The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volumen1William Oxberry 1822 |
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... weight in gold ; whereas , now , it is only the gift of Sir Francis Wythers ! THE TEMPLE CHURCH Was founded by the Templars in the time of King Hen- ry II . upon the model of the Holy Sepulchre OR , ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF ANECDOTE . 1.5.
... weight in gold ; whereas , now , it is only the gift of Sir Francis Wythers ! THE TEMPLE CHURCH Was founded by the Templars in the time of King Hen- ry II . upon the model of the Holy Sepulchre OR , ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF ANECDOTE . 1.5.
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... ( King Stephen . ) The Coffin of a rigid shape is the tomb of William Plantagenet , fifth son of Henry III . It is conjectured that three of the others are , William Earl of Pembroke , and his sons William and Gilbert , like- wise Earls ...
... ( King Stephen . ) The Coffin of a rigid shape is the tomb of William Plantagenet , fifth son of Henry III . It is conjectured that three of the others are , William Earl of Pembroke , and his sons William and Gilbert , like- wise Earls ...
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... King - Making " Earl of Warwick , lived in Warwick - lane . His statue is now in the front of a house there . STREETS IN LONDON IN THE SAXON TIMES . London is mentioned by Bede as the metropolis of the East Saxons in the year 504 ...
... King - Making " Earl of Warwick , lived in Warwick - lane . His statue is now in the front of a house there . STREETS IN LONDON IN THE SAXON TIMES . London is mentioned by Bede as the metropolis of the East Saxons in the year 504 ...
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... King is said to have two cottages which pay xxd . a year to his vicecomes . Tanner , in the Notitia Monastica , refers to a charter dated so long back as 1287 , in which the grant of a place near Oldbourne , where the Black Friars had ...
... King is said to have two cottages which pay xxd . a year to his vicecomes . Tanner , in the Notitia Monastica , refers to a charter dated so long back as 1287 , in which the grant of a place near Oldbourne , where the Black Friars had ...
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... King Edward IV . to Lord Hastings . COURT OF EXCHEQUER . The old ornamental tapestry which hangs over the Judi- cial Seat in this court was originally a covering to Queen Elizabeth's state beds , and sold by one of the domestics of the ...
... King Edward IV . to Lord Hastings . COURT OF EXCHEQUER . The old ornamental tapestry which hangs over the Judi- cial Seat in this court was originally a covering to Queen Elizabeth's state beds , and sold by one of the domestics of the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 111 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 43 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Página 287 - Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 101 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Página 168 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 47 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Página 58 - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Página 78 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Página 77 - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a woman's first and early love.
Página 286 - Zounds, sir, you are robb'd ; for shame, put on your gown ; Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul ; Even now, very now, an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.