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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... means creditable to his discretion , that it was with an ill grace the rejoicings of his friends , of whom Scott was one of the most zealous , were scornfully jubilant ; such they were , however , in Edinburgh , and at a public dinner ...
... means creditable to his discretion , that it was with an ill grace the rejoicings of his friends , of whom Scott was one of the most zealous , were scornfully jubilant ; such they were , however , in Edinburgh , and at a public dinner ...
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... means adopted for the punishment of scolds and incorrigible women by ducking them in the water , after having secured them in a chair or stool , fixed at the end of a long pole , serving as a lever by which they were immersed in some ...
... means adopted for the punishment of scolds and incorrigible women by ducking them in the water , after having secured them in a chair or stool , fixed at the end of a long pole , serving as a lever by which they were immersed in some ...
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... means it plays freely , and always remains in a horizontal position , that a person may conveniently sit in it , whether you raise it up or let it down . They set a post upon bank of a pond or river , and over the post they lay almost ...
... means it plays freely , and always remains in a horizontal position , that a person may conveniently sit in it , whether you raise it up or let it down . They set a post upon bank of a pond or river , and over the post they lay almost ...
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... means do not admit of their purchasing trees and the concomitant tapers . These pyramids con- sist of slight erections of slips of wood , arranged like a pyramidal epergne , covered with green paper , and decorated with festoons of ...
... means do not admit of their purchasing trees and the concomitant tapers . These pyramids con- sist of slight erections of slips of wood , arranged like a pyramidal epergne , covered with green paper , and decorated with festoons of ...
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... means of plundering his subjects , observes , - Above all others , the Jews were miserably harassed by the confis- cation of their estates ; those in particular , who , declin- ing to give in their names as Jews , yet lived after the ...
... means of plundering his subjects , observes , - Above all others , the Jews were miserably harassed by the confis- cation of their estates ; those in particular , who , declin- ing to give in their names as Jews , yet lived after the ...
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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.