Relics of LiteratureT. Boys, 1823 - 400 pages |
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... never made its appearance . EARLIEST ENGLISH MEDICAL WORK . THE earliest Medical work written in English , is supposed by Fuller to have been Andrew Borde's " Breviarie of Health , " which was published in 1547. It must yield , however ...
... never made its appearance . EARLIEST ENGLISH MEDICAL WORK . THE earliest Medical work written in English , is supposed by Fuller to have been Andrew Borde's " Breviarie of Health , " which was published in 1547. It must yield , however ...
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... never want woe and sorrow ; and they that lacke money , may fast upon Fridayes by the statute ; and it shall be lawful for them that want shoes , to weare boots all the yeare ; and he that hath never a cloak , may , without offence ...
... never want woe and sorrow ; and they that lacke money , may fast upon Fridayes by the statute ; and it shall be lawful for them that want shoes , to weare boots all the yeare ; and he that hath never a cloak , may , without offence ...
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... never mask in Or never step of human foot was seen ; Where the shrill lark never called up the morn ; Where night's sweet pearls of dew were never worn ; Where never beasts , but toads and adders , fed ; Where day's white silver beams ...
... never mask in Or never step of human foot was seen ; Where the shrill lark never called up the morn ; Where night's sweet pearls of dew were never worn ; Where never beasts , but toads and adders , fed ; Where day's white silver beams ...
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... never trod , The sacred volume claimed their hearts alone , Which taught the way to glory and to God . " Here they from truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters day by day ; Learnt , since our days are evil , fleet ...
... never trod , The sacred volume claimed their hearts alone , Which taught the way to glory and to God . " Here they from truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters day by day ; Learnt , since our days are evil , fleet ...
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... never lightly pass out of the old byas : they are all in health , though void of honesty ; some are at liberty to seeke a dinner where they can get it , and some , to spare shoe - leather , lie in prison . L. that old lad , is foorth ...
... never lightly pass out of the old byas : they are all in health , though void of honesty ; some are at liberty to seeke a dinner where they can get it , and some , to spare shoe - leather , lie in prison . L. that old lad , is foorth ...
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Page 333 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
Page 283 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Page 81 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold and jewels.
Page 392 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 8 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 194 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Page 389 - And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Page 81 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace, of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was 1 He probably means rushes. stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Page 62 - The Queen was brought by water to Whitehall, At every stroke the oars did tears let fall ; More clung about the barge ; fish under water Wept out their eyes ofpearle, and swome blind after.
Page 283 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.