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... bishop , 991 , and Pope ( Sylvester II . ) , 999. The University of Reims has ceased to exist . See " Histoire ... bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London . ] PORTRAIT OF ST . JEROME . I have a por- trait or picture of St. Jerome ...
... bishop , 991 , and Pope ( Sylvester II . ) , 999. The University of Reims has ceased to exist . See " Histoire ... bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London . ] PORTRAIT OF ST . JEROME . I have a por- trait or picture of St. Jerome ...
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... bishop of York , 1660 to 1664 , and was buried in York Minster . I should be very much obliged if some correspondent from that city would give me describe the coats of arms thereon . a copy of the inscription on his tomb , and also ...
... bishop of York , 1660 to 1664 , and was buried in York Minster . I should be very much obliged if some correspondent from that city would give me describe the coats of arms thereon . a copy of the inscription on his tomb , and also ...
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... Bishop Burnet notices the phrase from Jewel's p . 57 . son adds : " This is a more proper word than to letter ( Hist . of Ref . , pt . iii . bk . vi . collect . No. 49 ) . dust in the present meaning . " The formation of Burton , in The ...
... Bishop Burnet notices the phrase from Jewel's p . 57 . son adds : " This is a more proper word than to letter ( Hist . of Ref . , pt . iii . bk . vi . collect . No. 49 ) . dust in the present meaning . " The formation of Burton , in The ...
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... Bishop John King , who died in 1621 , desired in his will that " nothing should be written on his plain grave- stone save only ' Resurgam , ' " and this , from Dug- dale's History of St. Paul's Cathedral , appears to have been done ...
... Bishop John King , who died in 1621 , desired in his will that " nothing should be written on his plain grave- stone save only ' Resurgam , ' " and this , from Dug- dale's History of St. Paul's Cathedral , appears to have been done ...
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... Bishop King , who preached before James I. to solicit the repairs of the ancient cathedral ; it might have been his tombstone . " It is hardly probable now that any more precise information can be obtained . If the story is true , it is ...
... Bishop King , who preached before James I. to solicit the repairs of the ancient cathedral ; it might have been his tombstone . " It is hardly probable now that any more precise information can be obtained . If the story is true , it is ...
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Page 13 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 432 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 310 - WEEP, daughter of a royal line, A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay ; Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles J And be each drop in future years Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, lSI1 THE CHAIN I GAVE.
Page 174 - There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the chamberlain ; and after dinner they went to hunting the fox : there was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's.
Page 348 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 6 - Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought," A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought.
Page 64 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 367 - She was, — but words are wanting to say what ; Think what a wife should be, and she was that !" Pope was fond of writing epitaphs.
Page 192 - tis true : The elder of them, being put to nurse, "Was by a beggar-woman stol'n away ; And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a bricklayer when he came to age : His son am I ; deny it, if you can.
Page 11 - A solemn league and covenant for Reformation and Defence of Religion, the honour and happiness of the King, and the peace and safety of the three kingdoms of England. Scotland and Ireland.