Notes and QueriesOxford University Press, 1923 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 7
... letter in Bridgen's writing , evidently intended that periodical , concerning this very model . It appears that ... Letters , ed . Mrs. Paget Toynbee , vol . xi . pp . 295 , 296 , 320 , and vol . xii . p . 109 . He died 2 Sept. , 1804 ...
... letter in Bridgen's writing , evidently intended that periodical , concerning this very model . It appears that ... Letters , ed . Mrs. Paget Toynbee , vol . xi . pp . 295 , 296 , 320 , and vol . xii . p . 109 . He died 2 Sept. , 1804 ...
Page 16
... Letters ' at hand , tained in Coulton's Social Life in Britain ' but the following quotation from them , con- ( Cambridge University Press , 1918 ) , p . 442 , from a letter dated 1443 from M. Paston to throws some light on Q. V.'s ...
... Letters ' at hand , tained in Coulton's Social Life in Britain ' but the following quotation from them , con- ( Cambridge University Press , 1918 ) , p . 442 , from a letter dated 1443 from M. Paston to throws some light on Q. V.'s ...
Page 29
... letter . The graceful beauty of the lines drew instant and generous recog- Literary Supplement , Feb. 2 , 1922 ) : nition from Mr. Bayfield , who said ( Times For delicacy of finish these lines , with their inexhaustible variety of ...
... letter . The graceful beauty of the lines drew instant and generous recog- Literary Supplement , Feb. 2 , 1922 ) : nition from Mr. Bayfield , who said ( Times For delicacy of finish these lines , with their inexhaustible variety of ...
Page 36
... letter printed in Thurloe's State Papers , ' and dated 21st July , 1653 , a similar couplet relating to " 6 There were the trial of one John Lilburne . many tickets thrown about , says the letter , with these words , And what , shall ...
... letter printed in Thurloe's State Papers , ' and dated 21st July , 1653 , a similar couplet relating to " 6 There were the trial of one John Lilburne . many tickets thrown about , says the letter , with these words , And what , shall ...
Page 43
... Letter of John Newton of Olney , 1781 - Chinese Witnesses , 50 Court Leet , 51 . QUERIES : -Graffiti of Ships in Old ... Letters of George Ham- mond - Nursery Rhyme : Origin Wanted - Julian Hibbert - Folk - lore : Cauls - The Monkey Tree ...
... Letter of John Newton of Olney , 1781 - Chinese Witnesses , 50 Court Leet , 51 . QUERIES : -Graffiti of Ships in Old ... Letters of George Ham- mond - Nursery Rhyme : Origin Wanted - Julian Hibbert - Folk - lore : Cauls - The Monkey Tree ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. W. VERRALL Abbey aged Anne appears arms autograph Awdry BENSLY Beowulf Bishop Booksellers born Bridgen Bridgnorth brother Bucks buried Capt Catalogues century Charles Chettle Child & Co Church Colonel copy Cork correspondent County Court Crowther daughter death Delamar died Dublin Earl edition Edward Elizabeth England English father France George give Henry Henry Chettle High Street High Wycombe House Index interest issue James Jane John Phaire July June King land letter London Lord marriage married Mary mentioned Notes and Queries original Oxford parish Peck poem portrait post free printed published Publisher's Cloth reader records reference Richard Richard Dalton Richardson Robert Phaire ROBERT PIERPOINT Royal ruled or plain Samuel Samuel Crowther Samuel Richardson says Sept Thomas Thomas Phaire tion volume WAINEWRIGHT wife William writes
Popular passages
Page 25 - ... first happen. Now all the Rest and Residue of my personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (having no Real Estate to dispose of) I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Catherine Brown Widow and Relict of the late Colonel James Brown deceased and I do institute and appoint my good friend Henry Furness of the parish of St. James Westminster in the County of Middlesex...
Page 391 - ... and admirable arrangements of the Almighty in the formation of this globe, and, at the same time, the arrogance of mortals, in presuming to account, by their speculations, for the laws by which he was pleased to create it.
Page 134 - NEWGATE'S GARLAND: Being a new Ballad, showing how Mr. Jonathan Wild's Throat was cut from Ear to Ear, with a Penknife, by Mr. Blake, alias Blueskin, the bold Highwayman, as he stood at his Trial in the Old Bailey, 1725. TO THE TUNE OF THE CUTPURSE.
Page 218 - THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE : Or, a relation of a young man, who, a month after his death, appeared to his sweetheart, and carried her on horseback behind him for forty miles in two hours, and was never seen after but in his grave.
Page 119 - ... Afore the smoke-stacks fell, — And Bludso's ghost went up alone In the smoke of the Prairie Belle. He weren't no saint, — but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim, 'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him. He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing, — And went for it thar and then ; And Christ ain'ta going to be too hard On a man that died for men.
Page 64 - That ever he takes in hand; For we are all his servants, And all at his command. Drink, boys, drink, and see you do not spill, For if you do, you must drink two, — it is your master's will. Now our harvest is ended, And supper is past ; Here's our mistress' good health, In a full flowing glass!
Page 265 - Honour and youth attend to do their duty To thee, their only sovereign beauty. Beauty, arise, whilst we, thy servants, sing lo to Hymen, wedlock's jocund king. lo to Hymen, lo, lo, sing, Of wedlock, love, and youth, is Hymen king. Beauty, arise, thy glorious lights display, Whilst we sing lo, glad to see this day. lo, lo, to Hymen, lo, lo, sing, Of wedlock, love, and youth, is Hymen king.
Page 264 - Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers? O sweet content! Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed? O punishment! Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vexed To add to golden numbers, golden numbers?
Page 228 - But, as a brother officer, I beg to record my admiration of his conduct in the moment of peril and danger, and his energy and resources entitle him to high professional credit. At one time I find him surrounded by hostile natives and dreading an attack, yet forbearing to fire, and the savages awed and subdued by the solemnity of his party kneeling down in prayer. At another, having failed to heave off his boat when on the rocks, he digs a channel under her, and diverts a...
Page 160 - Cambridge scholars in 1868, came to an end with ite 35th volume in 1920. An index to the whole series has now been compiled under the auspices of the Cambridge Classical Society.