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... means uncommon , and might lead an inexperi- enced archæologist to pronounce the documents in which they occur spurious , whereas these very errors sometimes afford even corroborative evidence of authenticity . A note on this subject ...
... means uncommon , and might lead an inexperi- enced archæologist to pronounce the documents in which they occur spurious , whereas these very errors sometimes afford even corroborative evidence of authenticity . A note on this subject ...
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... means as early as the ninth century . " " The art of printing patterns on stuffs , by means of engraved tablets of wood or metal , was in use in Europe in the twelfth century . " These declarations only equal in boldness that of MONS ...
... means as early as the ninth century . " " The art of printing patterns on stuffs , by means of engraved tablets of wood or metal , was in use in Europe in the twelfth century . " These declarations only equal in boldness that of MONS ...
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... means scarce , very few collections of parodies have at any time appeared . I may mention Thackeray's series of Old Friends with New Faces as fulfilling the requirements of parody , though they perhaps fall short of a collection . Among ...
... means scarce , very few collections of parodies have at any time appeared . I may mention Thackeray's series of Old Friends with New Faces as fulfilling the requirements of parody , though they perhaps fall short of a collection . Among ...
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... means of support in marriage , and asks- " Will the love that you're so rich in Make a fire in the kitchen , Or the little God of Love turn the spit ? THE SWAN - SONG OF PARSON AVERY ( 4th S. vi . 493 . ) — There is a remarkable ...
... means of support in marriage , and asks- " Will the love that you're so rich in Make a fire in the kitchen , Or the little God of Love turn the spit ? THE SWAN - SONG OF PARSON AVERY ( 4th S. vi . 493 . ) — There is a remarkable ...
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... means modern ) name arise ? C. E. W. CHESS IN ENGLAND AND CHINA . - When was chess introduced into England ? What is the date of its discovery in China , or when was it first played in China ? J. WASON . [ Dr. Duncan Forbes , professor ...
... means modern ) name arise ? C. E. W. CHESS IN ENGLAND AND CHINA . - When was chess introduced into England ? What is the date of its discovery in China , or when was it first played in China ? J. WASON . [ Dr. Duncan Forbes , professor ...
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Página 329 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Página 276 - And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins : but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Página 395 - O ! it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please, Or let the easily persuaded eyes Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould Of a friend's fancy; or with head bent low And cheek aslant see rivers flow of gold 'Twixt crimson banks; and then, a traveller, go From mount to mount through Cloudland, gorgeous land! Or...
Página 50 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Página 278 - O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Página 382 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air...
Página 218 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech, That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.
Página 50 - Nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion : for so in physic things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humours.
Página 299 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Página 250 - That being restored to health of body, vigour of mind, and cheerfulness of spirit, he may be able to go to thine house, to offer thee an oblation with great gladness ; and to bless thy holy Name for all thy goodness towards him; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world without end.