Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 - Great Britain |
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... issued . In 1856 Collier edited for the Roxburghe Club a valuable collection of the rarer works : ' The Harmonie of the Church , ' ' Idea . The Shepheards Garland , ' Ideas Mirrour , ' ' Endimion and Phoebe , ' ' Morti- meriados , ' and ...
... issued . In 1856 Collier edited for the Roxburghe Club a valuable collection of the rarer works : ' The Harmonie of the Church , ' ' Idea . The Shepheards Garland , ' Ideas Mirrour , ' ' Endimion and Phoebe , ' ' Morti- meriados , ' and ...
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... issued in Latin at Ham- burg , 1621 , and Lyons , 1628. His portrait was engraved on wood by C. von Sichem , and on copper by P. Velyn , and is to be found in some editions of his works . [ W. B. Rye's England as seen by Foreigners temp ...
... issued in Latin at Ham- burg , 1621 , and Lyons , 1628. His portrait was engraved on wood by C. von Sichem , and on copper by P. Velyn , and is to be found in some editions of his works . [ W. B. Rye's England as seen by Foreigners temp ...
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... issued in 1853 . At the Southampton meeting of the British Association in 1846 , Drew was appointed one of the secretaries of the mathematical section , and printed for the use of the association a pamphlet On the Objects worthy of At ...
... issued in 1853 . At the Southampton meeting of the British Association in 1846 , Drew was appointed one of the secretaries of the mathematical section , and printed for the use of the association a pamphlet On the Objects worthy of At ...
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... issued with it a complete edition of Nicoll's poems when the copyright in the old edition had expired . Both books contain many amusing stories , and are creditable spe- cimens of local literature . Drummond wrote several pamphlets on ...
... issued with it a complete edition of Nicoll's poems when the copyright in the old edition had expired . Both books contain many amusing stories , and are creditable spe- cimens of local literature . Drummond wrote several pamphlets on ...
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... issued a volume of religious verse ( Flowers of Zion ' ) , together with a philosophic meditation on death ( in prose ) entitled ' The Cypresse Grove . ' A second edition appeared in 1630. Meanwhile Drummond was corresponding with Sir ...
... issued a volume of religious verse ( Flowers of Zion ' ) , together with a philosophic meditation on death ( in prose ) entitled ' The Cypresse Grove . ' A second edition appeared in 1630. Meanwhile Drummond was corresponding with Sir ...
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Page 63 - But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he.
Page 122 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 210 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 66 - The Hind and the Panther transversed to the story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse,' printed in 1687, in 4to, in answer to Dryden's ' Hind and Panther,
Page 12 - Reasons of Faith ; or, the Order of the Christian Argument Developed and Explained. By the Rev. GS DREW, MA Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 8vo.
Page 209 - Dunning and myself,' added he, ' we were generous, for we gave the girl who waited on us a penny a piece ; but Kenyon, who always knew the value of money, sometimes rewarded her with a halfpenny, and sometimes with a promise.
Page 339 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 22 - Ixiv. 467) to copies of proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh...
Page 81 - Some account of the Alien Priories, and of such Lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales,
Page 194 - Bibliotheca theologica,' NY, 1883 : upon ethics in Fr. Jodl's 'Geschichte der Ethik,' Stuttg., 1882-89: and upon psychology in LN Wilson's 'Bibliography of child-study,' Worcester, Mass., 1898-1901, and especially in 'The index catalogue of the library of the SurgeonGeneral's Office,