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... for compliments," and whose voice and manner in speaking were such that
they who heard and saw him always supposed that he was angry — such a man
seems very unlikely to have been gifted with the slightest predisposition for
drollery.
... for compliments," and whose voice and manner in speaking were such that
they who heard and saw him always supposed that he was angry — such a man
seems very unlikely to have been gifted with the slightest predisposition for
drollery.
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They were apparently intended to be worked up into the designed work. We next
have' a Latin Charter of Liberties, supposed to have been granted to the College
by the Emperor of Morea. There are among the Eipers two drafts of this charter.
They were apparently intended to be worked up into the designed work. We next
have' a Latin Charter of Liberties, supposed to have been granted to the College
by the Emperor of Morea. There are among the Eipers two drafts of this charter.
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He was one of Cromwell's officers in Ireland, where it is to be supposed -that he
did good service, as he was rewarded with the estate of Castle Car- bery, near
Edenderry, the name of which he changed, according to the fashion of the times,
...
He was one of Cromwell's officers in Ireland, where it is to be supposed -that he
did good service, as he was rewarded with the estate of Castle Car- bery, near
Edenderry, the name of which he changed, according to the fashion of the times,
...
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A Freemason's Lodge ; or, the Impenetrable Secret.' By a Sworn Brother. The
supposed ceremony and probable consequences of what is called 'making a
mason.' Represents the master of the lodge with a red- hot salamander in his
hand, ...
A Freemason's Lodge ; or, the Impenetrable Secret.' By a Sworn Brother. The
supposed ceremony and probable consequences of what is called 'making a
mason.' Represents the master of the lodge with a red- hot salamander in his
hand, ...
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Sir Walter Scott, in his Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, mentions a trial
and execution for this supposed crime which took place in Scotland of a date six
years later than the English case referred to by Pelagius. In 1722, the Sheriff- ...
Sir Walter Scott, in his Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, mentions a trial
and execution for this supposed crime which took place in Scotland of a date six
years later than the English case referred to by Pelagius. In 1722, the Sheriff- ...
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Seite 338 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Seite 389 - THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, as exemplified in Works of Art, with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament.
Seite 425 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
Seite 30 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Seite 341 - I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Seite 43 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Seite 388 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play; For some must watch, while some must sleep; So runs the world away.
Seite 300 - Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.
Seite 338 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Seite 307 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.