The Antiquary, Bind 4Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson E. Stock, 1881 |
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Side 7
... English Channel twice in the space of twelve hours - bis accidit semper horarum XII spatio ( De Bello Gallico , iii . 12 ) -translated by Golding 300 years ago " the rysyng of the tydes which ever happened twice in twelve houres space ...
... English Channel twice in the space of twelve hours - bis accidit semper horarum XII spatio ( De Bello Gallico , iii . 12 ) -translated by Golding 300 years ago " the rysyng of the tydes which ever happened twice in twelve houres space ...
Side 9
... English Ambassador at The Hague , to whose energy and marvellous powers of letter - writing and news - gathering we are indebted for many historical details which , but for him , would have been lost to us . The first published notice ...
... English Ambassador at The Hague , to whose energy and marvellous powers of letter - writing and news - gathering we are indebted for many historical details which , but for him , would have been lost to us . The first published notice ...
Side 12
... English poet , and Michael Scot , philosopher and reputed wizard , flourished during the thirteenth century , and were intimately connected with Melrose Abbey . It is almost certain that both received a considerable part of their ...
... English poet , and Michael Scot , philosopher and reputed wizard , flourished during the thirteenth century , and were intimately connected with Melrose Abbey . It is almost certain that both received a considerable part of their ...
Side 13
... English rule . According to an inscription still decipher- able on the wall , the abbey was erected by one John Morvo , or Morow , who is thought either to have been Italian or French . The writing itself says he was born in " Parysse ...
... English rule . According to an inscription still decipher- able on the wall , the abbey was erected by one John Morvo , or Morow , who is thought either to have been Italian or French . The writing itself says he was born in " Parysse ...
Side 14
... English , in 1544 and 1545 , first pillaged the abbey and then gave it to the flames . Lords Surrey and Dacre had already attacked Melrose , but it was Lord Hertford and his officers , Sir Ralph Evers and Sir Bryan Latoun , who ...
... English , in 1544 and 1545 , first pillaged the abbey and then gave it to the flames . Lords Surrey and Dacre had already attacked Melrose , but it was Lord Hertford and his officers , Sir Ralph Evers and Sir Bryan Latoun , who ...
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Side 175 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Side 62 - Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner.
Side 176 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Side 180 - I sat viewing the silver streams glide silently towards their centre, the tempestuous sea ; yet sometimes opposed by rugged roots and pebble-stones, which broke their waves, and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams. As...
Side 143 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Side 9 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory, and the good of this plantation.
Side 128 - Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that, to turn the book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out.
Side 249 - It is not perhaps generally known that to Mr. Griffith Jones, and a brother of his, Mr. Giles Jones, in conjunction with Mr. John Newbery, the public are indebted for the origin of those numerous and popular little books for the amusement and instruction of children which have been ever since received with universal approbation...
Side 45 - And they who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Side 151 - In conclusion, we report to your Majesty that there prevails amongst the inhabitants of a great majority of the incorporated towns a general, and, in our opinion, a just dissatisfaction with their municipal institutions ; a distrust of the self-elected municipal councils, whose powers are subject to no popular control, and whose acts and proceedings being secret, are unchecked by the influence of public opinion...