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... cloth extra . 58 . [ Ready ? A CONCISE GLOSSARY of TERMS used in GRECIAN , ROMAN , ITALIAN , and GOTHIC ARCHITEC- TURE . By JOHN HENRY PARKER , F.S.A. New Edition , revised . Feap . 8vo , with nearly 500 Lilustrations , ornamental cloth ...
... cloth extra . 58 . [ Ready ? A CONCISE GLOSSARY of TERMS used in GRECIAN , ROMAN , ITALIAN , and GOTHIC ARCHITEC- TURE . By JOHN HENRY PARKER , F.S.A. New Edition , revised . Feap . 8vo , with nearly 500 Lilustrations , ornamental cloth ...
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... cloth , 78. 6d . ANSACTIONS OF THE LOGGERVILLE LITERARY SOCIETY . TRANSAC A few copies of this privately printed volume on sale , of which the Morning Post says : " All the drawings are capital , full of genuine fun , and the ...
... cloth , 78. 6d . ANSACTIONS OF THE LOGGERVILLE LITERARY SOCIETY . TRANSAC A few copies of this privately printed volume on sale , of which the Morning Post says : " All the drawings are capital , full of genuine fun , and the ...
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... cloth , price 158 . HE HEBRAIST'S VADE MECUM . A First and Chaldee Scriptures , arranged according to Grammar . The Occur- rences in full . A specimen page of the above work appears in the " Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance ...
... cloth , price 158 . HE HEBRAIST'S VADE MECUM . A First and Chaldee Scriptures , arranged according to Grammar . The Occur- rences in full . A specimen page of the above work appears in the " Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance ...
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... cloth , new style , 1100 pp . TOWNSEND'S MANUAL OF DATES . In this completely NEW EDITION the number of distinct Alphabetical Articles has been increased from 7,383 to 11,045 . The whole work remodelled , every date verified , and every ...
... cloth , new style , 1100 pp . TOWNSEND'S MANUAL OF DATES . In this completely NEW EDITION the number of distinct Alphabetical Articles has been increased from 7,383 to 11,045 . The whole work remodelled , every date verified , and every ...
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... got into hands that have a motive for suppressing them for the pur- pose of issuing their own rubbish at a higher price . T. J. BUCKTON . This Day , crown 8vo , cloth , 48 . 3rd S. XII . JULY 13 , '67 . ] 39 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... got into hands that have a motive for suppressing them for the pur- pose of issuing their own rubbish at a higher price . T. J. BUCKTON . This Day , crown 8vo , cloth , 48 . 3rd S. XII . JULY 13 , '67 . ] 39 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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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.
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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.
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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...