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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Page 34
... mention is made of " the bells of the horses ; " and bells were used for sacred and profane purposes in ancient Greece and Rome , though they do not appear to have been used by the Christians before the time of Paulinus , about A.D. 400 ...
... mention is made of " the bells of the horses ; " and bells were used for sacred and profane purposes in ancient Greece and Rome , though they do not appear to have been used by the Christians before the time of Paulinus , about A.D. 400 ...
Page 39
... mentions , " Scoulds are to be duck'd over head and ears into the water in a ducking stool ; " he adds : These are practices as are not granted by their Charter law , and are repugnant to the known laws of England . These punishments ...
... mentions , " Scoulds are to be duck'd over head and ears into the water in a ducking stool ; " he adds : These are practices as are not granted by their Charter law , and are repugnant to the known laws of England . These punishments ...
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... mention of such a discovery , and how improbable to us it must have appeared . Dr. Hay , however , insisted on the truth of it , and informed us , that about fifteen years since , happening to lodge at Portici , near , or within half a ...
... mention of such a discovery , and how improbable to us it must have appeared . Dr. Hay , however , insisted on the truth of it , and informed us , that about fifteen years since , happening to lodge at Portici , near , or within half a ...
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... mention made of names given to persons of mature age , and corresponding with their qualities and dispositions ; as in the history of Abderaim ( Mogul Tales ) , recited by Mouiad , whose father was called Compiler of the Sale Catalogue ...
... mention made of names given to persons of mature age , and corresponding with their qualities and dispositions ; as in the history of Abderaim ( Mogul Tales ) , recited by Mouiad , whose father was called Compiler of the Sale Catalogue ...
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... mention of the old gigantic race , alluded to in Current Notes , p . 41. On a time , a merry fellowe being brought before Sir It shows that their Teutonic name was at that period a Stephen Soame , in London , for a common drunkard , and ...
... mention of the old gigantic race , alluded to in Current Notes , p . 41. On a time , a merry fellowe being brought before Sir It shows that their Teutonic name was at that period a Stephen Soame , in London , for a common drunkard , and ...
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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.