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... poor people from all the horrors which were awaiting them , had the countless swarms which David commanded been permitted to extend their devastation , were— Lel . Col. v . iii . + R. Hagul . - W . Hemingford . WILLIAM LE GROSS , EARL ...
... poor people from all the horrors which were awaiting them , had the countless swarms which David commanded been permitted to extend their devastation , were— Lel . Col. v . iii . + R. Hagul . - W . Hemingford . WILLIAM LE GROSS , EARL ...
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... poor , That they might never want . Such is the rhyme formerly sung round the market cross there every Shrove Tuesday , in remembrance of the good donor . Gilbert de Gant- And in those days good women were scant ; Some said they were ...
... poor , That they might never want . Such is the rhyme formerly sung round the market cross there every Shrove Tuesday , in remembrance of the good donor . Gilbert de Gant- And in those days good women were scant ; Some said they were ...
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... poor persevering spider was exactly in the same situation as himself , having made as many trials , and been as often disappointed in what it aimed at . Now , " thought Bruce , " as I have no means of knowing what is best to be done , I ...
... poor persevering spider was exactly in the same situation as himself , having made as many trials , and been as often disappointed in what it aimed at . Now , " thought Bruce , " as I have no means of knowing what is best to be done , I ...
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... poor folks , to hasten them to hear the same . After the wryting hereof , two of the most substan- tialest men of the town of Richmond did come unto us , and declared the comandments that the Erle of Northumberland had given them ; and ...
... poor folks , to hasten them to hear the same . After the wryting hereof , two of the most substan- tialest men of the town of Richmond did come unto us , and declared the comandments that the Erle of Northumberland had given them ; and ...
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... poor of this town . The following amusing letter refers to his domestic affairs : - Darlington , July 29th , 1662 . SIR , I am come as farr as this place to meet the judge , who lay last night at Allerton , but is not come yett . We are ...
... poor of this town . The following amusing letter refers to his domestic affairs : - Darlington , July 29th , 1662 . SIR , I am come as farr as this place to meet the judge , who lay last night at Allerton , but is not come yett . We are ...
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Page 365 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 111 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Page 41 - ... to swing itself from one beam in the roof to another, for the purpose of fixing the line on which it meant to stretch its web.
Page 330 - I be taken as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King: and that at such a place I will diligently seek for passage, and that I will tarry there but one flood and ebb, if I can have passage ; and unless I can have it in such a place, I will go every day into the sea up to my knees, assaying to pass over : and unless I can do this within forty days, I will put myself again into the church as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King, so God me help and his holy judgment.
Page 123 - All things are here of him ; from the black pines, Which are his shade on high, and the loud roar Of torrents, where he listeneth, to the vines Which slope his green path downward to the shore, Where the bow'd waters meet him, and adore, Kissing his feet with murmurs ; and the wood, The covert of old trees, with trunks all hoar, But light leaves, young as joy, stands where it stood, Offering to him, and his, a populous solitude.
Page 118 - The Bishop of Durham readily answered, ' God forbid, Sir, but you should. You are the breath of our nostrils.' Whereupon the King turned and said to the Bishop of Winchester, 'Well, my lord, what say you ? ' ' Sir/ replied the Bishop, ' I have no skill to judge of Parliamentary cases." The King answered, ' No put-offs, my lord ; answer me presently.
Page 332 - The mountebank now treads the stage, and sells His pills, his balsams, and his ague-spells; Now o'er and o'er the nimble tumbler springs, And on the rope the venturous maiden swings; Jack Pudding, in his party-coloured jacket, Tosses the glove, and jokes at every packet.
Page 250 - A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of the foreign nations.
Page 46 - You will now return home, and take your prisoner, the King of Scotland, and convey him to my wife ; and by way of remuneration, I assign lands as near your house as you can choose them, to the amount of five hundred pounds a year, for you and your heirs.
Page 346 - ... merriment ; And though the day is known before, Yet frequently there is great store Of these forgetfuls to be found, Who're sent to dance Moll Dixon's round ; And having tried each shop and stall, And disappointed at them all, At last some...