The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 95Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1825 - English essays |
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... copy of the London Pa- geant of 1612 was sold at the sale of the curious and truly valuable library of James West , Pres . R.S. on the 29th of March 1773 , together with many other scarce tracts , for 1.9s . At the same sale were ...
... copy of the London Pa- geant of 1612 was sold at the sale of the curious and truly valuable library of James West , Pres . R.S. on the 29th of March 1773 , together with many other scarce tracts , for 1.9s . At the same sale were ...
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... copy that in which he excels . " We overlook the anachronisms and care- lessness of Shakspeare , who " wrote with evident allusions to his own pe- riod , " but they are highly reprehensi- ble in Francklín + and the Author of " Waverley ...
... copy that in which he excels . " We overlook the anachronisms and care- lessness of Shakspeare , who " wrote with evident allusions to his own pe- riod , " but they are highly reprehensi- ble in Francklín + and the Author of " Waverley ...
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... copy of St. Ignatius , either Greek or Syriack , in Palestine , Mesopotamia , and Mount Sinai . But after a long and ... copies from the teeming press might be gratefully returned into the East , which was once the spring of it . During ...
... copy of St. Ignatius , either Greek or Syriack , in Palestine , Mesopotamia , and Mount Sinai . But after a long and ... copies from the teeming press might be gratefully returned into the East , which was once the spring of it . During ...
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... copy of the Pentateuch , which is least to derogate from the antiquity of extant amongst the Samaritans at this day , that it seems very likely to me , land , namely , Bp . Usher's , in the from the copies I have seen in Eng- Cotton ...
... copy of the Pentateuch , which is least to derogate from the antiquity of extant amongst the Samaritans at this day , that it seems very likely to me , land , namely , Bp . Usher's , in the from the copies I have seen in Eng- Cotton ...
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... copy was sold , Aug. 4 , 1820 , to Mr. Evans for 31. 15s . - The London Gazette of November 2 , con- tains a long account of the day . Their Majesties saw the Water Procession from Whitehall ; and the Land Show 66 [ Jan. in Cheapside ...
... copy was sold , Aug. 4 , 1820 , to Mr. Evans for 31. 15s . - The London Gazette of November 2 , con- tains a long account of the day . Their Majesties saw the Water Procession from Whitehall ; and the Land Show 66 [ Jan. in Cheapside ...
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Page 498 - I'll leave you till night; you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Giiildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' ye :—Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and 'peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit...
Page 316 - If there be, what I believe there is, in every nation, a style which never becomes obsolete, a certain mode of phraseology so consonant and congenial to the analogy and principles of its respective language, as to remain settled and unaltered ; this style is probably to be sought in the common intercourse of life, among those who speak only to be understood, without ambition of elegance.
Page 317 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 34 - Beauty in thee takes up her place, And dates her letters from thy face, When she doth write. A fine aspect in fit array, Neither too mean, nor yet too gay, Shows who is best : Outlandish looks may not compare ; For all they either painted are, Or else undrest.
Page 120 - Tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here today, Or like the pearled Dew of May, Or like an Hour, or like a Span, Or like the singing of a Swan.
Page 34 - That even her face by kissing shines, For her reward. She in the valley is so shy Of dressing, that her hair doth lie About her ears : While she avoids her neighbour's pride, She wholly goes on th' other side, And nothing wears. But, dearest Mother (what those miss), The mean thy praise and glory is, And long may be. Blessed be God, whose love it was To double-moat thee with his grace, And none but thee.
Page 457 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 311 - And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
Page 543 - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (see the water), and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Page 427 - Then was the sacred Bible sought out of the dusty corners where profane falsehood and neglect had thrown it, the schools opened, divine and human learning raked out of the embers of forgotten tongues, the princes and cities trooping apace to the new erected banner of salvation; the martyrs, with the unresistible might of weakness, shaking the powers of darkness, and scorning the fiery rage of the old red dragon.