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... William , Ann , and Sarah Moreton to the Visitation . William and Ann stated to my father that they were cousins to the first Lord Ducie , who died in 1735. On the back of an old letter I have a pen - and - ink sketch of the following ...
... William , Ann , and Sarah Moreton to the Visitation . William and Ann stated to my father that they were cousins to the first Lord Ducie , who died in 1735. On the back of an old letter I have a pen - and - ink sketch of the following ...
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... William , Henry , and Eliza- beth , who are all dead . Ann , the sister of William , married about 1779 , John Coulson , who died in 1780 , aged thirty , and left issue a son and daughter . Mrs. Coulson married secondly Thomas Bettes ...
... William , Henry , and Eliza- beth , who are all dead . Ann , the sister of William , married about 1779 , John Coulson , who died in 1780 , aged thirty , and left issue a son and daughter . Mrs. Coulson married secondly Thomas Bettes ...
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... William the Third , now Erecting in St. James's Square . " The engraving is by S. Rawle , and at the top of the pedestal of the monument appears " J. Bacon Jun Sculptor . " We are told- Travers , Esq . , who lived in the reign of King ...
... William the Third , now Erecting in St. James's Square . " The engraving is by S. Rawle , and at the top of the pedestal of the monument appears " J. Bacon Jun Sculptor . " We are told- Travers , Esq . , who lived in the reign of King ...
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... William Lilly , the astrologer , whose life appears to have been more adventurous and varied in interest than that of most charla aus . As was to be expected , Mr. Leslie Stephen deals with the life of George Henry Lewes . Over what ...
... William Lilly , the astrologer , whose life appears to have been more adventurous and varied in interest than that of most charla aus . As was to be expected , Mr. Leslie Stephen deals with the life of George Henry Lewes . Over what ...
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... William . Aidé , Hamilton . Anderson , Alexander . Ashby - Sterry , J. Austin , Alfred . Now ready , price Fourpence ... William . Morris , Lewis . Norton , Hon . Mrs. Ogilvy , Mrs David . Pfeiffer , Mr. Emily . Prowse , W. Jeffery ...
... William . Aidé , Hamilton . Anderson , Alexander . Ashby - Sterry , J. Austin , Alfred . Now ready , price Fourpence ... William . Morris , Lewis . Norton , Hon . Mrs. Ogilvy , Mrs David . Pfeiffer , Mr. Emily . Prowse , W. Jeffery ...
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Page 20 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 159 - He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 100 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 60 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 7 - Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part; For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, Such as thine are, and strike the second heat Upon the muses...
Page 220 - Oh lasting as those colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display...
Page 300 - I'd have you do it ever: when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so; so give alms; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 300 - A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function. Each your doing, So singular in each particular, Crowns what you are doing in the present...
Page 226 - Prospects of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church.
Page 12 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.