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... Charles Cotton's witticism on her head - dress , and his losing her estate by his humour , I can scarcely reconcile it with the fact that she had children of her own , unless she intended to disinherit them for the sake of her nephew ...
... Charles Cotton's witticism on her head - dress , and his losing her estate by his humour , I can scarcely reconcile it with the fact that she had children of her own , unless she intended to disinherit them for the sake of her nephew ...
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... Charles's days , The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease . " It is not poetry , says Butler , that makes men poor , for men have taken to wit only to avoid be- ing idle . " It is not poetry that makes men poor ; For few do write that ...
... Charles's days , The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease . " It is not poetry , says Butler , that makes men poor , for men have taken to wit only to avoid be- ing idle . " It is not poetry that makes men poor ; For few do write that ...
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... Charles II . , This coin was engraved by Roetier , and the figure of Britannia is said by Evelyn to bear a strong resemblance to the Duchess of Richmond . " Monsieur Roti ( graver to his late Majesty Charles II . ) so accurately ...
... Charles II . , This coin was engraved by Roetier , and the figure of Britannia is said by Evelyn to bear a strong resemblance to the Duchess of Richmond . " Monsieur Roti ( graver to his late Majesty Charles II . ) so accurately ...
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... Charles Poree of the Society of Jesus . Translated by Mr. Lockman . " 8vo , London , 1731 , pp . 111 . some work of authority containing a full and ac- curate description of the different games . If such a work does not exist , I ...
... Charles Poree of the Society of Jesus . Translated by Mr. Lockman . " 8vo , London , 1731 , pp . 111 . some work of authority containing a full and ac- curate description of the different games . If such a work does not exist , I ...
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... Charles II . Of this there is good evidence . See Visitation of Essex , 1634 , in the College of Arms ; Funeral Certificates , Col- lege of Arms ; Dagenham Parish Registers ; Harvey Wills at Doctors ' Commons ; Barking Manor Court Rolls ...
... Charles II . Of this there is good evidence . See Visitation of Essex , 1634 , in the College of Arms ; Funeral Certificates , Col- lege of Arms ; Dagenham Parish Registers ; Harvey Wills at Doctors ' Commons ; Barking Manor Court Rolls ...
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Page 338 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 389 - THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, as exemplified in Works of Art, with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament.
Page 425 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Page 30 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 341 - I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 43 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Page 388 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play; For some must watch, while some must sleep; So runs the world away.
Page 300 - Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.
Page 338 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 307 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.