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... question still nearer to the present period ; but , probably , some of your nu- merous correspondents may bring proofs of its existence yet closer to our own times : - " The Muses smiled , and gave consent : - When , whisk , at once ...
... question still nearer to the present period ; but , probably , some of your nu- merous correspondents may bring proofs of its existence yet closer to our own times : - " The Muses smiled , and gave consent : - When , whisk , at once ...
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... question . Note . The women of my parish look upon this Pro - riding the stang as a good old custom , and that it ; and the old women say it is a legal ceremony the police are very officious by interfering with if it is performed in ...
... question . Note . The women of my parish look upon this Pro - riding the stang as a good old custom , and that it ; and the old women say it is a legal ceremony the police are very officious by interfering with if it is performed in ...
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... question concerning the cloudberry ( Rubus chamamorus ) , I beg to state that it still grows abundantly on the higher portions of Pendle Hill , near Clitheroe in Lancashire ; and consequently , though it cannot be said literally " to ...
... question concerning the cloudberry ( Rubus chamamorus ) , I beg to state that it still grows abundantly on the higher portions of Pendle Hill , near Clitheroe in Lancashire ; and consequently , though it cannot be said literally " to ...
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... question . But to me it seems far more probable that the above derivation is the true one , than that recourse should have been had to Greek . I know of no contemporary of the word theodelite who formed words from Greek except John Dee ...
... question . But to me it seems far more probable that the above derivation is the true one , than that recourse should have been had to Greek . I know of no contemporary of the word theodelite who formed words from Greek except John Dee ...
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... question d'au- thenticité . Agréez , je vous prie , Monsieur , mes salutations bien sincères , G. S. TREBUtien . Bibliothèque de Caen . DENNIS : ARMA INQUIRENDA . ( 3rd S. iii . 457. ) coat of Dennis mentioned by MR . WOODWARD . I am ...
... question d'au- thenticité . Agréez , je vous prie , Monsieur , mes salutations bien sincères , G. S. TREBUtien . Bibliothèque de Caen . DENNIS : ARMA INQUIRENDA . ( 3rd S. iii . 457. ) coat of Dennis mentioned by MR . WOODWARD . I am ...
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Page 432 - When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 49 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 34 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 305 - And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Page 264 - 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 330 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 34 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 109 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery, That aptly is put on.
Page 341 - Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply .. Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny.