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... Prince of Wales Diminishing the Coin Lotteries in England • Collection of Curious Epigrams Verses on a Pane of Glass in a Meeting House A Leaf from Partridge's Diary Punning Mottoes Lines on a Blank Leaf of Prior's Poems A Macaronic ...
... Prince of Wales Diminishing the Coin Lotteries in England • Collection of Curious Epigrams Verses on a Pane of Glass in a Meeting House A Leaf from Partridge's Diary Punning Mottoes Lines on a Blank Leaf of Prior's Poems A Macaronic ...
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... prince of Cornwall and that of Scotland , and half the kingdom with them , whilst the king lived ; and , after his death , the island in two parts between them . And , when the rumour of this was spread over the face of the countries ...
... prince of Cornwall and that of Scotland , and half the kingdom with them , whilst the king lived ; and , after his death , the island in two parts between them . And , when the rumour of this was spread over the face of the countries ...
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... prince of Cornwall , expecting to have his dignity and rank better supported there than in the court of Maglon . And Henwyn received him joyfully , and treated him honourably , as he ought . But a year and a month had not quite elapsed ...
... prince of Cornwall , expecting to have his dignity and rank better supported there than in the court of Maglon . And Henwyn received him joyfully , and treated him honourably , as he ought . But a year and a month had not quite elapsed ...
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... prince of Scot- land , and Henwyn , prince of Cornwall , with all their power , and fought gallantly and severely with them ; but , owing to the French being so numerous , it did not avail them , for they were put to flight and pursued ...
... prince of Scot- land , and Henwyn , prince of Cornwall , with all their power , and fought gallantly and severely with them ; but , owing to the French being so numerous , it did not avail them , for they were put to flight and pursued ...
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... prince of Scotland , and Cunedda , the son of Henwyn , prince of Cornwall . And they assembled an army , and made war on Cordeilla ; and , after frequent conflicts between them , they subdued the island , and took her and confined her ...
... prince of Scotland , and Cunedda , the son of Henwyn , prince of Cornwall . And they assembled an army , and made war on Cordeilla ; and , after frequent conflicts between them , they subdued the island , and took her and confined her ...
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Page 275 - 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 383 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Page 325 - 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 384 - 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 186 - 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 381 - 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 32 - Also I would, besides that allowance, have 600/. quarterly to be paid, for the performance of charitable works : and those things I would not, neither will be accountable for. Also, I will have three horses for my own saddle, that none shall dare to lend or borrow; none lend but I, none borrow but you.
Page 275 - 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.
Page 8 - I'll count your power not worth a pin: Alas, what hereby shall I win, If he gainsay me ? What if I beat the wanton boy With many a rod ? He will repay me with annoy, Because a god. Then sit thou safely on my knee, And let thy bower my bosom be, Lurk in mine eyes, I like of thee; O Cupid, so thou pity me, Spare not, but play thee.