The Retrospective Review, 6. köideCharles and Henry Baldwyn, 1822 |
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... called the city , or within the walls , that was not yet much infected ; but in the whole , the face of things , I say , was much altered ; sorrow and sad- ness sat upon every face ; and though some part were not yet over- whelmed , yet ...
... called the city , or within the walls , that was not yet much infected ; but in the whole , the face of things , I say , was much altered ; sorrow and sad- ness sat upon every face ; and though some part were not yet over- whelmed , yet ...
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... called Fair Warning ; another , Britain's Remembrancer ; and many such ; all , or most part of which , foretold , directly or covertly , the ruin of the city ; nay , some were so enthusiastically bold as to run about the streets , with ...
... called Fair Warning ; another , Britain's Remembrancer ; and many such ; all , or most part of which , foretold , directly or covertly , the ruin of the city ; nay , some were so enthusiastically bold as to run about the streets , with ...
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was visited , as it was called , was by these orders " marked with a red cross of a foot long , in the middle of the door , evident to be seen , and with these usual printed words , that is to say , LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US , to be set ...
was visited , as it was called , was by these orders " marked with a red cross of a foot long , in the middle of the door , evident to be seen , and with these usual printed words , that is to say , LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US , to be set ...
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... called , had been stopt there , and a servant maid had been brought down to the door , dead , and the buriers or bearers , as they were called , put her into the cart , wrapped only in a green rug , and carried her away . " The watchman ...
... called , had been stopt there , and a servant maid had been brought down to the door , dead , and the buriers or bearers , as they were called , put her into the cart , wrapped only in a green rug , and carried her away . " The watchman ...
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... called tokens , minute and distinct spots which appeared on the surface of the body , and chiefly on the breast . A person , who had not the slightest suspicion of his being infected , would not unfrequently be told by a friend , who ...
... called tokens , minute and distinct spots which appeared on the surface of the body , and chiefly on the breast . A person , who had not the slightest suspicion of his being infected , would not unfrequently be told by a friend , who ...
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Page 302 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 226 - Ask me no more whither doth haste The nightingale, when May is past; For in your sweet dividing throat She winters, and keeps warm her note.
Page 341 - Merry Margaret, as midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon or hawk of the tower, With solace and gladness, Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness; So joyously, So maidenly, So womanly, Her demeaning; In every thing Far far passing That I can indite Or suffice to write Of merry Margaret, as midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon or hawk of the tower.
Page 133 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof ; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 260 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 226 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from starlike eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes...
Page 225 - ASK me no more whither do stray The golden atoms of the day, For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair. Ask me no more...
Page 121 - Therefore we proclaim, If any spirit breathes within this round Uncapable of weighty passion — As from his birth being hugged in the arms, And nuzzled 'twixt the breasts of Happiness — Who winks and shuts his apprehension up From common sense of what men were, and are ; Who would not know what men must be : let such Hurry amain from our black-visaged shows ; We shall affright their eyes.
Page 234 - The snake each year fresh skin resumes, And eagles change their aged plumes; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on her leaves : But if your beauties once decay, You never know a second May.
Page 14 - But this is but one; it is scarce credible what dreadful cases happened in particular families every day. People in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own government, raving and distracted, and oftentimes laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting themselves, etc. ; mothers murdering their own children in their lunacy...