The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 162Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1837 - English essays |
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... lady's be- lief and his own , with my endeav " . But to allay my griefs , let me now acquaint you with the enjoym's I had in counter balance . First , that wee spent much of of time in a fair country pallace , about 6 miles distant from ...
... lady's be- lief and his own , with my endeav " . But to allay my griefs , let me now acquaint you with the enjoym's I had in counter balance . First , that wee spent much of of time in a fair country pallace , about 6 miles distant from ...
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... Lady , the workmen have nothing to drink ; Hold them in discourse with some story , The while I go to Paris To fill one or two barrels , Keep them a little in patience . So Dan Genèse sets out on his journey , and soon returns with a ...
... Lady , the workmen have nothing to drink ; Hold them in discourse with some story , The while I go to Paris To fill one or two barrels , Keep them a little in patience . So Dan Genèse sets out on his journey , and soon returns with a ...
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... lady , a contemporary of the Duchess , Mrs. Dorothy Osborne , of Chicksands , Bedford- hire- " Let me ask you , [ she writes to her lover , Mr. Temple , ] if you have seen a book of poems , lately come out , by the Lady Newcastle . For ...
... lady , a contemporary of the Duchess , Mrs. Dorothy Osborne , of Chicksands , Bedford- hire- " Let me ask you , [ she writes to her lover , Mr. Temple , ] if you have seen a book of poems , lately come out , by the Lady Newcastle . For ...
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... LADY CHAPEL , ST . MARY OVERIES . In consequence of an intimation from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , of his desire to visit so much of the Pri . ory Church of St. Saviour as had been restored , and having appointed the 6th of ...
... LADY CHAPEL , ST . MARY OVERIES . In consequence of an intimation from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , of his desire to visit so much of the Pri . ory Church of St. Saviour as had been restored , and having appointed the 6th of ...
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... ladies added to the pleasure of the interesting specta- cle . The Committee received the noble visitors at the ... Lady Cha- pel , and Mr. C. E. Gwilt , we are happy to see , is entrusted with the execution a pleasing fact , since ...
... ladies added to the pleasure of the interesting specta- cle . The Committee received the noble visitors at the ... Lady Cha- pel , and Mr. C. E. Gwilt , we are happy to see , is entrusted with the execution a pleasing fact , since ...
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Page 218 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Page 46 - Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, not knowing what he said.
Page 217 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 552 - Pray, madam, where did you ever find the epithet 'good' applied to the title of doctor? Had you called me learned doctor,' or 'grave doctor,' or 'noble doctor,' it might be allowable, because they belong to the profession.
Page 552 - I am not so ignorant, madam, as not to see there are many sarcasms contained in it, and solecisms also. (Solecism is a word that comes from the town of Soleis in Attica, among the Greeks, built by Solon, and applied as we use the word Kidderminster...
Page 552 - What a pity ! How does it surprise one ! Two handsomer culprits I never set eyes on ! Then their friends all come round me with cringing and leering, To melt me to pity and soften my swearing. First Sir Charles advances with phrases well strung, Consider, dear Doctor, the girls are but young.
Page 582 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 630 - Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the poet's curse upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste betrays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays ! " * An engraved head of Shakspere faces the title-page of an early folio edition of his works.
Page 73 - That by the law and privilege of Parliament, this house has the sole and exclusive jurisdiction to determine upon the existence and extent of its privileges; and that the institution or prosecution of any action, suit, or other proceeding, for the purpose of bringing them into discussion or decision before any court or tribunal elsewhere than in Parliament, is a high breach of privilege, and renders all parties concerned therein amenable to its just displeasure, and to the punishment consequent thereon.
Page 227 - That we on Earth, with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'd In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.