A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - Gentleman's magazine (London, England) |
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... , HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN . SECOND EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATER- NOSTER - ROW ; AND MUNDAY AND SLATTER , oxford . Printed by Munday and Slatter , Oxford . PREFACE . 1811 .
... , HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN . SECOND EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , PATER- NOSTER - ROW ; AND MUNDAY AND SLATTER , oxford . Printed by Munday and Slatter , Oxford . PREFACE . 1811 .
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... Row 342 LXXXVII . On the Curfeu 345 LXXXVIII . Yew - trees in Church - yards , their probable Use 346 LXXXIX . Curious Specimen of early Printing 352 XC . Stone in the Coronation Chair 354 XCI . Ailes in Cornish Churches XCII . Monastic ...
... Row 342 LXXXVII . On the Curfeu 345 LXXXVIII . Yew - trees in Church - yards , their probable Use 346 LXXXIX . Curious Specimen of early Printing 352 XC . Stone in the Coronation Chair 354 XCI . Ailes in Cornish Churches XCII . Monastic ...
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... row , of Dillon's regiment , who had gone over to France for that purpose . As soon as the adventurer was on board , the vessel set sail , and on the 29th of the same month , after a pleasant voyage , landed him and his friends safely ...
... row , of Dillon's regiment , who had gone over to France for that purpose . As soon as the adventurer was on board , the vessel set sail , and on the 29th of the same month , after a pleasant voyage , landed him and his friends safely ...
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... rows , four of thirteen rows , fourteen of eleven rows , thirty - nine of nine rows , with a double number of quadriremes and others of less size . ' " Hiero , king of Syracuse , had a ship built under the direction of Archimedes ; it ...
... rows , four of thirteen rows , fourteen of eleven rows , thirty - nine of nine rows , with a double number of quadriremes and others of less size . ' " Hiero , king of Syracuse , had a ship built under the direction of Archimedes ; it ...
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... rows of oars ; his vessel appeared more fit for triumph than battle . Cæsar had two hundred and fifty ships , all light , and easy to work ; but without the least appearance of pomp . Mark Antony burnt all his small vessels , but ...
... rows of oars ; his vessel appeared more fit for triumph than battle . Cæsar had two hundred and fifty ships , all light , and easy to work ; but without the least appearance of pomp . Mark Antony burnt all his small vessels , but ...
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Page 165 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 412 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 245 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it ; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent...
Page 46 - ... it is accorded, that if any other case, supposed treason, which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his Parliament, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.
Page 445 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 245 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 168 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
Page 246 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 417 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down. Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Page 120 - My Lord, are you going for Scotland ? My reply was, Yes, Sir, if you have any commands for me. Then he said, I hope you will be kind to me, and follow the example of England.