numerous letters refer to the Oath of Allegiance which many of the farmers refused to take . Persons refusing are to be arrested and conveyed to the Castle of Cape Town . Severe restrictions are laid on the Dutch with regard ...
... letter . " Numerous letters refer to the Oath of Allegiance which many of the farmers refused to take . Persons refusing are to be arrested and conveyed to the Castle of Cape Town . Severe restrictions are laid on the Dutch with regard ...
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... Letter Books ( kept by his secretary ) and com- prised in 4 volumes , 4to , calf . £ 21 These original Letter Books contain nearly five hundred letters written by LORD MACARTNEY to ADMIRAL BYRON , ADMIRAL BARRINGTON , DUKE OF ARGYLE ...
... Letter Books ( kept by his secretary ) and com- prised in 4 volumes , 4to , calf . £ 21 These original Letter Books contain nearly five hundred letters written by LORD MACARTNEY to ADMIRAL BYRON , ADMIRAL BARRINGTON , DUKE OF ARGYLE ...
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... LETTER sent from William Laud , Archbishop of Canterbury , 28th June , 1641 , unto the Universitie of Oxford . Specifying his willingnesse to resigne his Chancellor - ship , and withall deploring his sad Estate now in the time of his ...
... LETTER sent from William Laud , Archbishop of Canterbury , 28th June , 1641 , unto the Universitie of Oxford . Specifying his willingnesse to resigne his Chancellor - ship , and withall deploring his sad Estate now in the time of his ...
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... LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND residing here at London to William Lenthall , Esq . , Speaker of the House of Commons concerning the present Proceedings in this Kingdome , against Religion , the King , and ...
... LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND residing here at London to William Lenthall , Esq . , Speaker of the House of Commons concerning the present Proceedings in this Kingdome , against Religion , the King , and ...
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... letter on two folio sheets . £ 2 2s PROCLAMATION OF BANISHMENT . 199 BY THE PROTECTOR . LONDON . A Proclamation commanding all persons , who have been of the late Kings party , or his Sons , to depart out of the Cities of London and ...
... letter on two folio sheets . £ 2 2s PROCLAMATION OF BANISHMENT . 199 BY THE PROTECTOR . LONDON . A Proclamation commanding all persons , who have been of the late Kings party , or his Sons , to depart out of the Cities of London and ...
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Page 180 - The breath whose might I have invoked in song Descends on me; my spirit's bark is driven, Far from the shore, far from the trembling throng Whose sails were never to the tempest given; The massy earth and sphered skies are riven! I am borne darkly, fearfully, afar; Whilst burning through the inmost veil of Heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are.
Page 57 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 138 - I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.
Page 114 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo...
Page 180 - Travels in Western India. Embracing a visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus, with an account of the Ancient City of Nehrwalla.
Page 215 - A LOVER'S DIARY. Fcap. Svo. 5j. A volume of poems. Parkes (AK). SMALL LESSONS ON GREAT TRUTHS. Fcap. Svo. is. 6d. Parkinson (John). PARADISI IN SOLE PARADISUS TERRESTRIS, OR A GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS.
Page 95 - ELIOT. George Eliot's Life, Related in her Letters and Journals. Arranged and Edited by her husband, JW CROSS.
Page 226 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 63 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of his Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo. 42s. CUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Page 50 - REAL LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq., and his Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall. By an Amateur (Pierce Egan). With 31 Coloured Plates by Alken and Rowlandson, etc.