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... writings , and characterises him as the “ strenuus defensor " of the Republic . The fact of the acquaintance of Arnold with Milton is confirmed by the Album of the former , which I was Parson of West Ildesley in Berks , where 2nd S. VII ...
... writings , and characterises him as the “ strenuus defensor " of the Republic . The fact of the acquaintance of Arnold with Milton is confirmed by the Album of the former , which I was Parson of West Ildesley in Berks , where 2nd S. VII ...
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... writings of J. Gailhard will greatly oblige BELATER - ADIME . - Napier , Charles James and W. F. Portraits . What portraits of either of the above brothers are in print or lithograph ? VRYAN RHEGed . " Law and Lawyers . " - A facetious ...
... writings of J. Gailhard will greatly oblige BELATER - ADIME . - Napier , Charles James and W. F. Portraits . What portraits of either of the above brothers are in print or lithograph ? VRYAN RHEGed . " Law and Lawyers . " - A facetious ...
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... writings of the Fathers , and the earlier divines of the Anglican Church ; having , by his wide bibliographical research , enriched his stores with most of the best editions of the Fathers , and also accumu- Nonjurors , for whose quaint ...
... writings of the Fathers , and the earlier divines of the Anglican Church ; having , by his wide bibliographical research , enriched his stores with most of the best editions of the Fathers , and also accumu- Nonjurors , for whose quaint ...
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... writings given by Mr. Walter Wilson , though not regarded by him as complete , contains not less than 210 different works . We leave to De Foe , what he justly merits , undying fame - the undisputed authorship of perhaps the most ...
... writings given by Mr. Walter Wilson , though not regarded by him as complete , contains not less than 210 different works . We leave to De Foe , what he justly merits , undying fame - the undisputed authorship of perhaps the most ...
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... writings of J. Gailhard will greatly oblige BELATER - ADIME . --- Napier , Charles James and W. F. Portraits . What portraits of either of the above brothers are in print or lithograph ? VRYAN RHEGED . " Law and Lawyers . " - A ...
... writings of J. Gailhard will greatly oblige BELATER - ADIME . --- Napier , Charles James and W. F. Portraits . What portraits of either of the above brothers are in print or lithograph ? VRYAN RHEGED . " Law and Lawyers . " - A ...
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Page 310 - And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then yield thee, coward, And live to be the show and gaze o
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Page 289 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which w'as the son of Heli...
Page 266 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 268 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Page 193 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 13 - Manchester, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.
Page 268 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue: if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide they all rush by And leave you hindmost: Or, like a gallant horse fall'n in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject rear, O'er-run and trampled on...
Page 286 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 95 - And peace proclaims olives of endless age. Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh, and Death to me subscribes, Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme, While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes: And thou in this shalt find thy monument, When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent.