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... called the mayor's seal . After this it was used by the " Justice , " i . e . the person who had served the office of mayor , and as such is justice of the peace for one year after he ceases to hold office . On The second seal is in two ...
... called the mayor's seal . After this it was used by the " Justice , " i . e . the person who had served the office of mayor , and as such is justice of the peace for one year after he ceases to hold office . On The second seal is in two ...
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... called the mayor's seal . After this it was used by the " Justice , " i . e . the person who had served the office of mayor , and as such is justice of the peace for one year after he ceases to hold office . - On The second seal is in ...
... called the mayor's seal . After this it was used by the " Justice , " i . e . the person who had served the office of mayor , and as such is justice of the peace for one year after he ceases to hold office . - On The second seal is in ...
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... called the Ine , which , thence encom- passing the walls of Hereford , falls into the Wye . " There was also a place called Uricona at Sheriff- Hales . The initial letter in Sariconium has doubt- less crept in , in the same way that it ...
... called the Ine , which , thence encom- passing the walls of Hereford , falls into the Wye . " There was also a place called Uricona at Sheriff- Hales . The initial letter in Sariconium has doubt- less crept in , in the same way that it ...
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... called " Woolsthorp House , " is pointed out as a residence of Sir Isaac's . Its present name is comparatively recent . It was formerly called " Carmarthen House . " But this now is certain , that whether Sir Isaac ever occu- pied that ...
... called " Woolsthorp House , " is pointed out as a residence of Sir Isaac's . Its present name is comparatively recent . It was formerly called " Carmarthen House . " But this now is certain , that whether Sir Isaac ever occu- pied that ...
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... called " Bullingham House , " as the house where his mother , or his grandmother , assisted to lay out Sir Isaac after his death . 13 All this was confirmed by Mrs. Goodacre , who came in at the time ; and they stated that a son of this ...
... called " Bullingham House , " as the house where his mother , or his grandmother , assisted to lay out Sir Isaac after his death . 13 All this was confirmed by Mrs. Goodacre , who came in at the time ; and they stated that a son of this ...
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Page 373 - ... cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy. It is said that he said that he was sure to come shortly at the right hand of Christ to judge them that now had judged him; and that his wife do expect his coming again. Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at White Hall, and to see the first blood shed in revenge for the blood of the King at Charing Cross.
Page 17 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up. Make the most of life you may ; Life is short, and wears away. " Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline ; Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore ; Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one.
Page 243 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and...
Page 417 - Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, today is the third day since these things were done.
Page 187 - A Table of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year.
Page 409 - An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle, &c. By Zachariah Williams. London, printed for Dodsley, 1755.
Page 372 - I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy.
Page 146 - Dœmonologia ; a discourse of Witchcraft, as it was acted in the family of Mr. Edward Fairfax, of Fuyistone, in the County of York, in the year 1621.
Page 57 - It has been confidently related, with many embellishments, that Johnson one day knocked Osborne down in his shop, with a folio, and put his foot upon his neck. The simple truth I had from Johnson himself. " Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in his shop : it was in my own chamber.
Page 386 - This world is the best that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in ; But to beg, or to borrow, or get a man's own, 'Tis the very worst world, sir, that ever was known.