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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... noticed in Exodus xxviii . 33 , 34. In Zechariah xiv . 20 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 ...
... noticed in Exodus xxviii . 33 , 34. In Zechariah xiv . 20 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 ...
Page 37
... noticed as a Scottish instrument of Ec- tion from the Continent an impression from a Canaan- clesiastical punishment , chiefly employed for the coercion itish seal that had been submitted to numerous learned of female scolds , and those ...
... noticed as a Scottish instrument of Ec- tion from the Continent an impression from a Canaan- clesiastical punishment , chiefly employed for the coercion itish seal that had been submitted to numerous learned of female scolds , and those ...
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... noticed on any other Dublin token ; otherwise the probability would be , the now named St. Patrick's pence and halfpence were struck during the seige of Limerick , at the Mint then controlled by Walter Plunkett , with the re - struck ...
... noticed on any other Dublin token ; otherwise the probability would be , the now named St. Patrick's pence and halfpence were struck during the seige of Limerick , at the Mint then controlled by Walter Plunkett , with the re - struck ...
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... noticed this and the other idols as having been originally placed in the temple of Radegast , at Rhetra , that was wholly destroyed in the time of Charlemagne . * FAUSSETT COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES . THE recent case of the rejection of ...
... noticed this and the other idols as having been originally placed in the temple of Radegast , at Rhetra , that was wholly destroyed in the time of Charlemagne . * FAUSSETT COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES . THE recent case of the rejection of ...
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... noticed : - Capte Caret Carpe Cera Cetra Aper Apte LIL Creat Crepat A Ac Acer , subst . Acer , adject . Cork , May 27 . Pacte Par Preca Precat Arce Arcet Parce Parcet Epar Erat Arte At Pare Paret Et Tace Parte Pater Te Per Pera Pace ...
... noticed : - Capte Caret Carpe Cera Cetra Aper Apte LIL Creat Crepat A Ac Acer , subst . Acer , adject . Cork , May 27 . Pacte Par Preca Precat Arce Arcet Parce Parcet Epar Erat Arte At Pare Paret Et Tace Parte Pater Te Per Pera Pace ...
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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.