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... passage from the Achilleis of Statius in the first century of our era , and in the Deipnosophiste of Athenæus a century later . Selden ( De Diis Syris ) , too , establishes the identity of Lilith and Diana . The use of the word volatica ...
... passage from the Achilleis of Statius in the first century of our era , and in the Deipnosophiste of Athenæus a century later . Selden ( De Diis Syris ) , too , establishes the identity of Lilith and Diana . The use of the word volatica ...
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... passage : - ,, " Ha , sirrah ; you'll be master , you'll wear the yellow , You'll be an over - seer ? marry , shall ye ! where , certainly , it does not mean to be jealous , but evidently refers to the colour worn by people in authority ...
... passage : - ,, " Ha , sirrah ; you'll be master , you'll wear the yellow , You'll be an over - seer ? marry , shall ye ! where , certainly , it does not mean to be jealous , but evidently refers to the colour worn by people in authority ...
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... passage ; but it appears to me that the phrase is expressive , and that when Dyce remarks " that King Midas ...... is the only human being on record to whom the epithet could be applied , " he is guilty of an unjustifiable assertion and ...
... passage ; but it appears to me that the phrase is expressive , and that when Dyce remarks " that King Midas ...... is the only human being on record to whom the epithet could be applied , " he is guilty of an unjustifiable assertion and ...
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... passage : - 66 For " Well then ( quoth Maister Moore ) how say you in this matter ? What think ye to be the cause of these shelves and flats that stoppe up Sandwich haven ? For sooth Sir ( quoth he ) I am an old man , I thinke that ...
... passage : - 66 For " Well then ( quoth Maister Moore ) how say you in this matter ? What think ye to be the cause of these shelves and flats that stoppe up Sandwich haven ? For sooth Sir ( quoth he ) I am an old man , I thinke that ...
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... passage on the same subject in the text of the poem , and was elaborated into a separate pamphlet , with addi- tions , and was published the same year as that in which the poem was privately printed ( 1813 ) . I believe the treatise was ...
... passage on the same subject in the text of the poem , and was elaborated into a separate pamphlet , with addi- tions , and was published the same year as that in which the poem was privately printed ( 1813 ) . I believe the treatise was ...
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Página 113 - Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Página 394 - Who, capable of no articulate sound, Mars all things with his imitative lisp...
Página 208 - Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding a pawn, thought to gain a queen of me, taking advantage of my honest endeavours; and whilst I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith.
Página 363 - ... tis only her plan to catch if she can the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production on a new construction : she has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come with a sugar plumb.
Página 182 - Vagabond above the age of fourteen years shall be adjudged to be grievously whipped and burned through the Gristle of the right Ear with a hot Iron of the Compass of an Inch, unless some credible Person will take him into Service for a Year.
Página 61 - The Encyclopaedic Dictionary. A New and Original Work of Reference to all the Words in the English Language, with a Full Account of their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use.
Página 60 - He is made one with Nature : there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird ; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own ; Which wields the world with never wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Página 200 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 266 - Bui, at home, by ill temper. She was a professed enemy to flattery, and was seldom known to praise or commend ; But, the talents in which she principally excelled, were difference of opinion, and discovering flaws and imperfections. She was an admirable economist, and, without prodigality, dispensed plenty to every person in her family ; But, would sacrifice their eyes to a farthing candle. She sometimes made her husband happy with her good qualities ; But, much more frequently miserable with her...
Página 133 - Church; and as for our good people's lawful recreation, our pleasure likewise is, that after the end of divine service our good people be not disturbed, letted, or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as dancing, either men or women; archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any other such harmless recreation, nor from having of May-games, Whitsun-ales, and Morris-dances, and the setting up of Maypoles and other sports therewith used, so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without...