The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 94, Part 1Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1824 - English essays |
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... give pub- licity to the following extracts from the third volume of his " Metrical Romances , " with the appendant note from his Glossary . These passages ap- pear to be quite conclusive in respect to the term Oriel . W. P. From " The ...
... give pub- licity to the following extracts from the third volume of his " Metrical Romances , " with the appendant note from his Glossary . These passages ap- pear to be quite conclusive in respect to the term Oriel . W. P. From " The ...
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... gives us any further account of this controversy , than it was ecclesiastical , and relating to priviledges and ... give vertue its due ; and from whome may that be more justly expected then from Saints ? " Old writers inform us ...
... gives us any further account of this controversy , than it was ecclesiastical , and relating to priviledges and ... give vertue its due ; and from whome may that be more justly expected then from Saints ? " Old writers inform us ...
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... give no satisfactory account of himself ; of his occupation at the time , or of the means by which he had acquired and possessed so large a sum of money , large as it necessarily seemed , when found in the pocket of a labouring pauper ...
... give no satisfactory account of himself ; of his occupation at the time , or of the means by which he had acquired and possessed so large a sum of money , large as it necessarily seemed , when found in the pocket of a labouring pauper ...
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... give " a miscellaneous plate of cu- riosities , " some of which he enume- rates , I think it due to him to state that my principal reason was not to perpetuate errors . I have looked through Whitaker's " Richmondshire , " vol . I. with ...
... give " a miscellaneous plate of cu- riosities , " some of which he enume- rates , I think it due to him to state that my principal reason was not to perpetuate errors . I have looked through Whitaker's " Richmondshire , " vol . I. with ...
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42 REVIEW . - Memoir of Mrs. Fordyce . We shall now give an extract : [ Jan. " In one of her [ Mrs. Fordyce's ] wan- derings , in a secluded glen , many miles from any other human habitation , she heard an old Highland woman , as she ...
42 REVIEW . - Memoir of Mrs. Fordyce . We shall now give an extract : [ Jan. " In one of her [ Mrs. Fordyce's ] wan- derings , in a secluded glen , many miles from any other human habitation , she heard an old Highland woman , as she ...
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Page 560 - Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust, Degraded mass of animated dust! Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a cheat, Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit ! By nature vile, ennobled but by name, Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame. Ye ! who perchance behold this simple urn, Pass on— it honours none you wish to mourn : To mark a friend's remains these stones arise ; I never knew but one, — and here he lies.
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Page 400 - Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Page 140 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 101 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 413 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 341 - If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
Page 242 - ... as much beauty with more piety and pathos. To an air of inimitable ease and carelessness, they unite a high degree of correctness, such as could result only from the clearest intellect, combined with the most finished taste.
Page 483 - King, fidelity and diligence towards them by whom we are employed, kindness and love towards one another, and sincere charity towards all men : That we adorning the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour in all things, these Indian Nations among whom we dwell, beholding our good works, may be won over thereby to the love of our most Holy Religion, and glorify Thee our Father which art in Heaven.
Page 540 - I thank you, sir,' said the General; 'and I reply that the answer to your question rests with yourself. Come, do not be fools, gentlemen; there was perhaps no great harm meant or intended by your gathering together in this obscure corner, for a...