The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Volumen2William H. Colyer, 1844 |
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... Henry VIII . , made a considerable change in the forms of marriage , for it was no longer considered a sacrament . The following is a curious description and ac- count of a lady's wedding clothes : WEDDING CLOTHES . " The wedding ...
... Henry VIII . , made a considerable change in the forms of marriage , for it was no longer considered a sacrament . The following is a curious description and ac- count of a lady's wedding clothes : WEDDING CLOTHES . " The wedding ...
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... Henry VIII . It was formed to surround a spacious court , was moated round with terraces , and the other usual appendages of that period . According to the derivation of the name , the family was Saxon . He received the billet - doux in ...
... Henry VIII . It was formed to surround a spacious court , was moated round with terraces , and the other usual appendages of that period . According to the derivation of the name , the family was Saxon . He received the billet - doux in ...
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... Henry VI.'s reign . Its length is seven inches , breadth six inches , height two and a quarter , and is made to open at nearly half its apparent thickness . On the lid , which contains the principal subject , is a representation of the ...
... Henry VI.'s reign . Its length is seven inches , breadth six inches , height two and a quarter , and is made to open at nearly half its apparent thickness . On the lid , which contains the principal subject , is a representation of the ...
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... Henry I. at Woodstock , in Oxford- shire , seven miles in circumference , and walled round with stone . The next was by a subject , Henry , Earl of Warwick , ( at Wedgnock ) near that Borough . At the time of the reformation , the see ...
... Henry I. at Woodstock , in Oxford- shire , seven miles in circumference , and walled round with stone . The next was by a subject , Henry , Earl of Warwick , ( at Wedgnock ) near that Borough . At the time of the reformation , the see ...
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... Henry , Prince of Wales , wherein he sets forth what pastimes he ought to pur- sue , both indoors and out ; he says : " Certainly bodily exercises and games are very commendable , as well for banishing of idle- ness , the mother of all ...
... Henry , Prince of Wales , wherein he sets forth what pastimes he ought to pur- sue , both indoors and out ; he says : " Certainly bodily exercises and games are very commendable , as well for banishing of idle- ness , the mother of all ...
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Página 284 - ... 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 254 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Página 116 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Página 99 - And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Página 78 - An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands.
Página 105 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Página 115 - How soft the music of those village bells Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ! now dying all away, Now pealing loud again and louder still, Clear and sonorous as the gale comes on.
Página 9 - Then being asked where all thy beauty lies, Where all the treasure of thy lusty days, To say within thine own deep-sunken eyes Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise. How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use, If thou couldst answer "This fair child of mine Shall sum my count and make my old excuse,' Proving his beauty by succession thine!
Página 319 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend ; This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 318 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.