The History and Poetry of Finger-rings

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Redfield, 1855 - 239 Seiten
 

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Seite 147 - And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Seite 60 - And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den ; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords ; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Seite 12 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck...
Seite 181 - Your Grace in short space shall hear tidings of me, Or that low lies the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.
Seite 107 - He put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils; and when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Seite 57 - I GAVE to Hope a watch of mine ; but he An anchor gave to me.
Seite 225 - With ardour as intense and pure, As when amidst the rites divine I took thy troth, and plighted mine, To thee, sweet girl, my second ring, A token and a pledge I bring ; With this I wed, till death us part, Thy riper virtues to my heart; These virtues, which before untried, The wife has added to the bride; Those virtues, whose progressive claim, Endearing wedlock's very name, My soul enjoys, my song approves, For conscience
Seite 202 - That us'd to break up ground, and dig) The bride to nothing but her will, That nulls the. after-marriage still: 310 Some were for th...
Seite 120 - ... and intimated to my reader, that it was at present in my possession, though I have not since made any use of it. The tradition concerning this ring is very romantic, and taken notice of both by Plato and Tully, who each of them make an admirable use of it for the advancement of morality. This Gyges was the master shepherd to king Candaules. As he was wandering over the plains of Lydia, he saw a great chasm in the earth, and had the curiosity to enter it. After having descended pretty far into...

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