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... English Dialect Dictionary ' shows that the phrase as busy ( or as throng ) as Throp's wife " is , or was , in use from North- umberland to Derby and Lincolnshire . " Whoever she may have been , she is reported to have hung herself in ...
... English Dialect Dictionary ' shows that the phrase as busy ( or as throng ) as Throp's wife " is , or was , in use from North- umberland to Derby and Lincolnshire . " Whoever she may have been , she is reported to have hung herself in ...
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... English editions . Mr. Watson was therefore well advised in including this trial in the Notable English Trials Series . " The trial of Eugene Aram took place at York on 3 Aug. , 1759 , and he was hanged on 6 Aug. and gibbeted on 7 Aug ...
... English editions . Mr. Watson was therefore well advised in including this trial in the Notable English Trials Series . " The trial of Eugene Aram took place at York on 3 Aug. , 1759 , and he was hanged on 6 Aug. and gibbeted on 7 Aug ...
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... English verses in the Calendar . From this too , in accordance with Henry VIII.'s command , the names of the Popes and of St. Thomas of Canterbury have been erased . The prices are re- spectively S5 . and 65. There are further a copy of ...
... English verses in the Calendar . From this too , in accordance with Henry VIII.'s command , the names of the Popes and of St. Thomas of Canterbury have been erased . The prices are re- spectively S5 . and 65. There are further a copy of ...
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... English swēor , Old High German swehur , & c . ( cf. Walde's ' Latein . Etymolog . Wörterbuch , ' 1910 ; Miklosich's Etymolog . Wörterb . der Slav . Sprachen , ' p . 332 ) . C H. KREBS . COLOUR OF LIVERIES ( 11 S. viii . 190 , 295 , 357 ...
... English swēor , Old High German swehur , & c . ( cf. Walde's ' Latein . Etymolog . Wörterbuch , ' 1910 ; Miklosich's Etymolog . Wörterb . der Slav . Sprachen , ' p . 332 ) . C H. KREBS . COLOUR OF LIVERIES ( 11 S. viii . 190 , 295 , 357 ...
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... English connexion , as well as any information that will help in identifying the ancestry of Samuel of R.I. W. M. WICKHAM . 111 , Parkside Avenue , Buffalo , N.Y. THE GUILDS AND THEIR CRITICS . - Of the several works criticizing the ...
... English connexion , as well as any information that will help in identifying the ancestry of Samuel of R.I. W. M. WICKHAM . 111 , Parkside Avenue , Buffalo , N.Y. THE GUILDS AND THEIR CRITICS . - Of the several works criticizing the ...
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Page 261 - God, Give Us Men! God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 53 - Wie an dem Tag, der dich der Welt verliehen, Die Sonne stand zum Gruße der Planeten, Bist alsobald und fort und fort gediehen, Nach dem Gesetz wonach du angetreten. So mußt du sein, dir kannst du nicht entfliehen, So sagten schon Sibyllen, so Propheten; Und keine Zeit und keine Macht zerstückelt Geprägte Form die lebend sich entwickelt.
Page 227 - Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away : O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe, Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw ! But soft ! but soft ! aside : here comes the king.
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Page 7 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 321 - after he had served his generation by the will of God, he fell asleep.
Page 163 - Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee!
Page 193 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour » and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted.
Page 162 - His Royal Highness, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in writing and sending the anonymous letters above-mentioned, is hereby pleased, in the name and on the behalf...