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... written down what he was anxious to remember . - But , on the other hand , it cannot be denied that reading and writing men , of moderate industry , who act on this rule for any con- siderable length of time , will accumulate a good ...
... written down what he was anxious to remember . - But , on the other hand , it cannot be denied that reading and writing men , of moderate industry , who act on this rule for any con- siderable length of time , will accumulate a good ...
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... written Knockholt , in Kent , by Ralph Scot , who had erected a mansion remote from the parish church , and obtained license for the consecration of the chapel in the year 1281 , in the time of Archbishop Kil- wardeby . The writing of ...
... written Knockholt , in Kent , by Ralph Scot , who had erected a mansion remote from the parish church , and obtained license for the consecration of the chapel in the year 1281 , in the time of Archbishop Kil- wardeby . The writing of ...
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... written in the House as well as the Notes of Debates . The sheet 61. refers to debates which took place in March 1641-2 . I am not aware that the lines have been published , nor can I assign them to their author . If any of your readers ...
... written in the House as well as the Notes of Debates . The sheet 61. refers to debates which took place in March 1641-2 . I am not aware that the lines have been published , nor can I assign them to their author . If any of your readers ...
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... written in that bold hand which prevails so extensively in ecclesiastical MSS . with but little variation from the middle of the four- teenth century to the end of the fifteenth , a hand which is not always clearly written , and ...
... written in that bold hand which prevails so extensively in ecclesiastical MSS . with but little variation from the middle of the four- teenth century to the end of the fifteenth , a hand which is not always clearly written , and ...
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... written about Shakspere's time , with his name attached to them , and with this indirect evidence in favour of their being written by him , that the other pieces in the collection are attributed to their proper writers . The late Mr ...
... written about Shakspere's time , with his name attached to them , and with this indirect evidence in favour of their being written by him , that the other pieces in the collection are attributed to their proper writers . The late Mr ...
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Page 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge ; and in the visitation of the winds, who take the ruffian billows by the top, curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them with deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 127 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 348 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And...
Page 175 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Page 199 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But kings in wit may want discerning spirit.
Page 38 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 481 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 442 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Page 389 - He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh ; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser.