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Page 204
... ELVET BRIDGE , DURHAM . Tabitha . Nay , they. Poets , an heroic Poem , by Thomas Cooke , printed for J. Roberts , folio , 1725 , " is par- ticularly mentioned . In book ii . of the Dunciad , we have the following line , - " Cooke shall ...
... ELVET BRIDGE , DURHAM . Tabitha . Nay , they. Poets , an heroic Poem , by Thomas Cooke , printed for J. Roberts , folio , 1725 , " is par- ticularly mentioned . In book ii . of the Dunciad , we have the following line , - " Cooke shall ...
Page 207
... Elvet bridge consists of nine or ten arches , and was built by the excellent bishop Pudsey , about the year 1170. It was repaired in the time of bishop Fox , who held the see of Durham from 1494 to 1502 , and granted an " indulgence ...
... Elvet bridge consists of nine or ten arches , and was built by the excellent bishop Pudsey , about the year 1170. It was repaired in the time of bishop Fox , who held the see of Durham from 1494 to 1502 , and granted an " indulgence ...
Page 208
... Elvet bridge , dedi cated to St. Magdalen ; and the name of the flight of steps leading from Elvet bridge to Saddler - street , viz . the Maudlin , or Mag- dalen - steps , rather favours the supposition . On the north side of Elvet ...
... Elvet bridge , dedi cated to St. Magdalen ; and the name of the flight of steps leading from Elvet bridge to Saddler - street , viz . the Maudlin , or Mag- dalen - steps , rather favours the supposition . On the north side of Elvet ...
Page 340
... Elvet Bridge , near the tower thereof , being new rayled , within the rayles of wood then made for that purpose : at which time his said majesties said gen- tleman usher standing by the said maior and aldermen till his majesties coming ...
... Elvet Bridge , near the tower thereof , being new rayled , within the rayles of wood then made for that purpose : at which time his said majesties said gen- tleman usher standing by the said maior and aldermen till his majesties coming ...
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... Elvet bridge in , engrav- ing , 207 ; ecclesiastical survey of see of , 208 ; account of the pitmen in county of Durham , 326 ; visit of James I. to the city , 340 ; Durhamiana , 619 Dustman , happy compliment by , 172 Dutch compliments ...
... Elvet bridge in , engrav- ing , 207 ; ecclesiastical survey of see of , 208 ; account of the pitmen in county of Durham , 326 ; visit of James I. to the city , 340 ; Durhamiana , 619 Dustman , happy compliment by , 172 Dutch compliments ...
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Page 126 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Page 472 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honor; and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 405 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, — That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
Page 398 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 25 - ... Lord Orford), were, for the most part, as completely out of my reach as a crown and sceptre. There was, indeed, a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent.
Page 8 - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Page 496 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 625 - ... for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Page 439 - GARRICK. fO a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, there is a momentary feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire.
Page 405 - Ode to a Nightingale MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk...