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... FROISSART , MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE , CARR'S CALEDONIAN SKETCHES , LADY SUFFOLK'S CORRESPONDENCE , KIRKTON'S CHURCH HISTORY , LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN HOME , THE CULLODEN PAPERS , PEPYS ' MEMOIRS , MISCELLANIES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT ...
... FROISSART , MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE , CARR'S CALEDONIAN SKETCHES , LADY SUFFOLK'S CORRESPONDENCE , KIRKTON'S CHURCH HISTORY , LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN HOME , THE CULLODEN PAPERS , PEPYS ' MEMOIRS , MISCELLANIES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT ...
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... mysteries ; well read , deeply learned , and thoroughly grounded in the hidden knowledge of all sauces , sallads , and pot - herbs whatsoever . " JOHNES'S FROISSART . * [ Edinburgh Review , January , 176 MISCELLANIES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... mysteries ; well read , deeply learned , and thoroughly grounded in the hidden knowledge of all sauces , sallads , and pot - herbs whatsoever . " JOHNES'S FROISSART . * [ Edinburgh Review , January , 176 MISCELLANIES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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... Froissart , must have been dull indeed if he did * Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England , France , and the adjoining Countries , from the latter part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV . Newly Translated from ...
... Froissart , must have been dull indeed if he did * Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England , France , and the adjoining Countries , from the latter part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV . Newly Translated from ...
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... Froissart the most entertaining , and perhaps the most valuable historian of the middle ages . Till now , his chronicles have only existed in three black letter editions printed at Paris , all , we believe , very rare ; in that which ...
... Froissart the most entertaining , and perhaps the most valuable historian of the middle ages . Till now , his chronicles have only existed in three black letter editions printed at Paris , all , we believe , very rare ; in that which ...
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... Froissart will consist , when finished , of four large quarto volumes . The best authorities have been resorted to for various readings , and large ad- ditions are in many places made ... FROISSART . 179 JOHNES' TRANSLATION OF FROISSART,
... Froissart will consist , when finished , of four large quarto volumes . The best authorities have been resorted to for various readings , and large ad- ditions are in many places made ... FROISSART . 179 JOHNES' TRANSLATION OF FROISSART,
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Page 13 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 12 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Page 45 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Page 31 - When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh, I grieve, making great...
Page 412 - And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal, I being not able to do it any longer, having done now so long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand...
Page 204 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Page 12 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 12 - ... shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb: Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible and sublime to the last degree.
Page 13 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 157 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.