Notes and QueriesOxford University Press, 1887 - Electronic journals |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 7
Page 79
... cathedral at Ghent , where it now is . EDMUND WATERTON . Miscellaneous . NOTES ON BOOKS , & c . Dictionary of ... Peterborough , or York ; but it is an important historical document nevertheless , which it would have been shameful to ...
... cathedral at Ghent , where it now is . EDMUND WATERTON . Miscellaneous . NOTES ON BOOKS , & c . Dictionary of ... Peterborough , or York ; but it is an important historical document nevertheless , which it would have been shameful to ...
Page 81
... Peterborough Natural History Museum ( the ancient chapel of St. Thomas à Becket , in the Minster Precincts ) I read a paper on the removal of the body of Mary , Queen of Scots , from Fotheringhay Castle to Peterborough Cathedral , and ...
... Peterborough Natural History Museum ( the ancient chapel of St. Thomas à Becket , in the Minster Precincts ) I read a paper on the removal of the body of Mary , Queen of Scots , from Fotheringhay Castle to Peterborough Cathedral , and ...
Page 82
... Peterborough Cathedral . The vergers for the last 150 years , and probably for a still longer period , have always pointed out the slab in the south aisle of the choir , on to which a person stepped on leaving the choir , as being the ...
... Peterborough Cathedral . The vergers for the last 150 years , and probably for a still longer period , have always pointed out the slab in the south aisle of the choir , on to which a person stepped on leaving the choir , as being the ...
Page 121
... cathedral register the following ex- tract , in which it will be noted that the funeral procession evidently came to Peterborough from Fotheringhay by land , and not by water ; and that the hearse was erected " above the first step " of ...
... cathedral register the following ex- tract , in which it will be noted that the funeral procession evidently came to Peterborough from Fotheringhay by land , and not by water ; and that the hearse was erected " above the first step " of ...
Page 122
... Peterborough to Westminster to ye reverend father in God our right trusty ... Peterborough , and in theire ab- sence to ye right reverend father in God ye ... Cathedral . It will thus be seen that four out of the eight scenes related ...
... Peterborough to Westminster to ye reverend father in God our right trusty ... Peterborough , and in theire ab- sence to ye right reverend father in God ye ... Cathedral . It will thus be seen that four out of the eight scenes related ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient appears Athenæum BIRK BECK Bishop BRADSHAW'S HANDBOOK British Museum BUSK called Canons Castle CATALOGUE century Chancery-lane Charles CHARLES DICKENS Church cloth copy correspondents Court Cromwell Crown 8vo curious Cursitor-street CUTHBERT BEDE daughter demy 8vo Dictionary died Earl edition Edward England English EVERARD HOME FRANCIS French George German give given Henry Henry Cromwell House Illustrations interest Italian James JOHN PICKFORD King known Lady late Latin letter Library Lincolnshire London marriage married MARSHALL Mary meaning mentioned Newbourne Notes and Queries notice original Oxford parish phrase poem PONTEFRACT CASTLE portrait post free printed probably Prof published Queen quoted readers record reference Richard Robert ROBERT F royal says Scotland Sir John Skeat story Street Thomas tion Took's-court translation volume WALFORD wife William word writing written
Popular passages
Page 160 - 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 333 - The Bank undertakes for its Customers, free of charge, the custody of Deeds, Writings, and other Securities and Valuables ; the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons: and the purchase and sale of Stocks, Shares, and Annuities. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued. A Pamphlet, with full particulars, on application.
Page 33 - TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 82 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 82 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 82 - 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 225 - 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.
Page 41 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; And let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 50 - 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 294 - A Manual of Palaeontology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology.