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... HISTORY of ENGLAND , from the Earliest Times to the final Establishment of the Re- formation . A New Library Edition , revised by the Author's Son . 2 vols . 8vo . , price 21s . MR . MACAULAY'S CRITI- CAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS , con ...
... HISTORY of ENGLAND , from the Earliest Times to the final Establishment of the Re- formation . A New Library Edition , revised by the Author's Son . 2 vols . 8vo . , price 21s . MR . MACAULAY'S CRITI- CAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS , con ...
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... history of the Burkes , be he who he may , can have got all the family correspondence into his possession . On the other , it is far from improbable that in some of the collections to which I have alluded , some letters , notes , or ...
... history of the Burkes , be he who he may , can have got all the family correspondence into his possession . On the other , it is far from improbable that in some of the collections to which I have alluded , some letters , notes , or ...
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... history . Walpole gives an anecdote or two of him , and mentions that he had been Governor of Gibraltar . I think too he was of Irish extrac- tion . Is there no portrait or engraving of Brad- dock in existence ? SERVIENS . Minor Queries ...
... history . Walpole gives an anecdote or two of him , and mentions that he had been Governor of Gibraltar . I think too he was of Irish extrac- tion . Is there no portrait or engraving of Brad- dock in existence ? SERVIENS . Minor Queries ...
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... HISTORY of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND , to the REVOLUTION of 1688. By the late REV . J. B. S. CARWI- THEN , B.D. A new Edition , edited by the REV . W. R. BROWELL , M.A. , 2 vols . small 8vo . , 12s . THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS . By JOHN BUNYAN ...
... HISTORY of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND , to the REVOLUTION of 1688. By the late REV . J. B. S. CARWI- THEN , B.D. A new Edition , edited by the REV . W. R. BROWELL , M.A. , 2 vols . small 8vo . , 12s . THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS . By JOHN BUNYAN ...
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... HISTORY OF THE GRAND REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND , By EDWARD , EARL OF CLARENDON . Also in one volume , royal 8vo . , price 17. in sheets . THE HISTORY OF THE RE- BELLION , together with the Life of Claren- don , written by ...
... HISTORY OF THE GRAND REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND , By EDWARD , EARL OF CLARENDON . Also in one volume , royal 8vo . , price 17. in sheets . THE HISTORY OF THE RE- BELLION , together with the Life of Claren- don , written by ...
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Page 330 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 305 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
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Page 202 - The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
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Page 386 - ... followers, as being eloquent or loud advances others. He seldom introduces the subject he speaks upon ; but we are so far gone in years, that he observes when he is among us, an earnestness to have him fall on some divine topic, which he always treats with much authority, as one who has no interests in this world, as one who is hastening to the object of all his wishes, and conceives hope from his decays and infirmities.