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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... present pictorial illustration , that the once abode of Newton has rendered pre - eminently conspicuous . The house , the first on the left hand , on entering St. Martin's Street from Leicester Square , was in 1709 the residence of the ...
... present pictorial illustration , that the once abode of Newton has rendered pre - eminently conspicuous . The house , the first on the left hand , on entering St. Martin's Street from Leicester Square , was in 1709 the residence of the ...
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... present insurgents , the Miao - tze of the different pro- vinces , but chiefly those of the Kouang - Si : " The Chinese in early ages Were regarded by God ; Together with foreign states , They walked in one way . From the time of Pwan ...
... present insurgents , the Miao - tze of the different pro- vinces , but chiefly those of the Kouang - Si : " The Chinese in early ages Were regarded by God ; Together with foreign states , They walked in one way . From the time of Pwan ...
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... presents a some- what different ad- justment : the plank , as shewn in the woodcut , works apparently on pivot between two posts . Other pictorial illustrations will be acceptable . a " The stools of infamy are the Ducking - stool and ...
... presents a some- what different ad- justment : the plank , as shewn in the woodcut , works apparently on pivot between two posts . Other pictorial illustrations will be acceptable . a " The stools of infamy are the Ducking - stool and ...
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... present - giving , of the children , and of everybody , from and to everybody , are confined to those only who are ... presents given , and the entertainment of the domes- tics on a footing of equality , date from this age . After the ...
... present - giving , of the children , and of everybody , from and to everybody , are confined to those only who are ... presents given , and the entertainment of the domes- tics on a footing of equality , date from this age . After the ...
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... presents in as many wrappers as possible , and throwing them in at the win- dows , the practice being emblematical of the hidden blessings in store for the coming year . JEWISH DISABILITIES . THE tribute required of the Jews by ...
... presents in as many wrappers as possible , and throwing them in at the win- dows , the practice being emblematical of the hidden blessings in store for the coming year . JEWISH DISABILITIES . THE tribute required of the Jews by ...
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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.