Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the PublisherG. Willis, 1855 |
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... land of Sinim . " WE find , in the Chinese language , numerous words recording the most remarkable events that have since taken place , and some few , even before the time of the universal deluge : among these , there are some which ...
... land of Sinim . " WE find , in the Chinese language , numerous words recording the most remarkable events that have since taken place , and some few , even before the time of the universal deluge : among these , there are some which ...
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... land . The song in question was written for the celebration of Lord Melville's acquittal , and sung at a dinner given in Edinburgh for that purpose on the 27th of June , 1806 . Mr. Fox at that time was not known to be ill , nor did his ...
... land . The song in question was written for the celebration of Lord Melville's acquittal , and sung at a dinner given in Edinburgh for that purpose on the 27th of June , 1806 . Mr. Fox at that time was not known to be ill , nor did his ...
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... land of his birth , from which , in common with all his caste , he had received usages that might have turned the blood to gall , if the blood and spirit of his race had been like that of the rest of the sons of Adam . ARNOLD OF BRESCIA ...
... land of his birth , from which , in common with all his caste , he had received usages that might have turned the blood to gall , if the blood and spirit of his race had been like that of the rest of the sons of Adam . ARNOLD OF BRESCIA ...
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... lands 170 dozen of trouts . One day , 19 dozen and a half , another 7 dozen . I , one morning , killed 10 trouts that weighed nine pounds . In Loch Awe , in three days , I killed 76 pounds weight of fish , all with the fly . The E Gael ...
... lands 170 dozen of trouts . One day , 19 dozen and a half , another 7 dozen . I , one morning , killed 10 trouts that weighed nine pounds . In Loch Awe , in three days , I killed 76 pounds weight of fish , all with the fly . The E Gael ...
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... land , or house stead , situated upon the Key , on the north - east , adjoining to the Ducking Stool , on said Key ... land amidst the waves , Whose sons are fam'd in story , Who never were , nor will be slaves ; Nor shrink from death ...
... land , or house stead , situated upon the Key , on the north - east , adjoining to the Ducking Stool , on said Key ... land amidst the waves , Whose sons are fam'd in story , Who never were , nor will be slaves ; Nor shrink from death ...
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Página 76 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Página 6 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Página 61 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 72 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Página 72 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If...
Página 45 - ... letters, in the same manner as the hours of the day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate. They then fixed one of the needles on each of these plates in such a manner that it could move round without impediment, so as to touch any of the four and twenty letters.
Página 36 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 32 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Página 45 - If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the...
Página 61 - This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.