Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Volume 151845 |
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... never from horseback day nor night : and no more ashamed I am and displeased with my selfe for that infirmitie , than for these skarres which you here see . Holland's Livy . Exceeding wroth was Gayon at that blowe , And much asham'd ...
... never from horseback day nor night : and no more ashamed I am and displeased with my selfe for that infirmitie , than for these skarres which you here see . Holland's Livy . Exceeding wroth was Gayon at that blowe , And much asham'd ...
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... never been rebuilt . Some remarkable specimens of the Madrepore - stone have been found in this parish . ASHURST , in the county of Kent ; a discharged rectory , valued in the King's books at £ 5 . 4s . 9d . Patron , the duke of Dorset ...
... never been rebuilt . Some remarkable specimens of the Madrepore - stone have been found in this parish . ASHURST , in the county of Kent ; a discharged rectory , valued in the King's books at £ 5 . 4s . 9d . Patron , the duke of Dorset ...
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... never before explored , for the purpose of furnishing their countrymen with the productions of other climates and more civilized nations . The monks also , and other ecclesiastics , animated by a desire to reclaim heretics , and convert ...
... never before explored , for the purpose of furnishing their countrymen with the productions of other climates and more civilized nations . The monks also , and other ecclesiastics , animated by a desire to reclaim heretics , and convert ...
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... Under a stole she spied two steming eyes In a rounde head , with sharp eares : in France Was never mouse so feard , for the vnwise Had not ysene such a beast before . Wyatt , ASKANCE ASKHAM . While thus their worke went on with 20 ASK ASK.
... Under a stole she spied two steming eyes In a rounde head , with sharp eares : in France Was never mouse so feard , for the vnwise Had not ysene such a beast before . Wyatt , ASKANCE ASKHAM . While thus their worke went on with 20 ASK ASK.
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... never so beautiful , have dead , uninformed countenances , Spectator , No. 41 . When there happens to be any thing ridiculous in a visage , and the owner of it thinks it an aspect of dignity , he must be of very great quality to be ...
... never so beautiful , have dead , uninformed countenances , Spectator , No. 41 . When there happens to be any thing ridiculous in a visage , and the owner of it thinks it an aspect of dignity , he must be of very great quality to be ...
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Page 282 - And yet Time hath his revolutions ; there must be a period and an end to all temporal things— -finis rerum, an end of names and dignities, and whatsoever is terrene, and why not of De Vere ? For where is Bohun ? Where is Mowbray ? Where is Mortimer ? Nay, which is more and most of all, where is Plantagenet ? They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality. And yet let the name and dignity of De Vere stand so long as it pleaseth God!
Page 240 - Moreover, . brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 282 - I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine thread to uphold it.
Page 222 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 60 - It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man, than by this, that atheists will ever be talking of that their opinion,. as if they fainted in it within themselves...
Page 240 - And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power : in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Page 301 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas. And his long nights of revelry and ease: The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.
Page 75 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Page 314 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 375 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...