Clavis Calendaria: Or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar, Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes, Volume 2author, 1815 - Calendar |
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... celebrated BOURGOUNNE , and the no less eminent KOTZEBUE , describe , though in differ- ent terms , the circumstances that attended one of the processions on this day at Seville : " To form , " says the first author , whose language is ...
... celebrated BOURGOUNNE , and the no less eminent KOTZEBUE , describe , though in differ- ent terms , the circumstances that attended one of the processions on this day at Seville : " To form , " says the first author , whose language is ...
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... celebrated on this day , have been depicted with such energetic force and beauty , by our elegant historian Mr HUME , that apology will be deemed unnecessary for the introduction of a short ex- tract from that author : the more ...
... celebrated on this day , have been depicted with such energetic force and beauty , by our elegant historian Mr HUME , that apology will be deemed unnecessary for the introduction of a short ex- tract from that author : the more ...
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... celebrated tree , afterwards called the Royal Oak , was situate at Boscobel , in the parish of Don- nington . By some writers it is declared to have been in a most flourishing state ; while others assert , with apparently more reason ...
... celebrated tree , afterwards called the Royal Oak , was situate at Boscobel , in the parish of Don- nington . By some writers it is declared to have been in a most flourishing state ; while others assert , with apparently more reason ...
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... celebrated beauty , but could not seduce her , as he was base enough to essay , though he assailed her with compliments which he considered were likely to succeed . And it was from one of the me- dals , struck to perpetuate his ...
... celebrated beauty , but could not seduce her , as he was base enough to essay , though he assailed her with compliments which he considered were likely to succeed . And it was from one of the me- dals , struck to perpetuate his ...
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... celebrated with much pomp and reli- gious ceremony : -The birth days of the ROMAN EMPERORS were observed with extraordinary fes- tivity and solemnity ; public sports were appro- priated for the occasion , with costly feasts ; vows were ...
... celebrated with much pomp and reli- gious ceremony : -The birth days of the ROMAN EMPERORS were observed with extraordinary fes- tivity and solemnity ; public sports were appro- priated for the occasion , with costly feasts ; vows were ...
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Page 230 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 238 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 364 - from that hour that Disciple took her to his own home,' without having his heart smote within him!
Page 231 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered ; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Page 299 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies : She drew an angel down.
Page 258 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament : for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement, but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Page 257 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 236 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not His mother called Mary ? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? And His sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in Him.
Page 70 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 261 - ... boldly prepared for death, and resolved to sell their lives as dear as possible to the assailants. But even this miserable consolation was denied them. Some of their powder took fire, and disabled them for defence.t The people rushed in upon them.