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... called in question - when one correspondent says that " Mark Lemon's father was called Martin Lemon , " and that " there was never any change in the family name , " whilst another , in the very same column of N. & Q , ' affirms it as no ...
... called in question - when one correspondent says that " Mark Lemon's father was called Martin Lemon , " and that " there was never any change in the family name , " whilst another , in the very same column of N. & Q , ' affirms it as no ...
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... called his ' Satisfactio , ' addressed from prison to Guthamundus or Gunda- mond , King of the Vandals , and is as follows : - Tempore , luna suo crescit uel deficit orbe , Cuius ad ætatem plurima lege notant . Nam luna crescente fretum ...
... called his ' Satisfactio , ' addressed from prison to Guthamundus or Gunda- mond , King of the Vandals , and is as follows : - Tempore , luna suo crescit uel deficit orbe , Cuius ad ætatem plurima lege notant . Nam luna crescente fretum ...
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... called a sneath . H. DELEVINgne . Castle Hill , Berkhampstead . In Scotland and the north of Ireland snead is the name given to the handle of a scythe . The word is also used in the same sense in Cumberland , and probably in several ...
... called a sneath . H. DELEVINgne . Castle Hill , Berkhampstead . In Scotland and the north of Ireland snead is the name given to the handle of a scythe . The word is also used in the same sense in Cumberland , and probably in several ...
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... called after another pre- viously dead . Edward III . and Queen Philippa are also stated to have had five daughters . W. CLARKE ROBINSON . Durham , may ultimately be found , are acknowledged . ] [ Many other communications , for some of ...
... called after another pre- viously dead . Edward III . and Queen Philippa are also stated to have had five daughters . W. CLARKE ROBINSON . Durham , may ultimately be found , are acknowledged . ] [ Many other communications , for some of ...
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... called Robinson and Cruso . O. W. TANCOCK . Norwich . " THE LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER .'- I had fondly supposed that this song had special connexion with Lincolnshire , and that the hero was a worthy of that county . I read , however , in ...
... called Robinson and Cruso . O. W. TANCOCK . Norwich . " THE LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER .'- I had fondly supposed that this song had special connexion with Lincolnshire , and that the hero was a worthy of that county . I read , however , in ...
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Página 106 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 203 - Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.
Página 338 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 212 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea...
Página 24 - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Página 338 - Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd...
Página 204 - Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks ; And these are but the shatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one. Nor blame I Death, because he bare The use of virtue out of earth ; I know transplanted human worth Will bloom to profit, otherwhere.
Página 193 - slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word.
Página 54 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Página 7 - To show their particular aversion to it, they branded this form of writing with the name of an egotism; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians. The most violent egotism which I have met with in the course of my reading, is that of cardinal Wolsey, ego et rex meus,