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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... never married , being wholly busied in profound studies during the prime of life , and afterwards engaged in the important business of the Mint ; Sir Isaac Newton seemed quite occupied here with the company of distinguished individuals ...
... never married , being wholly busied in profound studies during the prime of life , and afterwards engaged in the important business of the Mint ; Sir Isaac Newton seemed quite occupied here with the company of distinguished individuals ...
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... never more zealously engaged in stimulating the work of persecuting the Protestants by the civil power , than during this period of his life . It is well known that the principles of the Reformation had at this time made considerable ...
... never more zealously engaged in stimulating the work of persecuting the Protestants by the civil power , than during this period of his life . It is well known that the principles of the Reformation had at this time made considerable ...
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... never to be in the wrong . Let us hope that " the modern Polybius " has not always been so slow in consulting the most obvious autho- rities for assertions affecting , as in this case , the reputation of the dead . Here was a grave ...
... never to be in the wrong . Let us hope that " the modern Polybius " has not always been so slow in consulting the most obvious autho- rities for assertions affecting , as in this case , the reputation of the dead . Here was a grave ...
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... never wedded poesy . I am not sure that his poetry has been published in a collected form . Recorder Office , Downpatrick . JAMES A. PILSON . EARLY SIGNIFICANCY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE . CHRISTMAS in Berlin has its joys , even though the ...
... never wedded poesy . I am not sure that his poetry has been published in a collected form . Recorder Office , Downpatrick . JAMES A. PILSON . EARLY SIGNIFICANCY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE . CHRISTMAS in Berlin has its joys , even though the ...
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... never can prevail To Lion it , for lack of tail . " " Nor is Ursa in the feminine merely placed to make the verse , but because Naturalists observe in Bears , that the female is always the strongest . " This proverb is applied to such ...
... never can prevail To Lion it , for lack of tail . " " Nor is Ursa in the feminine merely placed to make the verse , but because Naturalists observe in Bears , that the female is always the strongest . " This proverb is applied to such ...
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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.