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... known , would be rather impeded than assisted by the English , are eyes bright which thou seest stars as , " underneath the line . 66 Who wrote this " well - known puzzling line " ? The Linguist , in two volumes , began March 26 , 1825 ...
... known , would be rather impeded than assisted by the English , are eyes bright which thou seest stars as , " underneath the line . 66 Who wrote this " well - known puzzling line " ? The Linguist , in two volumes , began March 26 , 1825 ...
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... known , but he left , with other issue , a son , Thomas Turner of Martholme , a trustee of township charities in 1743 and 1759. He married and had issue : — 1. Margaret Turner , born 1723 , died 1790 . She married , firstly , Giles ...
... known , but he left , with other issue , a son , Thomas Turner of Martholme , a trustee of township charities in 1743 and 1759. He married and had issue : — 1. Margaret Turner , born 1723 , died 1790 . She married , firstly , Giles ...
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... known Freemason , Elias Ash- mole , the founder of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford , initiated into Freemasonry at Warrington in October , 1646 , was one of the first members of the Royal Society . The Grand Lodge of England was consti ...
... known Freemason , Elias Ash- mole , the founder of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford , initiated into Freemasonry at Warrington in October , 1646 , was one of the first members of the Royal Society . The Grand Lodge of England was consti ...
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... known York artist , [ which ] were painted upwards of 70 years ago . " JOHN A. KNOWLES . " " BYRON AND CAMPBELL : A PARALLEL . IT is a well - known fact that Byron , in his rather free appropriation of phrases and images from other ...
... known York artist , [ which ] were painted upwards of 70 years ago . " JOHN A. KNOWLES . " " BYRON AND CAMPBELL : A PARALLEL . IT is a well - known fact that Byron , in his rather free appropriation of phrases and images from other ...
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... known as the " Deus , quis similis . " But as these words do not occur in the Hebrew , they were rejected in the sixteenth century as apocryphal , " so do not appear in English in our Prayer Books and Bibles . I can no longer consult ...
... known as the " Deus , quis similis . " But as these words do not occur in the Hebrew , they were rejected in the sixteenth century as apocryphal , " so do not appear in English in our Prayer Books and Bibles . I can no longer consult ...
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Page 363 - Thou art gone to the grave, but 'twere wrong to deplore thee, When God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide; He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will restore thee, Where death has no sting, since the Saviour has died.
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Page 16 - BEFORE the beginning of years, There came to the making of man Time, with a gift of tears; Grief, with a glass that ran; Pleasure, with pain for leaven ; Summer, with flowers that fell; Remembrance fallen from heaven, And madness risen from hell; Strength without hands to smite; Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light, And life, the shadow of death.