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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... Scotland ; Todd's Life of Bryan Walton ; Mr. B. H. Bright's Analysis of Prayers by Gauden ; and a pamphlet by Gauden's curate , Walker , on the part he sustained in the work . JAMES LANDells . 6 . NICHOLAS MANN . - Over the entrance to ...
... Scotland ; Todd's Life of Bryan Walton ; Mr. B. H. Bright's Analysis of Prayers by Gauden ; and a pamphlet by Gauden's curate , Walker , on the part he sustained in the work . JAMES LANDells . 6 . NICHOLAS MANN . - Over the entrance to ...
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... Scotland , 1851 , 8vo . , p . 692 . Jamieson in his Scottish Dictionary explains : " To brank ; to bridle , or restrain . " Thus the term brank is also used in Scotland to designate a rude substitute for a horse's bridle and bit ...
... Scotland , 1851 , 8vo . , p . 692 . Jamieson in his Scottish Dictionary explains : " To brank ; to bridle , or restrain . " Thus the term brank is also used in Scotland to designate a rude substitute for a horse's bridle and bit ...
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... Scotland , 1851 , p . 693 . + Dalyell's Darker Superstitions of Scotland , p . 686. The Witch's brank is described in the old Statistical Account of the parish of Forfar , as the bridle used in conducting to ex- ecution the wretched ...
... Scotland , 1851 , p . 693 . + Dalyell's Darker Superstitions of Scotland , p . 686. The Witch's brank is described in the old Statistical Account of the parish of Forfar , as the bridle used in conducting to ex- ecution the wretched ...
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... SCOTLAND , 1363 . As the parentage of Margaret Logy , the Queen of David the Second , King of Scotland , 1329-1371 , con- temporary with Edward the Third , King of England , has long been a subject of doubt and inquiry among all ...
... SCOTLAND , 1363 . As the parentage of Margaret Logy , the Queen of David the Second , King of Scotland , 1329-1371 , con- temporary with Edward the Third , King of England , has long been a subject of doubt and inquiry among all ...
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... Scotland , in 1641. In the fourth volume of the Censura Literaria , reference is made to his Musarum Deliciæ , 1656 , duod . , p . 101 . The writer has in vain referred to that book , and to the reprint as edited by Dubois . Still the ...
... Scotland , in 1641. In the fourth volume of the Censura Literaria , reference is made to his Musarum Deliciæ , 1656 , duod . , p . 101 . The writer has in vain referred to that book , and to the reprint as edited by Dubois . Still 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.
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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.
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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.