Two lectures read before the Essay society of Exeter college, Oxford [by R.J. King.].private distribution, 1840 - 100 sider |
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... brought forward for the pur- pose of shewing how completely the religion of the North was bound up with the ordinary habits and modes of think- ing of its votaries . At first sight , therefore , it would not appear improbable , that ...
... brought forward for the pur- pose of shewing how completely the religion of the North was bound up with the ordinary habits and modes of think- ing of its votaries . At first sight , therefore , it would not appear improbable , that ...
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... brought before the King , who appointed him to attend on his son : all the men of the country were well pro- portioned and of a fair complexion , with long hair falling on their shoulders : they had horses and greyhounds adapted to ...
... brought before the King , who appointed him to attend on his son : all the men of the country were well pro- portioned and of a fair complexion , with long hair falling on their shoulders : they had horses and greyhounds adapted to ...
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... of his conduct before the King , it was agreed , that unless within a twelvemonth and a day he brought his leman into the presence of the Knights of King Arthur's court , he should be hanged as a thief . Time passed on , and the 16.
... of his conduct before the King , it was agreed , that unless within a twelvemonth and a day he brought his leman into the presence of the Knights of King Arthur's court , he should be hanged as a thief . Time passed on , and the 16.
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... brought againe before the Kinge's majestie , and confessed that she , with a great many other witches , went to sea , each one in a riddle or cive , and went in the same verie substantiallie , with flaggons of wine , making merrie and ...
... brought againe before the Kinge's majestie , and confessed that she , with a great many other witches , went to sea , each one in a riddle or cive , and went in the same verie substantiallie , with flaggons of wine , making merrie and ...
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... brought with me but a few of these , they would have been of more value than all we could hope for in a thousand wrecks : but they were so closely wedged in , and so strongly cemented by time , that they were not to be unfastened . I ...
... brought with me but a few of these , they would have been of more value than all we could hope for in a thousand wrecks : but they were so closely wedged in , and so strongly cemented by time , that they were not to be unfastened . I ...
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Side 80 - It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. "Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 71 - As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged course o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold...
Side 87 - Then anon they heard cracking and crying of thunder, that them thought the place should all to-drive. In the midst of this blast entered a sunbeam more clearer by seven times than ever they saw day, and all they were alighted of the grace of the Holy Ghost.
Side 29 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 530 Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heaven the welkin burns.
Side 14 - To wake the bounding stag, or guilty wolf, There oft is heard, at midnight, or at noon, Beginning faint, but rising still more loud, And nearer, voice of hunters, and of hounds, And horns, hoarse-winded, blowing far and keen :— Forthwith the hubbub multiplies ; the gale Labours with wilder shrieks, and rifer din Of hot pursuit ; the broken cry of deer Mangled by throttling dogs ; the shouts of men, And hoofs, thick beating on the hollow hill.
Side 80 - Their beds are made in the heavens high, Down at the foot of our good lord's knee, Weel set about wi' gillyflowers : , I wot sweet company for to see.
Side 41 - For not to have been dipt in Lethe lake Could save the sonne of Thetis from to die...