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... history of the same district , but seems subsequently to have declined , and to have been called Merryment , latterly spelling it Marmion ; a few farmers of which name are still to be found in the baronies of Lecale and Mourne ...
... history of the same district , but seems subsequently to have declined , and to have been called Merryment , latterly spelling it Marmion ; a few farmers of which name are still to be found in the baronies of Lecale and Mourne ...
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... history of their country : and , with this latter view more par- ticularly , is plentifully studded with engravings of all such objects as represent the classes or peculiar types with which it is necessary the student should make ...
... history of their country : and , with this latter view more par- ticularly , is plentifully studded with engravings of all such objects as represent the classes or peculiar types with which it is necessary the student should make ...
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... History of the Animals mentioned in the Bible , which , got up in the attractive style for which the natural history publications of Messrs . Reeve are always distinguished , forms a volume which at this prize - giving season well ...
... History of the Animals mentioned in the Bible , which , got up in the attractive style for which the natural history publications of Messrs . Reeve are always distinguished , forms a volume which at this prize - giving season well ...
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THE HISTORY OF THE PAINTERS OF ALL NATIONS . Now Ready , The First Part of a Magnificent Work in Quarto , under the above title , printed on the best paper , and produced in the most perfect style of Typography , containing THE LIFE ...
THE HISTORY OF THE PAINTERS OF ALL NATIONS . Now Ready , The First Part of a Magnificent Work in Quarto , under the above title , printed on the best paper , and produced in the most perfect style of Typography , containing THE LIFE ...
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... HISTORICAL VALUE OF SOUTH'S SERMONS . I seldom take up the Sermons of the eloquent and witty Dr. South without feeling much sur- prised that so little use is made of them in illus- 29 trating the History of England from the martyr- dom ...
... HISTORICAL VALUE OF SOUTH'S SERMONS . I seldom take up the Sermons of the eloquent and witty Dr. South without feeling much sur- prised that so little use is made of them in illus- 29 trating the History of England from the martyr- dom ...
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Page 144 - And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now., Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 165 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 383 - O limed soul, that struggling to be free Art more engaged ! Help, angels ! make assay ! Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe ! All may be well.
Page 411 - All flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Page 367 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 75 - And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed : but Samuel came not to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
Page 439 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war,— These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 121 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 135 - No, sir; you do not mean tardiness of locomotion ; you mean that sluggishness of mind which comes upon a man in solitude.
Page 135 - Chamier once asked him, what he meant by slow the last word in the first line of The Traveller, ' Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,' — Did he mean tardiness of locomotion? Goldsmith, who would say something without consideration, answered, 'Yes.