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... published , can be had gratis and postage free for 1d . stamp . Formerly Assistant to the late Messrs . Evans of I. Great Queen Street and 403 , Strand . A. NICHOLLS , Printseller , 5 , Green Street , Leicester Square . The Autographs ...
... published , can be had gratis and postage free for 1d . stamp . Formerly Assistant to the late Messrs . Evans of I. Great Queen Street and 403 , Strand . A. NICHOLLS , Printseller , 5 , Green Street , Leicester Square . The Autographs ...
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... published his work in 1823. He states ( vol . i . p . 230 and following ) that his father , who filled the place of sergeant - major in Auvergne , told him several times very positively that D'Assas did not go quite alone to watch the ...
... published his work in 1823. He states ( vol . i . p . 230 and following ) that his father , who filled the place of sergeant - major in Auvergne , told him several times very positively that D'Assas did not go quite alone to watch the ...
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... published on the 15th of August , HISTORY of DUDLEY CASTLE and PRIORY , 1867. The magazine will consist of eighty pages , illus- trated by our best artists and our foremost engravers . The tone of our periodical will be decidedly ...
... published on the 15th of August , HISTORY of DUDLEY CASTLE and PRIORY , 1867. The magazine will consist of eighty pages , illus- trated by our best artists and our foremost engravers . The tone of our periodical will be decidedly ...
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... published , in One Volume , crown 8vo , with Portrait of M. Chladni and 169 Woodcuts , price 98 . SOUND ; a Course of Eight Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . By JOHN TYNDALL , LL.D. , F.R.S. , & c . , Prof ...
... published , in One Volume , crown 8vo , with Portrait of M. Chladni and 169 Woodcuts , price 98 . SOUND ; a Course of Eight Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . By JOHN TYNDALL , LL.D. , F.R.S. , & c . , Prof ...
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... published with the title " EIPHNIKON , " which , being printed in English for want of Greek type , I had read as eiphnikon , and had applied to a clergyman who lodged in the same house with me and had been master of a grammar school at ...
... published with the title " EIPHNIKON , " which , being printed in English for want of Greek type , I had read as eiphnikon , and had applied to a clergyman who lodged in the same house with me and had been master of a grammar school at ...
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Page 72 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 288 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 203 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 133 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 262 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 293 - And note, that there shall be for every Male child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers.
Page 122 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Page 260 - DICTIONARY of GENERAL BIOGRAPHY; containing Concise Memoirs and Notices of the most Eminent Persons of all Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Edited by WLR CATES. 8vo. 21s. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND.
Page 134 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 203 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west...