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... letter written by Francis Capper Brooke , of Ufford , to Edward Fitzgerald , of Woodbridge , only four days before the death of the latter : - " An old inhabitant of Parham says that a Bouter Table ' is a Table fitted with a sieve ...
... letter written by Francis Capper Brooke , of Ufford , to Edward Fitzgerald , of Woodbridge , only four days before the death of the latter : - " An old inhabitant of Parham says that a Bouter Table ' is a Table fitted with a sieve ...
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... letter will make good nomads . So , when we have thus found our sense of it , " Better kinde frend than fremd kinde . " aboriginal Aryan , and duly scratched him , we shall Fremd is " stranger " in Anglo - Saxon as in modern meet with ...
... letter will make good nomads . So , when we have thus found our sense of it , " Better kinde frend than fremd kinde . " aboriginal Aryan , and duly scratched him , we shall Fremd is " stranger " in Anglo - Saxon as in modern meet with ...
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... LETTERS " are also included in this Edition . Principles , and Formation and Development of the English Con- The LIFE of MARY , QUEEN of SCOTS . The FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES of the WORLD . By Sir EDWARD CREASY , late Chief Justice of ...
... LETTERS " are also included in this Edition . Principles , and Formation and Development of the English Con- The LIFE of MARY , QUEEN of SCOTS . The FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES of the WORLD . By Sir EDWARD CREASY , late Chief Justice of ...
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... Letters and MSS . of this Author are desired by his Biographer . - Please address E. G. ALLEN , 28 , Henrietta - street ... letter J. S. , 15 , Great George - street , Westminster . Price 28 . SPECIAL DOUBLE NUMBER OF THE GENEALOGICA ...
... Letters and MSS . of this Author are desired by his Biographer . - Please address E. G. ALLEN , 28 , Henrietta - street ... letter J. S. , 15 , Great George - street , Westminster . Price 28 . SPECIAL DOUBLE NUMBER OF THE GENEALOGICA ...
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... Letter of Burns - Pitt's Last Words , 23 - Mark Twain- " Two blades of grass " - Barnaby Rudge ' - Warda Fori - Bell at Malvern - Origin of Barnard's Inn , 24 - Death of Art Mac Murrough - Caxton's Game of Chesse ' - " I'm a Dutchman ...
... Letter of Burns - Pitt's Last Words , 23 - Mark Twain- " Two blades of grass " - Barnaby Rudge ' - Warda Fori - Bell at Malvern - Origin of Barnard's Inn , 24 - Death of Art Mac Murrough - Caxton's Game of Chesse ' - " I'm a Dutchman ...
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Page 249 - Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 180 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Page 44 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 100 - Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily.
Page 181 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 40 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 48 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 159 - And he said unto another, Follow -me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Page 80 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 285 - royal bird'? Gone down, it seems, to Scotland to be fiddled Unto by Sawney's violin, we have heard: 'Caw me, caw thee'— for six months hath been hatching This scene of royal itch and loyal scratching.