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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... present at his uncle's coronation ? There is no men- tion of the Duke of York . The Declaration of Tyrrell and Dighton , published in the ensuing reign by Henry VII . , says , the young princes were murdered in July , 1483. If the words ...
... present at his uncle's coronation ? There is no men- tion of the Duke of York . The Declaration of Tyrrell and Dighton , published in the ensuing reign by Henry VII . , says , the young princes were murdered in July , 1483. If the words ...
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... present Mrs. Clarke with some better Shaksperean testi- monial than a Chair ! What say you to a FIRST ' Best Bed ? But if the hangings of it beat our satin brocade cover , why I'll hang myself in despair - no I won't , but I'll eat it ...
... present Mrs. Clarke with some better Shaksperean testi- monial than a Chair ! What say you to a FIRST ' Best Bed ? But if the hangings of it beat our satin brocade cover , why I'll hang myself in despair - no I won't , but I'll eat it ...
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... present no illustrations of any kind are admitted . You will oblige one of your subscribers . Mr. Willis . H. T. E. SKETCH OF THE GEAR OF AN OLD BELL CLAPPER . B TURNBUCKLE AND LATCH . - The figure you have engraved on p . 91 of your ...
... present no illustrations of any kind are admitted . You will oblige one of your subscribers . Mr. Willis . H. T. E. SKETCH OF THE GEAR OF AN OLD BELL CLAPPER . B TURNBUCKLE AND LATCH . - The figure you have engraved on p . 91 of your ...
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... present fair specimen of double - dealing . " AN IRISH NUMISMATIST . AUTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY . 66 a January 3rd , 1852 . SIR , -- I trust I shall not trespass upon the limits of your courtesy , if I beg your assistance with regard to the ...
... present fair specimen of double - dealing . " AN IRISH NUMISMATIST . AUTOGRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY . 66 a January 3rd , 1852 . SIR , -- I trust I shall not trespass upon the limits of your courtesy , if I beg your assistance with regard to the ...
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... present duties , that it will not be possible for the officers to assist any Literary Inquirers beyond the production of the docu- ments , and giving a general explanation , if needed , of their character and nature . No applicant ought ...
... present duties , that it will not be possible for the officers to assist any Literary Inquirers beyond the production of the docu- ments , and giving a general explanation , if needed , of their character and nature . No applicant ought ...
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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.