Once Upon a Time, Volume 1John Murray, 1854 - Great Britain |
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... according to annual custom , to claim the Maunday . Nicholas , the porter , knows by experience that the drawbridge should be lowered on this occasion ; that there would be almsgiving in the hall and prayers in the chapel . He has seen ...
... according to annual custom , to claim the Maunday . Nicholas , the porter , knows by experience that the drawbridge should be lowered on this occasion ; that there would be almsgiving in the hall and prayers in the chapel . He has seen ...
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... according to our several ages , so that the poor were not worse off than before . When he died , you were reduced to the widow's mite , for my son left me here to be his housekeeper . I am no longer equal to that duty . I dwell not ...
... according to our several ages , so that the poor were not worse off than before . When he died , you were reduced to the widow's mite , for my son left me here to be his housekeeper . I am no longer equal to that duty . I dwell not ...
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... According to the credit of chronicles it is considerably older than Rome ; and that it was by the same Trojan author , built by Brute , after the likeness of great Troy , before that built by Romulus and Remus . Whence to this day it ...
... According to the credit of chronicles it is considerably older than Rome ; and that it was by the same Trojan author , built by Brute , after the likeness of great Troy , before that built by Romulus and Remus . Whence to this day it ...
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... according to his ability , some four hackney- coaches , put his men in livery , and appointed them to stand at the May - pole in the Strand , giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town , where all ...
... according to his ability , some four hackney- coaches , put his men in livery , and appointed them to stand at the May - pole in the Strand , giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town , where all ...
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... according to the chronicler , " Proclamations were made that no women should come together to babble and talk , but that all men should keep their wives in their houses , " so remorseless is military discipline . And the duke kept the ...
... according to the chronicler , " Proclamations were made that no women should come together to babble and talk , but that all men should keep their wives in their houses , " so remorseless is military discipline . And the duke kept the ...
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Page 206 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 250 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.
Page 246 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 238 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 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 174 - From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 120 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 263 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
Page 188 - Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch. Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her hand.
Page 248 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air? He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise.
Page 238 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.