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... living who remember these once famous entertainments . I was myself a guest at one of the last of them , at the house of Dr. Jenkyns , who died in 1878 , the last of the old prebendaries , though believe he was not quite on the same ...
... living who remember these once famous entertainments . I was myself a guest at one of the last of them , at the house of Dr. Jenkyns , who died in 1878 , the last of the old prebendaries , though believe he was not quite on the same ...
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... living in Edinburgh in 1761. Where can an account of him be found ? D. E. New Bedford , Mass . HORSESHOES FOR LUCK . In suspending them on walls or nailing them on doors which is the right side upwards ? I have always considered the ...
... living in Edinburgh in 1761. Where can an account of him be found ? D. E. New Bedford , Mass . HORSESHOES FOR LUCK . In suspending them on walls or nailing them on doors which is the right side upwards ? I have always considered the ...
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... living of Port , to which he was admitted on 15 May , 1683 . He was deprived of his benefice by the Privy Council on 3 October , 1689 , for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates , not praying for their Majesties William and Mary ...
... living of Port , to which he was admitted on 15 May , 1683 . He was deprived of his benefice by the Privy Council on 3 October , 1689 , for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates , not praying for their Majesties William and Mary ...
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... living . In case , if the name of the vessel be known , 1802 , in consequence of Mr. Clarke's dissolute there can be no very great difficulty to find life , she separated from him , and in the a record of the birth , especially if the ...
... living . In case , if the name of the vessel be known , 1802 , in consequence of Mr. Clarke's dissolute there can be no very great difficulty to find life , she separated from him , and in the a record of the birth , especially if the ...
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... Living as we are , men are reckless of expense , and , not knowing how long they may live to eat , pay anything . Morning State of 46th Regiment , 8 Jan. , 1855 . as officers , servants , & c . Men fit for duty , including all ...
... Living as we are , men are reckless of expense , and , not knowing how long they may live to eat , pay anything . Morning State of 46th Regiment , 8 Jan. , 1855 . as officers , servants , & c . Men fit for duty , including all ...
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Page 128 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 442 - Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest...
Page 281 - Rules to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Page 151 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 298 - I must endeavour to keep a margin in my book open, to add here and there a note in shorthand with my own hand. And so I betake myself to that course, which is almost as much as to see myself go into my grave : for which, and all the discomforts that will accompany my being blind, the good God prepare me !
Page 11 - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
Page 245 - For instance, the doctrine of a Trinity is found both in the East and in the West ; so is the ceremony of washing ; so is the rite of sacrifice. The doctrine of the Divine Word...
Page 24 - And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Page 81 - FILL for me a brimming bowl And let me in it drown my soul : But put therein some drug, designed To Banish Women from my mind : For I want not the stream inspiring That fills the mind with — fond desiring, But I want as deep a draught As e'er from Lethe's wave was quaffd ; From my despairing heart to charm 8 ere di S lincourt.
Page 140 - This New and Revised Edition comprises additional material and hitherto Unpublished Letters, Sketches, and Drawings, derived from the Author's Original MSS.