A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 2

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Page 880 - Death, to whom monarchs must bow ? Ah, no ! for his empire is known ; And here there are trophies enow : Beneath, the cold dead, and around, the dark stone, Are the signs of a Sceptre that none may disown.
Page 423 - ... ordained, or provided, or any other thing, cause, or matter, whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the 23d day. of May, in the seventh year of our reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the * * * * Per ipsum Regem.
Page 471 - CONCINAMUS, O sodales, Eja ! quid silemus ! Nobile canticum, Dulce melos, domum, Dulce domum resonemus ! CHORUS. Domum, domum, dulce domum, Domum, domum, dulce domum, Dulce, dulce, dulce, domum, Dulce domum resonemus ! " Appropinquat, ecce, felix Hora gaudiorum : Post grave tedium Advenit omnium Meta petita laborum.
Page 289 - LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from* all perils and dangers of this night ; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Page 626 - The Governors of the possessions, revenues and goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth in Sherborne in the county of Dorset.
Page 880 - In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To BEAUTY ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of PRIDE, The trappings which dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the...
Page 880 - But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have wither'd and died, . , Or fled with the spirit above. Friends, brothers, and 'Sisters, are laid side by side, Yet none have saluted, and none have replied.
Page 423 - London, that may have and shall have these our letters patent under our Great Seal of England, in due manner made and sealed, without fine or fee great or small to us in our Hanaper or elsewhere to our use...
Page 89 - Jesus; a magnificent fabric, to which he added two dwelling houses for the two several masters, and to them he allotted ample salaries, that they might teach a certain number of boys free, and for the sake of charity. He divided the school into four apartments : the first, viz.
Page 90 - After he had finished all, he left the perpetual care and oversight of the estate, and government of it, not to the clergy, not to the bishop, not to the chapter, nor to any great minister at court; but amongst the married laymen, to the company of mercers. men of probity and reputation. And when he was asked the reason of so committing...

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