The Retrospective Review..Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1827 |
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... wold sende her my good token , that she myght the better remembre me ; trustyng that your ladyship wold be good ladye unto me in this behalf . Madame , I have received of Ravenfford two crownes , for the whiche I humbly thank your ...
... wold sende her my good token , that she myght the better remembre me ; trustyng that your ladyship wold be good ladye unto me in this behalf . Madame , I have received of Ravenfford two crownes , for the whiche I humbly thank your ...
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... wold have yeven her a goun cloth , with that she wolde have assented to be a bawde betwene Katerine his wiff and me the seid John Wes- towe . Ferthermore the said Richard yaf counsel and excited in all that he cowde or might to his wif ...
... wold have yeven her a goun cloth , with that she wolde have assented to be a bawde betwene Katerine his wiff and me the seid John Wes- towe . Ferthermore the said Richard yaf counsel and excited in all that he cowde or might to his wif ...
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... wold she take any such ungodly and unlawfull acts in hand . He laughed and said it was Mrs. Dodson that was blamed ; and so the bruit went it was my daughter , but , sayth he , I have an- swered that matter to all those I hard speake of ...
... wold she take any such ungodly and unlawfull acts in hand . He laughed and said it was Mrs. Dodson that was blamed ; and so the bruit went it was my daughter , but , sayth he , I have an- swered that matter to all those I hard speake of ...
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... wold not open the doores : but when they were told they must rayse the town and country , they opened : and the ... wold not be content and be quiet they wold one of them kill an other . The minister that married them is one Lee , reader ...
... wold not open the doores : but when they were told they must rayse the town and country , they opened : and the ... wold not be content and be quiet they wold one of them kill an other . The minister that married them is one Lee , reader ...
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... wold fro me bigoon : So take it now anoon , For freely him y to yow geve ; Madame , y wold bi God alone , How that my hert were in youre sleve , For he and y are comen foon2 , A doth to me so gret a greef , That but ye lust me to ...
... wold fro me bigoon : So take it now anoon , For freely him y to yow geve ; Madame , y wold bi God alone , How that my hert were in youre sleve , For he and y are comen foon2 , A doth to me so gret a greef , That but ye lust me to ...
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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.
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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.