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... Greek , and Latin Churches , and mentioned in the Grecian , Roman , Hebrew , and other Calendars ; in- ersed also with various remarkable incidents and facts , connected with nology , that have , from their novelty , been deemed most ...
... Greek , and Latin Churches , and mentioned in the Grecian , Roman , Hebrew , and other Calendars ; in- ersed also with various remarkable incidents and facts , connected with nology , that have , from their novelty , been deemed most ...
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... Greek and Russian Church , and kept as " Old Christmas , " by those in England who , with King James , consider the patriarchs the best telescopes . The election of Kings by the bean , - custom of greater antiquity than Twelfth - day ...
... Greek and Russian Church , and kept as " Old Christmas , " by those in England who , with King James , consider the patriarchs the best telescopes . The election of Kings by the bean , - custom of greater antiquity than Twelfth - day ...
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... Greek fable , is called Saturnus , and Janus at Rome . The Julian month , January , which takes its name from this prince of astronomers , agrees nearly with the eleventh moon Tybi , of the ancient Egyptian calendar , and the fifth of ...
... Greek fable , is called Saturnus , and Janus at Rome . The Julian month , January , which takes its name from this prince of astronomers , agrees nearly with the eleventh moon Tybi , of the ancient Egyptian calendar , and the fifth of ...
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... Greeks , to repletion ; the last day was one of abstinence , divided , most rationally , between pot - luach and the tart comedy . The Carmentalia , a feast of dedication , was celebrated on this after- noon by the Roman matrons , in ...
... Greeks , to repletion ; the last day was one of abstinence , divided , most rationally , between pot - luach and the tart comedy . The Carmentalia , a feast of dedication , was celebrated on this after- noon by the Roman matrons , in ...
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... Greek church on Twelfth Day ; for , in 1676 , the Bishop of Zante did then “ as they call it , baptize the sea , with a great deal of ceremony ; sprinkling their gallies and fishing tackle with holy water . " It is also New Year's Day ...
... Greek church on Twelfth Day ; for , in 1676 , the Bishop of Zante did then “ as they call it , baptize the sea , with a great deal of ceremony ; sprinkling their gallies and fishing tackle with holy water . " It is also New Year's Day ...
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Popular passages
Page xx - The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page xv - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page iv - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page ii - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, — in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful: She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page xxi - When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least...
Page ix - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page xiv - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise...