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... extract from Carew's Survey of Cornwall , relating to the old Cornish plays , which I recommend to your notice ; because I could wish to know ( not now but at any future leisure ) , whether you have * A valuable note on the subject of ...
... extract from Carew's Survey of Cornwall , relating to the old Cornish plays , which I recommend to your notice ; because I could wish to know ( not now but at any future leisure ) , whether you have * A valuable note on the subject of ...
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... the original , by the celebrated Mr. Edward Llwyd . Some extracts from this will be given in a future Num- ber - ED . Gwestwyr , P. B. W. VOL . II . D and so capable of making them understood by others , THE CAMBRO - BRITON . 17.
... the original , by the celebrated Mr. Edward Llwyd . Some extracts from this will be given in a future Num- ber - ED . Gwestwyr , P. B. W. VOL . II . D and so capable of making them understood by others , THE CAMBRO - BRITON . 17.
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... extraction was as- sumed by the Romans , is to be ascertained with tolerable satisfac- tion . Before the fifth age of their city this people knew little be- yond the confines of the divisions of their own state ; we may believe , they ...
... extraction was as- sumed by the Romans , is to be ascertained with tolerable satisfac- tion . Before the fifth age of their city this people knew little be- yond the confines of the divisions of their own state ; we may believe , they ...
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... extraction of the Romans . ( Plut . in Flamin . ) " " Virgil has been censured for countenancing a vulgar delusion , but surely without foundation ; for , whatever his private sentiments were , time and opinion had sanctioned an error ...
... extraction of the Romans . ( Plut . in Flamin . ) " " Virgil has been censured for countenancing a vulgar delusion , but surely without foundation ; for , whatever his private sentiments were , time and opinion had sanctioned an error ...
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... extracts has made it impossible to transfer any other parts of Mr. Gunn's production to these pages . But the reader is referred to page xxi . of the Preface , and to page 133. of the work , for two other valuable notes , one , by Mr ...
... extracts has made it impossible to transfer any other parts of Mr. Gunn's production to these pages . But the reader is referred to page xxi . of the Preface , and to page 133. of the work , for two other valuable notes , one , by Mr ...
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Page 210 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Page 166 - Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed, Or palmy hillock ; or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror...
Page 210 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 213 - On the proud crest of Satan, that no sight, Nor motion of swift thought, less could his shield, Such ruin intercept : Ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstaid ; as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines.
Page 215 - So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance, too severe to be beheld, And full of wrath bent on his enemies. At once the four spread out their starry wings With dreadful shade contiguous, and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host.
Page 277 - To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 166 - A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm ; Others whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste...
Page 212 - Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine: the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament...
Page 354 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 357 - Of nuptial sanctity , and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heav'n in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.