Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the PublisherG. Willis, 1853 |
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... FEBRUARY , 1852 . informed press upon this matter , which , with the excep- tion of the Sunday Times of the 15th of February , have been silent about the " Pigmies " exhibiting in New York ; -and about which , as G. W.'s " Special ...
... FEBRUARY , 1852 . informed press upon this matter , which , with the excep- tion of the Sunday Times of the 15th of February , have been silent about the " Pigmies " exhibiting in New York ; -and about which , as G. W.'s " Special ...
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... February 7th , 1852 . SIR , -In answer to a letter in your " Price Current " for January 25th , ( p . 7 ) , addressed to you , and signed A. K. " I beg to inform your correspondent that Robert Hoblyn , " published the following works ...
... February 7th , 1852 . SIR , -In answer to a letter in your " Price Current " for January 25th , ( p . 7 ) , addressed to you , and signed A. K. " I beg to inform your correspondent that Robert Hoblyn , " published the following works ...
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... - day , by the New York Typographical Society , was an American periodical , extremely well conducted , and of considerable circulation . MONUMENTAL BRASSES . St. Margaret , Rochester , Feb. 11th FOR FEBRUARY , 1852 . 13.
... - day , by the New York Typographical Society , was an American periodical , extremely well conducted , and of considerable circulation . MONUMENTAL BRASSES . St. Margaret , Rochester , Feb. 11th FOR FEBRUARY , 1852 . 13.
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... " Notes , " if referred to by your fair Correspondent ELLEN F. , may answer her Hue and Cry " after John Bruce , on the 20th May , 1829 . 66 C. P. J. RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . YOUR Correspondent T. FOR FEBRUARY , 1852 . 15.
... " Notes , " if referred to by your fair Correspondent ELLEN F. , may answer her Hue and Cry " after John Bruce , on the 20th May , 1829 . 66 C. P. J. RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . YOUR Correspondent T. FOR FEBRUARY , 1852 . 15.
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... February . Aged 68 . RODWELL , George Herbert . Musical Composer , Drama- tist and Novelist . Upper Ebury Street , Pimlico . 22nd January . RODWELL ( John ) . Publisher ( Rodwell and Martin , Bond Street ) of Batty's Views , & c ...
... February . Aged 68 . RODWELL , George Herbert . Musical Composer , Drama- tist and Novelist . Upper Ebury Street , Pimlico . 22nd January . RODWELL ( John ) . Publisher ( Rodwell and Martin , Bond Street ) of Batty's Views , & c ...
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Page 59 - Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began...
Page 87 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Page 78 - oh ! gallant stranger, For hapless ADELGITHA'S love. " For he is in a foreign far land Whose arm should now have set me free ; And I must wear the willow garland For him that 's dead, or false to me.
Page 83 - The interment being over, Garter proclaimed the style ; and the comptroller, treasurer, and steward of the deceased, breaking their staves, gave the pieces to Garter, who threw them into the grave. The procession, arranged by the officers of arms, then returned. For a few days...
Page 60 - And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him.
Page 87 - The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant leaning from above Shall wave their fluttering 'kerchiefs as they move ; Or...
Page vi - ... intend not with controversies and quotations to delay or interrupt the smooth course of history ; much less to argue and debate long who were the first inhabitants, with what probabilities, what authorities each opinion hath been upheld ; but shall endeavour that which hitherto hath been needed most, with plain and lightsome brevity, to relate well and orderly things worth the noting, so as may best instruct and benefit them that read.
Page 35 - For the Sound. But no mortal power shall now That crew and vessel save — They are shrouded as they go In a hurricane of snow, And the track beneath her prow Is their grave.
Page 26 - No matter how we rhyme the words, the music speaks them handy, And where's the fair can't sing the air of " Yankee Doodle Dandy ? " Yankee doodle, firm and true, Yankee doodle dandy, Yankee doodle, doodle, doo, Yankee doodle dandy.
Page 101 - And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.