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... remarkable production for one so young . " stanza into nonsense ! In 1810 the old error was repeated by Chalmers in the work to which he refers as one of his authorities , and it came forth once more under the auspices of James Boswell ...
... remarkable production for one so young . " stanza into nonsense ! In 1810 the old error was repeated by Chalmers in the work to which he refers as one of his authorities , and it came forth once more under the auspices of James Boswell ...
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... remarkable confession of " Arthure Hamil- ton in Myrritoun " at once explains the territorial connection of Bothwellhaugh with Ayrshire . The lands of Monktoun , with which the commendator of Aberbrothok bribed the assassin , are in ...
... remarkable confession of " Arthure Hamil- ton in Myrritoun " at once explains the territorial connection of Bothwellhaugh with Ayrshire . The lands of Monktoun , with which the commendator of Aberbrothok bribed the assassin , are in ...
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... remarkable in his being buried by the parish . DENKMAL . HYMN : " WHEN GATHERING CLOUDS " ( 3rd S. the authorship of this beautiful hymn , at which xi . 356 . ) — On p . 356 there is a question respecting I was surprised . I had not ...
... remarkable in his being buried by the parish . DENKMAL . HYMN : " WHEN GATHERING CLOUDS " ( 3rd S. the authorship of this beautiful hymn , at which xi . 356 . ) — On p . 356 there is a question respecting I was surprised . I had not ...
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... REMARKABLE TRIALS . 6 Vols . 8vo . GOUGH'S SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS . 5 Vols . folio . Fine copy . Wanted by Mr. Thomas Beet , Bookseller , 15 , Conduit Street , Bond Street , London , W. PEARSON'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY . 8VO , 1792 . THE ...
... REMARKABLE TRIALS . 6 Vols . 8vo . GOUGH'S SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS . 5 Vols . folio . Fine copy . Wanted by Mr. Thomas Beet , Bookseller , 15 , Conduit Street , Bond Street , London , W. PEARSON'S POLITICAL DICTIONARY . 8VO , 1792 . THE ...
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... remarkable that it has hitherto escaped the sen- sation novelists . Certainly , imagination could not invent a more dreadful story . The poor knight complaining with sighs and tears to his friend , in the Edinburgh Coffee - house , that ...
... remarkable that it has hitherto escaped the sen- sation novelists . Certainly , imagination could not invent a more dreadful story . The poor knight complaining with sighs and tears to his friend , in the Edinburgh Coffee - house , that ...
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Page 72 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 288 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 203 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 133 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 262 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 293 - And note, that there shall be for every Male child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers.
Page 122 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Page 260 - DICTIONARY of GENERAL BIOGRAPHY; containing Concise Memoirs and Notices of the most Eminent Persons of all Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Edited by WLR CATES. 8vo. 21s. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND.
Page 134 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 203 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west...