The Retrospective Review..Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1827 |
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... copy , and the fault does not seem to rest with the binder , p . 473 follows p . 378 * ; p . 502 is succeeded by p ... copied from the Cottonian Col- lection and the State Paper Office , we have but two securities against their being ...
... copy , and the fault does not seem to rest with the binder , p . 473 follows p . 378 * ; p . 502 is succeeded by p ... copied from the Cottonian Col- lection and the State Paper Office , we have but two securities against their being ...
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... copied from the original . " To the ryght honorable , and her especyall gud maister , Maister Secretarye . Right honorable , and my especyall gud Maister Secretarye : in my most humble wyse I recommend me unto your gud mastershypp ...
... copied from the original . " To the ryght honorable , and her especyall gud maister , Maister Secretarye . Right honorable , and my especyall gud Maister Secretarye : in my most humble wyse I recommend me unto your gud mastershypp ...
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... copy , from the original , of Henry the Eighth's declaration of his dislike to Anne of Cleves , in which his majesty states , " Then after , at my repayre to Grenewyche , the next day after , I thynke , and dowght nott but that the Lord ...
... copy , from the original , of Henry the Eighth's declaration of his dislike to Anne of Cleves , in which his majesty states , " Then after , at my repayre to Grenewyche , the next day after , I thynke , and dowght nott but that the Lord ...
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... copy of the commission for the execution of the Queen of Scots , " penned , " the compiler says , by Lord Burghley . " It is dated on the 1st Feb. 29 Eliz . 1587 , and was directed to the Earls of Shrewsbury , Kent , Derby , Cumber ...
... copy of the commission for the execution of the Queen of Scots , " penned , " the compiler says , by Lord Burghley . " It is dated on the 1st Feb. 29 Eliz . 1587 , and was directed to the Earls of Shrewsbury , Kent , Derby , Cumber ...
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... copy , con- taining some improvements , perhaps modern ones , upon the popular ballad , entitled The famous flower of Serving - men : or the Lady turned Serving - man . " What wight art thou , the ladye sayd , That c 2 Waverley Poetry . 19.
... copy , con- taining some improvements , perhaps modern ones , upon the popular ballad , entitled The famous flower of Serving - men : or the Lady turned Serving - man . " What wight art thou , the ladye sayd , That c 2 Waverley Poetry . 19.
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Page 22 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 429 - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world ! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 525 - The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henr}' Baron Brougham and Vaux, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Page 353 - Thus would I double my life's fading space; For he that runs it well twice runs his race. And in this true delight. These unbought sports, this happy state. I would not fear, nor wish, my fate; But boldly say each night, "To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them, — I have lived to-day.
Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 523 - Shakespear; such arms being first duly exemplified, according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office, otherwise the said licence and permission to be void and of none effect : And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms.
Page 352 - Even when I was a very young boy at school, instead of running about on holidays and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with some one companion, if I could find any of the same temper.