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Pagina 57
... MEANING OF GROOM . In investigating the descent of two Devonshire families , I have met with four instances of persons designating themselves as groom . They were certainly well connected , and in fortune appa- rently much above the ...
... MEANING OF GROOM . In investigating the descent of two Devonshire families , I have met with four instances of persons designating themselves as groom . They were certainly well connected , and in fortune appa- rently much above the ...
Pagina 62
... meaning . The antithesis is not between flourishing and fading , but between the difficult restoration of a bold peasantry and the easy reproduction of princes and lords . The first branch of the antithesis is between wealth and men ...
... meaning . The antithesis is not between flourishing and fading , but between the difficult restoration of a bold peasantry and the easy reproduction of princes and lords . The first branch of the antithesis is between wealth and men ...
Pagina 76
... meaning of aster is a spot of light * , but he must also have taken into consideration the power of dis in producing an absolute reversal in the meaning of the word to which it may be prefixed . Thus , service is a benefit , disservice ...
... meaning of aster is a spot of light * , but he must also have taken into consideration the power of dis in producing an absolute reversal in the meaning of the word to which it may be prefixed . Thus , service is a benefit , disservice ...
Pagina 90
... meaning that in 1244 a bough from the holy wood discrevit tempora . This Pits calls an obscure reference to the time of his death , in the same sentence in which he places that time in 1256 . Very obscure indeed , if a reference to his ...
... meaning that in 1244 a bough from the holy wood discrevit tempora . This Pits calls an obscure reference to the time of his death , in the same sentence in which he places that time in 1256 . Very obscure indeed , if a reference to his ...
Pagina 92
... Meaning of ( Vol . v . , p . 57. ) . — Guma in Anglo - Saxon , and the Codex Argenteus , means simply man . Horne Tooke derives bridegroom from it . " Consider groom of the chambers , groom - porter . " Nares . Herd grooms , in ...
... Meaning of ( Vol . v . , p . 57. ) . — Guma in Anglo - Saxon , and the Codex Argenteus , means simply man . Horne Tooke derives bridegroom from it . " Consider groom of the chambers , groom - porter . " Nares . Herd grooms , in ...
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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...