The Antiquary, Volume 4Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson E. Stock, 1881 |
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... writing and news - gathering we are indebted for many historical details which , but for him , would have been lost to us . The first published notice of the existence of this State Paper occurs in the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ...
... writing and news - gathering we are indebted for many historical details which , but for him , would have been lost to us . The first published notice of the existence of this State Paper occurs in the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ...
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... written , and which is still undetermined , was nearing the commencement of its decay , but was still in its splendour , and realized in this abbey a wonderful degree of charm which age and sacrilege have not been able to destroy , but ...
... written , and which is still undetermined , was nearing the commencement of its decay , but was still in its splendour , and realized in this abbey a wonderful degree of charm which age and sacrilege have not been able to destroy , but ...
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... writing his sermons in the schoolroom , and on one occasion he was soundly cuffed by " Old Pam " in the dark . In revenge Mr. Smith left some brandy on the master's desk , the bait took , and next time he visited the school " Pam " was ...
... writing his sermons in the schoolroom , and on one occasion he was soundly cuffed by " Old Pam " in the dark . In revenge Mr. Smith left some brandy on the master's desk , the bait took , and next time he visited the school " Pam " was ...
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... writing can doubt . There is a strength and directness in every line that contrasts remarkably with the ordinary writing of his time , and his associates are gibbeted in his two Testaments with considerable impartiality . Mr. Payne is ...
... writing can doubt . There is a strength and directness in every line that contrasts remarkably with the ordinary writing of his time , and his associates are gibbeted in his two Testaments with considerable impartiality . Mr. Payne is ...
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... written on bad paper severall names have been lost and as many as were legible are transcribed in this Book which was bought upon ye parish charge by ye wardens and the vicar . Mr. Norris then in being in ye year of our Lord God 1712 ...
... written on bad paper severall names have been lost and as many as were legible are transcribed in this Book which was bought upon ye parish charge by ye wardens and the vicar . Mr. Norris then in being in ye year of our Lord God 1712 ...
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Page 175 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Page 62 - Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner.
Page 176 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Page 180 - I sat viewing the silver streams glide silently towards their centre, the tempestuous sea ; yet sometimes opposed by rugged roots and pebble-stones, which broke their waves, and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams. As...
Page 143 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Page 9 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory, and the good of this plantation.
Page 128 - Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that, to turn the book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out.
Page 249 - It is not perhaps generally known that to Mr. Griffith Jones, and a brother of his, Mr. Giles Jones, in conjunction with Mr. John Newbery, the public are indebted for the origin of those numerous and popular little books for the amusement and instruction of children which have been ever since received with universal approbation...
Page 45 - And they who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 151 - In conclusion, we report to your Majesty that there prevails amongst the inhabitants of a great majority of the incorporated towns a general, and, in our opinion, a just dissatisfaction with their municipal institutions ; a distrust of the self-elected municipal councils, whose powers are subject to no popular control, and whose acts and proceedings being secret, are unchecked by the influence of public opinion...