Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the PublisherG. Willis, 1855 |
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... James Ballantyne , and hailed with rapturous applause . The song was printed in the newspapers at the time , but is not embodied in the collected edition of Scott's poetical works . " The song , it is admitted by Lockhart , his son - in ...
... James Ballantyne , and hailed with rapturous applause . The song was printed in the newspapers at the time , but is not embodied in the collected edition of Scott's poetical works . " The song , it is admitted by Lockhart , his son - in ...
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... James Ballantyne at the dinner mentioned in my last letter . A reference to it will show that the lines quoted by me are the only ones that have anything to do with the subject . I fear that even this reference will not be sufficient to ...
... James Ballantyne at the dinner mentioned in my last letter . A reference to it will show that the lines quoted by me are the only ones that have anything to do with the subject . I fear that even this reference will not be sufficient to ...
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... JAMES A. PILSON . EARLY SIGNIFICANCY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE . CHRISTMAS in Berlin has its joys , even though the roast beef and old holly of Old England be not there : the bright clear air , through which one can see and hear to an ...
... JAMES A. PILSON . EARLY SIGNIFICANCY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE . CHRISTMAS in Berlin has its joys , even though the roast beef and old holly of Old England be not there : the bright clear air , through which one can see and hear to an ...
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... James I. Instead of being encomiastic of the Stuarts , the songs were written to arouse the popular resentment against the whole race ; in which accord , the Editor most heartily joins- LONG LIVE THE QUEEN . FILIVs ante DIEM patrIos ...
... James I. Instead of being encomiastic of the Stuarts , the songs were written to arouse the popular resentment against the whole race ; in which accord , the Editor most heartily joins- LONG LIVE THE QUEEN . FILIVs ante DIEM patrIos ...
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... James the First , recently obtained , I find intermixed with business en- tries , the following notes , referring to historical events : - 1615. November 20. The D. of Somersett was com- mitted to the Towre ; and the same day , came Sir ...
... James the First , recently obtained , I find intermixed with business en- tries , the following notes , referring to historical events : - 1615. November 20. The D. of Somersett was com- mitted to the Towre ; and the same day , came Sir ...
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Page 76 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Page 6 - And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Page 61 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 72 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Page 72 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling. If...
Page 45 - ... letters, in the same manner as the hours of the day are marked upon the ordinary dial-plate. They then fixed one of the needles on each of these plates in such a manner that it could move round without impediment, so as to touch any of the four and twenty letters.
Page 36 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 32 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 45 - If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the words which he had occasion for, making a little pause at the end of every word or sentence, to avoid confusion. The friend, in the...
Page 61 - This stratagem to' amuse our foes, To make an hon'rable retreat, And wave a total sure defeat : For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.