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... fact that each were printed at separate times . The first was printed in 1566 , again in 1569 , and again in 1575. The second in 1567 , and again in 1580 , but the title is not dated . The Harleian copy , which is noticed in Oldys ...
... fact that each were printed at separate times . The first was printed in 1566 , again in 1569 , and again in 1575. The second in 1567 , and again in 1580 , but the title is not dated . The Harleian copy , which is noticed in Oldys ...
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... fact resembles the Chinese , in its almost total absence of grammatical inflections , caused considerable sensation throughout the literary world , viz . , the cuneiform monuments of Babylon , Ni- neveh , Persepolis , and Behistan . On ...
... fact resembles the Chinese , in its almost total absence of grammatical inflections , caused considerable sensation throughout the literary world , viz . , the cuneiform monuments of Babylon , Ni- neveh , Persepolis , and Behistan . On ...
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... fact of the trick having been practised more than a thousand years before , as we find in the Dialogues of Lucian , who died in the year 180 . In Franklin's translation , 1781 , 8vo . vol . III . p . SS , we read , " Somebody asked him ...
... fact of the trick having been practised more than a thousand years before , as we find in the Dialogues of Lucian , who died in the year 180 . In Franklin's translation , 1781 , 8vo . vol . III . p . SS , we read , " Somebody asked him ...
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... facts and hints from his parent's work . He also states the story of the illuminator in Queen - Hoo Hall , is a memoir of his father , the author of so many popular works in eluci- dation of English antiquities . These four volumes ...
... facts and hints from his parent's work . He also states the story of the illuminator in Queen - Hoo Hall , is a memoir of his father , the author of so many popular works in eluci- dation of English antiquities . These four volumes ...
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... fact , there is no question , that the marriage tie between them was anything but a happy junction of persons . M. Tollot , an acquaintance of all the ties , in a letter to John Hall Stevenson , dated Bordeaux , le 8 Janvier , 1764 ...
... fact , there is no question , that the marriage tie between them was anything but a happy junction of persons . M. Tollot , an acquaintance of all the ties , in a letter to John Hall Stevenson , dated Bordeaux , le 8 Janvier , 1764 ...
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Page 49 - Where the great vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth, And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 16 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Page 73 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Page 16 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 54 - STRAHAN, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! — You and I were long Friends: — You are now my Enemy, — and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Page 78 - To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread ; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.
Page 72 - The world that I regard is myself; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on; for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation.
Page 45 - Inveni portum. Spes et Fortuna valete. Sat me lusistis: ludite nunc alios.
Page 40 - Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, in Commemoration of Handel, in 1784, was published in quarto, in the following year, in aid of the Musical Fund.
Page 73 - ... thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. BUT now we see not YET all things put under him. But we see JESUS, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour.