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... King's Bastion . During the ceremony he expressed a wish that he would live to see the day when the bastion would resist the united forces of France and Spain . This desire was granted , as well as another wish , which was that after ...
... King's Bastion . During the ceremony he expressed a wish that he would live to see the day when the bastion would resist the united forces of France and Spain . This desire was granted , as well as another wish , which was that after ...
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... king's evil by touch . Where can I find an account of him ? Haverstock Hill . C. A. WARD . HERALDIC . - I shall be ... KING ARTHUR . - Will some one explain the meaning of priwen ( shield ) , ron ( lance ) , Caliburn ( trustye sword ) ...
... king's evil by touch . Where can I find an account of him ? Haverstock Hill . C. A. WARD . HERALDIC . - I shall be ... KING ARTHUR . - Will some one explain the meaning of priwen ( shield ) , ron ( lance ) , Caliburn ( trustye sword ) ...
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... King , and the Peace & Safetie of the Three King- doms . Of Scotland , England , & Ireland . Ier . 50. 5 . Prov . 25. 5. 2 Chron . 15. 15. [ Quoted . ] Edinburgh , Printed by Evan Tyler , 1643. ” Small 4to . , A , four leaves ; B ...
... King , and the Peace & Safetie of the Three King- doms . Of Scotland , England , & Ireland . Ier . 50. 5 . Prov . 25. 5. 2 Chron . 15. 15. [ Quoted . ] Edinburgh , Printed by Evan Tyler , 1643. ” Small 4to . , A , four leaves ; B ...
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... king , a great prince , a sovereign , as Khidív i Hind , King of India . The designation was bestowed by imperial firman in 1866. It conferred no additional power . The hereditary vice - royalty was guaranteed to the descendants of ...
... king , a great prince , a sovereign , as Khidív i Hind , King of India . The designation was bestowed by imperial firman in 1866. It conferred no additional power . The hereditary vice - royalty was guaranteed to the descendants of ...
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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 22 - Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew ? Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead ? No, neither he, nor his compeers by night Giving him aid, my verse astonished.
Page 375 - Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men...
Page 384 - LIBRARY EDITION, with all the Original Illustrations, Maps, Landscapes on Steel, Woodcuts, &c. 2 vols. 4to. 48s. INTERMEDIATE EDITION, with a Selection of Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. 21s. STUDENT'S EDITION, revised and condensed, with 46 Illustrations and Maps.
Page 128 - Shovel's monument has very often "given me great offence; instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state. The inscription is answerable to the monument; for instead of celebrating the many remarkable actions he had performed in the service of his country, it acquaints us only with the manner...
Page 244 - 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 326 - 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 186 - MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Page 391 - Wahnapitae is three-quarters of a mile in length by a quarter of a mile in breadth., and 165 feet deep.
Page 244 - ... 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. I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee...