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... interesting subject in anything more than a superficial manner . " Mr. Turner exhibits much learning and research , and he has consequently laid before the reader much interesting information . It is a book that was wanted , and that ...
... interesting subject in anything more than a superficial manner . " Mr. Turner exhibits much learning and research , and he has consequently laid before the reader much interesting information . It is a book that was wanted , and that ...
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There are many interesting superstitions con- nected with springs and wells , and , like most of superstition , there is a basis of truth when under- stood . There were sacred wells in ancient days , and there are numerous holy wells in ...
There are many interesting superstitions con- nected with springs and wells , and , like most of superstition , there is a basis of truth when under- stood . There were sacred wells in ancient days , and there are numerous holy wells in ...
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... interesting series of papers might be written on the mistakes of Aristotle , and other ancient naturalists , and on the numerous instances which have hitherto been considered as mistakes , but which the light of modern science has shown ...
... interesting series of papers might be written on the mistakes of Aristotle , and other ancient naturalists , and on the numerous instances which have hitherto been considered as mistakes , but which the light of modern science has shown ...
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... interesting Notes tend greatly to bring one better acquainted with his own library . On reading that of your correspondent F. R. A. ( p . 581. ) I reached me down my copy of Hope's Thoughts , and began to turn it over with increased ...
... interesting Notes tend greatly to bring one better acquainted with his own library . On reading that of your correspondent F. R. A. ( p . 581. ) I reached me down my copy of Hope's Thoughts , and began to turn it over with increased ...
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... interesting object . At a short distance Ferré , a tree called the Meleye , whose age cannot be less than 800 years . The forest of Parey , Saint Ouen , canton de Bulgneville , in the depart- ment of the Vosges , is celebrated for a ...
... interesting object . At a short distance Ferré , a tree called the Meleye , whose age cannot be less than 800 years . The forest of Parey , Saint Ouen , canton de Bulgneville , in the depart- ment of the Vosges , is celebrated for a ...
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Pàgina 341 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage, and that all the walls With painted imagery had said at once ' Jesu preserve thee ! welcome, Bolingbroke ! Whilst he, from the one side to the other turning, Bareheaded, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus ; ' I thank you, countrymen : ' And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along.
Pàgina 235 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Pàgina 197 - But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces : for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Pàgina 235 - Historical Treasury; comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation that exists ; their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, the Moral and Social Character of their respective Inhabitants, their Religion, Manners and Customs, &c.
Pàgina 82 - Upon their separating from one another into distant countries, they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day, and to converse with one another by means of this their invention. Accordingly when they were some hundred miles asunder, each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate.
Pàgina 235 - Haydn's Book of Dignities : Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Judicial, Military, Naval, and Municipal, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. Together with the Sovereigns of Europe, from the Foundation of their respective States ; the Peerage and Nobility of Great Britain ; &c. Being a New Edition, improved and continued, of Beatson's Political Index.
Pàgina 166 - Rich's Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon : Forming a Glossary of all the Words representing Visible Objects connected with the Arts, Manufactures, and Every-day Life of the Ancients.
Pàgina 122 - 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 base of Heaven's deep organ blow ; And, with your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Pàgina 122 - Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold : There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. Enter Musicians. Come, ho ! and wake Diana with a hymn : With sweetest touches pierce your mistress' ear And draw her home with music.
Pàgina 166 - Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo., 2os. net. LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS, as represented in the Fine Arts, comprising the Benedictines and Augustines, and Orders derived from their Rules, the Mendicant Orders, the Jesuits, and the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary.