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... father told her so , and " it was well known " that the Glasgow barber " was reputed to be Strap . " This is mere hearsay . The lady repeats her father's statement without citing his authority for it , and she treats the local gossip in ...
... father told her so , and " it was well known " that the Glasgow barber " was reputed to be Strap . " This is mere hearsay . The lady repeats her father's statement without citing his authority for it , and she treats the local gossip in ...
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... father , a well- read man in early Church history ) , reasons are given for supposing that many of these are really only different names for the same bodies , and that the number may , therefore , be a good deal reduced . C. F. S. ...
... father , a well- read man in early Church history ) , reasons are given for supposing that many of these are really only different names for the same bodies , and that the number may , therefore , be a good deal reduced . C. F. S. ...
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... Father Joseph Ohrwalder , late Priest of the Austrian Mission Station at Delen , in Kordofan , who recently escaped , with Two Sisters of Mercy , on Camels , from the Sudan . By Major F. R. WIN- GATE , R.A. , Director of Military ...
... Father Joseph Ohrwalder , late Priest of the Austrian Mission Station at Delen , in Kordofan , who recently escaped , with Two Sisters of Mercy , on Camels , from the Sudan . By Major F. R. WIN- GATE , R.A. , Director of Military ...
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... father of these two clerical brethren , and one could almost take it for granted that he too was a clergyman , bred at the same university , i . e . , Cam- bridge . Since my reply ( 7th S. xii . 252 ) I have looked into the pedigree and ...
... father of these two clerical brethren , and one could almost take it for granted that he too was a clergyman , bred at the same university , i . e . , Cam- bridge . Since my reply ( 7th S. xii . 252 ) I have looked into the pedigree and ...
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... father of John Garnett , admitted sizar of Trinity College , Cambridge , January 28 , 1775 , æt . 24 , B.A. 1779 , M. A. 1782 , D.D. 1810 , Dean of Exeter from 1810 to the date of his death in 1813 , was John Garnett , D.D. ( 1709-1782 ) ...
... father of John Garnett , admitted sizar of Trinity College , Cambridge , January 28 , 1775 , æt . 24 , B.A. 1779 , M. A. 1782 , D.D. 1810 , Dean of Exeter from 1810 to the date of his death in 1813 , was John Garnett , D.D. ( 1709-1782 ) ...
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Page 103 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 159 - He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 23 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 163 - He is made one with nature; there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird: He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 137 - Warwick in blood did wade, Oxford the foe invade, And cruel slaughter made Still as they ran up: Suffolk his axe did ply, Beaumont and Willoughby Bare them right doughtily, Ferrers and Fanhope. Upon Saint Crispin's day...
Page 10 - Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part; For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, Such as thine are, and strike the second heat Upon the muses...
Page 185 - Oh lasting as those colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display...
Page 75 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 193 - Prospects of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church.
Page 137 - They now to fight are gone, Armour on armour shone, Drum now to drum did groan, To hear was wonder ; That with the cries they make, The very earth did shake, Trumpet to trumpet spake, Thunder to thunder.