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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... guineas . From him , the drawing that obtained the approbation of Duroveray and other competent judges as an unquestionable pro- duction of Michel Angelo , passed into the collection of William Conyngham , Esq . , of Kemp Town ...
... guineas . From him , the drawing that obtained the approbation of Duroveray and other competent judges as an unquestionable pro- duction of Michel Angelo , passed into the collection of William Conyngham , Esq . , of Kemp Town ...
Page 44
... guineas ; and for each of the latter , four hun- dred guineas . him to send them for sale in July , 1828 , to Mr. Phillips , Some distaste on the part of Mr. Broadhurst , induced in Bond Street , at whose rooms they were bought in about ...
... guineas ; and for each of the latter , four hun- dred guineas . him to send them for sale in July , 1828 , to Mr. Phillips , Some distaste on the part of Mr. Broadhurst , induced in Bond Street , at whose rooms they were bought in about ...
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... guinea into each man's hand , and they walked out of the box , apparently in perfect amazement that their time had been thus wasted , as the whole might have been as well settled without their attendance . There was , however , one ...
... guinea into each man's hand , and they walked out of the box , apparently in perfect amazement that their time had been thus wasted , as the whole might have been as well settled without their attendance . There was , however , one ...
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... Guinea coast , though barbarians of a low grade , having no religious ceremonies , and are so low in intellect , that all traditions of either religion or history with them are forgotten . They have a few absurd pre- judices - such as ...
... Guinea coast , though barbarians of a low grade , having no religious ceremonies , and are so low in intellect , that all traditions of either religion or history with them are forgotten . They have a few absurd pre- judices - such as ...
Page 90
... guineas ; and on November 24 , 1753 , received a further sum of fifty guineas , which with one hundred and ten guineas already received , was in full discharge of the five first parts or nights of a poem entitled Night Thoughts . Dr ...
... guineas ; and on November 24 , 1753 , received a further sum of fifty guineas , which with one hundred and ten guineas already received , was in full discharge of the five first parts or nights of a poem entitled Night Thoughts . Dr ...
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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.