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... give rise to the inquiry whether Homer intended to indicate the animal or bullion as the medium of exchange in the respective values of Diomed's and Glaucus's armour- 1. " For Diomed's brass arms , of mean device , For which nine oxen ...
... give rise to the inquiry whether Homer intended to indicate the animal or bullion as the medium of exchange in the respective values of Diomed's and Glaucus's armour- 1. " For Diomed's brass arms , of mean device , For which nine oxen ...
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... give the exact date when this play was first presented or published ? It is with reference to its relation to ... gives no in- formation as to the precise hour at which matins were held . If the regular hour was three o'clock , the ...
... give the exact date when this play was first presented or published ? It is with reference to its relation to ... gives no in- formation as to the precise hour at which matins were held . If the regular hour was three o'clock , the ...
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... gives society as fair a warning as if the man wore a placard on his shoulder with the word Cave . " What is the derivation ... give them . Grimsby . C. MOOR . ATKINSON . In the pedigree of Sympson of Ryton , recorded by Dugdale in his ...
... gives society as fair a warning as if the man wore a placard on his shoulder with the word Cave . " What is the derivation ... give them . Grimsby . C. MOOR . ATKINSON . In the pedigree of Sympson of Ryton , recorded by Dugdale in his ...
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... gives us dulcinea and rozinante as well as quixotic ; and to the list may be added chau- vinism , knickerbockers ... give upwards of three hundred , from mausoleum and laconic to boycott and magenta . The terms introduced to meet the ...
... gives us dulcinea and rozinante as well as quixotic ; and to the list may be added chau- vinism , knickerbockers ... give upwards of three hundred , from mausoleum and laconic to boycott and magenta . The terms introduced to meet the ...
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... gives one thus , Azure , an English a chevron reversed or ; but not as He quotes it from Baron , Art Heraldique , p . 47. The name is Ralet . coat . Colombiere ( Science Heroique , p . 134 ) gives " Chontzin en Allemagne , de gueules au ...
... gives one thus , Azure , an English a chevron reversed or ; but not as He quotes it from Baron , Art Heraldique , p . 47. The name is Ralet . coat . Colombiere ( Science Heroique , p . 134 ) gives " Chontzin en Allemagne , de gueules au ...
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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...