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... curious . When the 3rd of November was fixed for the first appearance of " NOTES AND QUERIES , " it was little thought that it was the anniversary of the birth of John Aubrey , the most noted Querist , if not the queerest Noter , of all ...
... curious . When the 3rd of November was fixed for the first appearance of " NOTES AND QUERIES , " it was little thought that it was the anniversary of the birth of John Aubrey , the most noted Querist , if not the queerest Noter , of all ...
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... curious corroboration of the passage in Mr. Macaulay's History which describes the " young Levite's " position in society during the seventeenth century ; and as chance lately threw in my way the work from which Burton took his ...
... curious corroboration of the passage in Mr. Macaulay's History which describes the " young Levite's " position in society during the seventeenth century ; and as chance lately threw in my way the work from which Burton took his ...
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... curious and amusing paper . ] SERMONES SANCTI CAROLI BORROMEI . Sir , I have been wanting to get a sight of the following work , " Sermones Sancti Caroli Borromæi , Archiepisc . Mediol . Edidit J. A. Saxius . 5 Tom . Mediol . 1747 ...
... curious and amusing paper . ] SERMONES SANCTI CAROLI BORROMEI . Sir , I have been wanting to get a sight of the following work , " Sermones Sancti Caroli Borromæi , Archiepisc . Mediol . Edidit J. A. Saxius . 5 Tom . Mediol . 1747 ...
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... curious to see a list of the persons composing the domestic esta- blishment ( as it may be called ) of Queen Elizabeth in the middle of her reign , and an account of the sums of money severally allowed to them out of the privy purse of ...
... curious to see a list of the persons composing the domestic esta- blishment ( as it may be called ) of Queen Elizabeth in the middle of her reign , and an account of the sums of money severally allowed to them out of the privy purse of ...
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... curious stock : - 189 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT , Orders , Declarations , Pro- clamations , & c . 1657 to 1660 , the original Papers and Broadsides collected and bound in 1 vol . calf 1657-60 This very important volume contains the Acts , & c ...
... curious stock : - 189 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT , Orders , Declarations , Pro- clamations , & c . 1657 to 1660 , the original Papers and Broadsides collected and bound in 1 vol . calf 1657-60 This very important volume contains the Acts , & c ...
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Página 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge ; and in the visitation of the winds, who take the ruffian billows by the top, curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them with deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Página 129 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Página 350 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And...
Página 177 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Página 201 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But kings in wit may want discerning spirit.
Página 38 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Página 477 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Página 438 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Página 385 - He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh ; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser.