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... given to the public . This , however , is a very unlikely and unsatisfactory solution of the difficulty . Finally , if LIOM . F. can without breach of con- fidence confide to me , either through the medium of " N. & Q. " or privately ...
... given to the public . This , however , is a very unlikely and unsatisfactory solution of the difficulty . Finally , if LIOM . F. can without breach of con- fidence confide to me , either through the medium of " N. & Q. " or privately ...
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... given in tennis ? Were there odds given to the keeper of the court as his perquisite ? R. C. A. PRIOR . - REV . JAMES BARTON . He was curate of Pres- ton in Lancashire , in 1786 , and his son Robinson Shuttleworth Barton was also a ...
... given in tennis ? Were there odds given to the keeper of the court as his perquisite ? R. C. A. PRIOR . - REV . JAMES BARTON . He was curate of Pres- ton in Lancashire , in 1786 , and his son Robinson Shuttleworth Barton was also a ...
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... given by Gainsborough to Master Buttall , and which ultimately became the Grosvenor " Blue Boy . " It appears that Mr. But- 66 tall removed from Greek Street to King Street ' Soho , and that , either through death or other cause , his ...
... given by Gainsborough to Master Buttall , and which ultimately became the Grosvenor " Blue Boy . " It appears that Mr. But- 66 tall removed from Greek Street to King Street ' Soho , and that , either through death or other cause , his ...
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... given of royal arms with such a supporter . If SIR GEORGE ARMYTAGE will refer to Willement he will find a doubt thrown on the statement that Henry IV . had any supporters at all , and I think it pretty clear that he had not ; and no ...
... given of royal arms with such a supporter . If SIR GEORGE ARMYTAGE will refer to Willement he will find a doubt thrown on the statement that Henry IV . had any supporters at all , and I think it pretty clear that he had not ; and no ...
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... given great dissatisfaction . The press almost unanimously condemns the book in severe terms . The New York Times declares that she evades dates and proves nothing , and it regrets that she should persist in recording herself as the ...
... given great dissatisfaction . The press almost unanimously condemns the book in severe terms . The New York Times declares that she evades dates and proves nothing , and it regrets that she should persist in recording herself as the ...
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Page 324 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung,, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies I
Page 184 - I slept, and dreamt that life was beauty ; I woke, and found that life was duty." " The person love does to us fit, Like manna, has the taste of all in it.
Page 168 - Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into
Page 216 - given rise to much inquiry, which has ended in ludicrous surprise. Several ladies, wishing to learn the kind of reading which the great and good Dr. Johnson esteemed most fit for a young woman, desired to know what book he had selected for this Highland nymph ‘ They' never adverted (said he) that I had no
Page 62 - Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder,* if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. “All
Page 206 - I entreated a bearward one day to come down with the dogs of some four parishes, that way, and I thank him, he did ; and cried his games under Master Morose's window : till he was sent crying away, with his head made a most bleeding spectacle to the multitude.
Page 39 - the cup itself from which the Lord Drank at the last sad supper with his own. This from the blessed land of Aromat — After the day of darkness, when the dead Went wandering o'er Moriah—the good saint
Page 306 - Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see The dew bespangling herb and tree: Each flower has wept, and bowed toward the east Above an hour since, yet you not dressed,
Page 126 - Stewart! There's not a flower that blooms in May That's half so fair as thou art. The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's, And art can ne'er renew it: But worth and truth eternal youth Will give to
Page 303 - ostrich which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them and the wild beast