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... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Horace Walpole ; but Boswell thought it entitled to much more praise than it had received . He resided at Wilbury , in Wilts ; and is men- tioned , but in a somewhat hazy manner , in Hoare's Modern Wilts ...
... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Horace Walpole ; but Boswell thought it entitled to much more praise than it had received . He resided at Wilbury , in Wilts ; and is men- tioned , but in a somewhat hazy manner , in Hoare's Modern Wilts ...
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... Lady Jones , his widow , to her brother - in - law , C. William Sloper , Esq . On the fly - leaf there is a memorandum in Sir William Jones's handwriting , to the following effect : " BURROW told me that he had seen in NEWTON'S ...
... Lady Jones , his widow , to her brother - in - law , C. William Sloper , Esq . On the fly - leaf there is a memorandum in Sir William Jones's handwriting , to the following effect : " BURROW told me that he had seen in NEWTON'S ...
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... ladies ' schools was common in the early part of this century , I can testify . At that time , whilst a boy , I was taken by the women servants , during the absence of the schoolmistress of a first - rate ladies ' school , into her ...
... ladies ' schools was common in the early part of this century , I can testify . At that time , whilst a boy , I was taken by the women servants , during the absence of the schoolmistress of a first - rate ladies ' school , into her ...
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... lady is not de- scribed as an heiress . I forbear at present enter- ing more into detail with this pedigree . As , however , the genealogy of a man of so great historical reputation as Sir Walter Ralegh , is worthy of investigation , I ...
... lady is not de- scribed as an heiress . I forbear at present enter- ing more into detail with this pedigree . As , however , the genealogy of a man of so great historical reputation as Sir Walter Ralegh , is worthy of investigation , I ...
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... lady ? They are not merely sisters , but twins , that " twixt them two did share the heritage of all celestial grace , " the two halves of Queen Elizabeth , as Venus and Diana ; and thus Timias , kissing Amoretta , was merely kissing ...
... lady ? They are not merely sisters , but twins , that " twixt them two did share the heritage of all celestial grace , " the two halves of Queen Elizabeth , as Venus and Diana ; and thus Timias , kissing Amoretta , was merely kissing ...
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Page 432 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 49 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 34 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 305 - And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Page 264 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 330 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 34 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 109 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 341 - Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply .. Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny.