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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... hand , on entering St. Martin's Street from Leicester Square , was in 1709 the residence of the Danish Envoy . In 1710 it became tenanted by the ever memorable Sir Isaac Newton , his official house as Master of the Mint , being in ...
... hand , on entering St. Martin's Street from Leicester Square , was in 1709 the residence of the Danish Envoy . In 1710 it became tenanted by the ever memorable Sir Isaac Newton , his official house as Master of the Mint , being in ...
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... hands of adverse politicians , he soon after put himself forward as a decided Tory partisan . The impeachment of Lord Melville was among the first measures of the Whig ministry , and although the ex - minister was , as to all the ...
... hands of adverse politicians , he soon after put himself forward as a decided Tory partisan . The impeachment of Lord Melville was among the first measures of the Whig ministry , and although the ex - minister was , as to all the ...
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... hand , and was above suspicion . Accordingly , in the second volume of that work Sir William would have found the song printed at length , with all the circumstances attending the production of it . I cannot suppose that Sir William ...
... hand , and was above suspicion . Accordingly , in the second volume of that work Sir William would have found the song printed at length , with all the circumstances attending the production of it . I cannot suppose that Sir William ...
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... hand . + Travels in England , transl . by Ozell , 1719 , 8vo . p . 65. Hence its popular denouncement . DINING WITH DUKE HUMPHREY . - Whence the origin tree. entries ; but the practice having been discontinued , the machine with its ...
... hand . + Travels in England , transl . by Ozell , 1719 , 8vo . p . 65. Hence its popular denouncement . DINING WITH DUKE HUMPHREY . - Whence the origin tree. entries ; but the practice having been discontinued , the machine with its ...
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... hand , at the bottom of the plate ; where the spiritual index is prefixed to Fo , instead of jin , man . The most ancient hieroglyphs on this coin describe that part of holy writ , contained in Genesis i . 2 , 3 ; or , it may be from ...
... hand , at the bottom of the plate ; where the spiritual index is prefixed to Fo , instead of jin , man . The most ancient hieroglyphs on this coin describe that part of holy writ , contained in Genesis i . 2 , 3 ; or , it may be from ...
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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.