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... seen in Plutarch . care in composition , he says : — In his Life of Demosthenes , after speaking of his Pytheas in particular told him , That all his arguments " For this many of the orators ridiculed him , and smelled of the lamp ...
... seen in Plutarch . care in composition , he says : — In his Life of Demosthenes , after speaking of his Pytheas in particular told him , That all his arguments " For this many of the orators ridiculed him , and smelled of the lamp ...
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... seen the best part of Europe , and at Rome had spoken with such liberty and ability against the corruptions of that court and church , that great endeavours were used there to bring him into that interest . He thought it no longer safe ...
... seen the best part of Europe , and at Rome had spoken with such liberty and ability against the corruptions of that court and church , that great endeavours were used there to bring him into that interest . He thought it no longer safe ...
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... seen in the Bodleian , and which were published by the Record Commission early in the century . But Mr. Sims also gives a list of MS . Inq . p.m. and abstracts , which are in the British Museum , the Bodleian , and elsewhere . The ...
... seen in the Bodleian , and which were published by the Record Commission early in the century . But Mr. Sims also gives a list of MS . Inq . p.m. and abstracts , which are in the British Museum , the Bodleian , and elsewhere . The ...
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... seen it so described in botanical works . B. R. about 1672. Edward Cocker , the arithmetician , died in 1677. His will is not found in London . In Hunter's South Yorkshire , vol . ii . p . 155 , the following suggestion occurs : A ...
... seen it so described in botanical works . B. R. about 1672. Edward Cocker , the arithmetician , died in 1677. His will is not found in London . In Hunter's South Yorkshire , vol . ii . p . 155 , the following suggestion occurs : A ...
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... seen the channel growing a crop of beans , though it is now again running a clear stream . I was not a little puzzled when I last visited the old place to find the church and church - ed . yard , in which I had attended the funeral of ...
... seen the channel growing a crop of beans , though it is now again running a clear stream . I was not a little puzzled when I last visited the old place to find the church and church - ed . yard , in which I had attended the funeral of ...
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Page 289 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
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Page 289 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 44 - Choristers, old Vicars and new Vicars of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, and all other their under officers...
Page 104 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Page 278 - I began last week to permit my wife to sit at dinner with me, at the farthest end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves.
Page 291 - Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris : quia non est alius qui pugnet pro nobis, nisi tu, Deus noster.
Page 359 - For, an ye heard a music, like enow They are building still, seeing the city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built for ever.