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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... wishes , trusts they may long continue , in the words of Milton , " with plain and lightsome brevity to relate well and orderly things worth the noting . " ( The Articles marked thus * are illustrated by wood vi PREFACE .
... wishes , trusts they may long continue , in the words of Milton , " with plain and lightsome brevity to relate well and orderly things worth the noting . " ( The Articles marked thus * are illustrated by wood vi PREFACE .
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... thing would depend upon the live- The County Histories would form a substratum for author of any statement , representation , or opinion , that may appear in his " Current Notes , " which are merely selec - liness MONUMENTAL BRASSES ...
... thing would depend upon the live- The County Histories would form a substratum for author of any statement , representation , or opinion , that may appear in his " Current Notes , " which are merely selec - liness MONUMENTAL BRASSES ...
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... things idolatrous . They were for the most part sold for old brass , and some authority ( I forget who at this moment ) , tells us that , in consequence of the number at one time brought into the market , the price of brass was ...
... things idolatrous . They were for the most part sold for old brass , and some authority ( I forget who at this moment ) , tells us that , in consequence of the number at one time brought into the market , the price of brass was ...
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... things must feel thankful to you . May I ask you to put into your cutter's hands the rough sketch which I send with this ; and will you allow it to be introduced to the notice of your readers , as an illustration of the Bawdrick , or ...
... things must feel thankful to you . May I ask you to put into your cutter's hands the rough sketch which I send with this ; and will you allow it to be introduced to the notice of your readers , as an illustration of the Bawdrick , or ...
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... thing ) , for it is at B that the clapper swings . " Still it is well to have got the thing shewn to the public , and H. T. E. thanks G. W. , and supposes all blunders must be set down to his correspondent's fault of indistinct writing ...
... thing ) , for it is at B that the clapper swings . " Still it is well to have got the thing shewn to the public , and H. T. E. thanks G. W. , and supposes all blunders must be set down to his correspondent's fault of indistinct writing ...
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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.
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