The Remains of Henry Kirke White: Of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College, Cambridge; with an Account of His Life |
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... Sizar , to whom the expense is not more than 60l . per annum . Towards this Sum , my mother will contribute 201. being what she allows me now for clothes ; ( by this means she will save my board ) ; and , for the residue , I must trust ...
... Sizar , to whom the expense is not more than 60l . per annum . Towards this Sum , my mother will contribute 201. being what she allows me now for clothes ; ( by this means she will save my board ) ; and , for the residue , I must trust ...
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... Sizar of St. John's , where the College emoluments are more than commonly large . In this situation of my affairs , you will perhaps agree with me in thinking that a subscription for a volume of poems will not be necessary ; and ...
... Sizar of St. John's , where the College emoluments are more than commonly large . In this situation of my affairs , you will perhaps agree with me in thinking that a subscription for a volume of poems will not be necessary ; and ...
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... with pleasure , and therefore I shall not presume to shew them to you . I shall anxiously ex- pect the publication of your work . I shall be in Cambridge next month , being admitted a 1 Sizar at St. John's . Trinity would have suited my ...
... with pleasure , and therefore I shall not presume to shew them to you . I shall anxiously ex- pect the publication of your work . I shall be in Cambridge next month , being admitted a 1 Sizar at St. John's . Trinity would have suited my ...
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... Sizar at St. John's . Trinity would have suited my plans better , but the expenses of that college are greater . With thanks for your kind remembrance of me , I re- main , Dear Sir , Very respectfully and thankfully yours , H. K. WHITE ...
... Sizar at St. John's . Trinity would have suited my plans better , but the expenses of that college are greater . With thanks for your kind remembrance of me , I re- main , Dear Sir , Very respectfully and thankfully yours , H. K. WHITE ...
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... Sizar , under very favourable circumstances , and , I believe , the profits of my situation will nearly equal the actual expenses of the college . But this is no rule for other colleges . I am on the best side ( there are two divisions ) ...
... Sizar , under very favourable circumstances , and , I believe , the profits of my situation will nearly equal the actual expenses of the college . But this is no rule for other colleges . I am on the best side ( there are two divisions ) ...
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Page 128 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 195 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 196 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Page 125 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 198 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 131 - I've none to smile when I am free, And when I sigh, to sigh with me. Yet in my dreams a form I view, That thinks on me, and loves me too ; I start, and when the vision's flown, I weep that I am all alone.
Page 131 - It is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow; It is not grief that bids me moan; It is that I am all alone. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home; Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its breast. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallow'd airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that it is all alone.
Page 289 - ... in medium discenda dabat ; coetusque silentum dictaque mirantum magni primordia mundi et rerum causas et quid natura, docebat: quid deus, unde nives, quae fulminis esset origo ; Juppiter an venti discussa nube tonarent ; 70 quid quateret terras, qua sidera lege mearent, et quodcumque latet ; primusque animalia mensis arguit imponi.
Page 125 - Deep horror then my vitals froze, death-struck, -I ceased the tide to stem; when suddenly a star arose — it was the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 201 - And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.