The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., 92. köideEdw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1822 |
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... tion : [ Jan. All authors , except Ingulf , give rea- son to believe that this famous Battle was fought to the Southward of the Humber . The invading allies were on their progress from that river when they were met by Athelstan ; and it ...
... tion : [ Jan. All authors , except Ingulf , give rea- son to believe that this famous Battle was fought to the Southward of the Humber . The invading allies were on their progress from that river when they were met by Athelstan ; and it ...
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... tion from Black Knoll , or the Bloody Hill as we may term it ; and no doubt , having reference to the scite of the bloody contest we have now in contemplation . This knoll is also in our day pointed out by the name ( Black Mould ) given ...
... tion from Black Knoll , or the Bloody Hill as we may term it ; and no doubt , having reference to the scite of the bloody contest we have now in contemplation . This knoll is also in our day pointed out by the name ( Black Mould ) given ...
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... tion to regulate the price of corn , or upon landlords to regulate rents . Season is a father whose children thrive best when he does the least for them . " In 1270 wheat was so dear , that it was sold at the quarter , 4l . 16s . ; and ...
... tion to regulate the price of corn , or upon landlords to regulate rents . Season is a father whose children thrive best when he does the least for them . " In 1270 wheat was so dear , that it was sold at the quarter , 4l . 16s . ; and ...
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... tion of our printers be bestowed on the works of Byron and Moore , and other writings of a similar kind ; and shall the valuable labours of our Di- vines be sent forth to the world in a manner so unworthy of them ? I The Quarterly ...
... tion of our printers be bestowed on the works of Byron and Moore , and other writings of a similar kind ; and shall the valuable labours of our Di- vines be sent forth to the world in a manner so unworthy of them ? I The Quarterly ...
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... tion of standing figures over the co- lumns ; as these figures are not yet ex- ecuted , it is hoped that they never will be ; their absence improves a building already frittered and defaced by busts , flying dragons , and poor insipid ...
... tion of standing figures over the co- lumns ; as these figures are not yet ex- ecuted , it is hoped that they never will be ; their absence improves a building already frittered and defaced by busts , flying dragons , and poor insipid ...
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Page 58 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 223 - And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the x congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins...
Page 497 - Well! It is now publique, and you wil stand for your priviledges wee know; -to read and censure. Do so, but buy it first.
Page 248 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 495 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 348 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.
Page 200 - God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 200 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase ; so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Page 410 - THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy than in a small community. It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness.
Page 60 - Which kiss'd it like a wine-cup, rising o'er The waves as they arose, and prouder still The loftier they uplifted me ; and oft, In wantonness of spirit, plunging down Into their green and glassy gulfs, and making My way to shells and sea-weed, all unseen By those above, till they wax'd fearful ; then Returning with my grasp full of such tokens As show'd that I had search'd the deep : exulting, With a far-dashing stroke, and drawing...