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Pagina 2
... probably not a Cornubian ! The interrogative point , or note of interroga- tion , probably derived from the Greek , occurs frequently in Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique , 4to . 1553 . Some reader of your " NOTES AND QUERIES , " better ...
... probably not a Cornubian ! The interrogative point , or note of interroga- tion , probably derived from the Greek , occurs frequently in Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique , 4to . 1553 . Some reader of your " NOTES AND QUERIES , " better ...
Pagina 6
... probably understand to whom I refer . Reserving for a future occasion some observa- tions on the manner in which our English anti- quaries have hitherto overlooked the materials illustrative of our popular literature , our popular ...
... probably understand to whom I refer . Reserving for a future occasion some observa- tions on the manner in which our English anti- quaries have hitherto overlooked the materials illustrative of our popular literature , our popular ...
Pagina 9
... probably pre- served to the present day in the names of the fields in which they stood . How many Mickle Thorn coppices , and Broad Oak pastures , and Long Tree meadows , and Old Yew pieces are scattered over the country . How many ...
... probably pre- served to the present day in the names of the fields in which they stood . How many Mickle Thorn coppices , and Broad Oak pastures , and Long Tree meadows , and Old Yew pieces are scattered over the country . How many ...
Pagina 32
... probably on account of the supposition that the life of the bishop was aimed at ; so much so , that the extraordinary step was taken of pass- ing an Act of Parliament , retrospective in its en- actments as against the culprit ( who is ...
... probably on account of the supposition that the life of the bishop was aimed at ; so much so , that the extraordinary step was taken of pass- ing an Act of Parliament , retrospective in its en- actments as against the culprit ( who is ...
Pagina 38
... probably of the fourteenth or fifteenth century . M Collars of SS . ( Vol . iv . , pp . 147. 236. ) . — In compliance with the wish of MR . E. Foss , that all information bearing on this subject might be sent to you , I beg to state ...
... probably of the fourteenth or fifteenth century . M Collars of SS . ( Vol . iv . , pp . 147. 236. ) . — In compliance with the wish of MR . E. Foss , that all information bearing on this subject might be sent to you , I beg to state ...
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Pagina 76 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Pagina 336 - A little child, a limber elf, Singing, dancing to itself, A fairy thing with red round cheeks, That always finds, and never seeks, Makes such a vision to the sight As fills a father's eyes with light...
Pagina 32 - And I will come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Pagina 175 - The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place...
Pagina 293 - I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; The reason why I cannot tell ; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell," who rudely called Hobbes " irritabile illud ct vanissimum Malmsburiense animal.
Pagina 116 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a papermill.
Pagina 129 - Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one supreme head and king having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial crown of the same, unto whom a body politic, compact of all sorts and degrees of people divided in terms and by names of spiritualty and temporalty, be bounden and owe to bear next to God a natural and humble obedience...
Pagina 151 - It is astonishing how little obsolete the language of it is, even at this day ; and in point of perspicuity and noble simplicity, propriety of idiom, and purity of style, no English version has yet surpassed it.
Pagina 107 - The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow : at first to the ear The warble was low, and full and clear; And floating about the under-sky, Prevailing in weakness the coronach...
Pagina 99 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...