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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... publish a facsimile . The European Maga- zine , then edited by Isaac Reed , in May of that year , con- tained- Verses ... published by Mr. Richardson , of Castle Street , Leicester Square . Ne sit ancillæ tibi amor pudori Xanthia Phoceu ...
... publish a facsimile . The European Maga- zine , then edited by Isaac Reed , in May of that year , con- tained- Verses ... published by Mr. Richardson , of Castle Street , Leicester Square . Ne sit ancillæ tibi amor pudori Xanthia Phoceu ...
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... published A Catalogue of Greek Coins , collected by WILLIAM MARTIN LEAKE , F.R.S. , one of the Vice - Presidents of the Royal Society of Literature . ' This volume adds more to the assistance of the student in the history of Greece ...
... published A Catalogue of Greek Coins , collected by WILLIAM MARTIN LEAKE , F.R.S. , one of the Vice - Presidents of the Royal Society of Literature . ' This volume adds more to the assistance of the student in the history of Greece ...
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... men - of - war , on Nov. 22 , 1739. A print illustrative of this event was published April 25 , 1740 . VICISSITUDES OF A NUMISMATIST . terms of the contract ,. SUPERSTITION is the spleen of the soul . FOR MARCH , 1854 . 21.
... men - of - war , on Nov. 22 , 1739. A print illustrative of this event was published April 25 , 1740 . VICISSITUDES OF A NUMISMATIST . terms of the contract ,. SUPERSTITION is the spleen of the soul . FOR MARCH , 1854 . 21.
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... Current Notes , is now published , price THREE SHILLINGS , in cloth boards . A few copies of the prior volumes remain , but an early application for them is desirable . No. XL . ] LAST HOURS OF QUEEN MARY THE 24 WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES .
... Current Notes , is now published , price THREE SHILLINGS , in cloth boards . A few copies of the prior volumes remain , but an early application for them is desirable . No. XL . ] LAST HOURS OF QUEEN MARY THE 24 WILLIS'S CURRENT NOTES .
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... published " Victorious Calendar , " is an opportune record of England's valorous deeds in To the reference in note , to Blomefield's " History of all ages and climes ; it is indispensable to all readers of Norfolk , " add vol . ii ...
... published " Victorious Calendar , " is an opportune record of England's valorous deeds in To the reference in note , to Blomefield's " History of all ages and climes ; it is indispensable to all readers of Norfolk , " add vol . ii ...
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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.