The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopędia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volume 3William Oxberry 1821 |
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... turned from council , according to his custom . " Hath no messenger arrived from the court ? " said the counterfeit pre- late .- " None , my lord , for the queen , they say , is sore sick . " " Tarry not an instant if one cometh , and ...
... turned from council , according to his custom . " Hath no messenger arrived from the court ? " said the counterfeit pre- late .- " None , my lord , for the queen , they say , is sore sick . " " Tarry not an instant if one cometh , and ...
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... turned to seek the chancellor's signet- ring , the coffer had closed upon it . " Blame thyself , Ra- venstone ! " said Alice of Huntingdon- " thou hast laughed at the tales of imps and fairies , yet thou hadst woman's weakness enough to ...
... turned to seek the chancellor's signet- ring , the coffer had closed upon it . " Blame thyself , Ra- venstone ! " said Alice of Huntingdon- " thou hast laughed at the tales of imps and fairies , yet thou hadst woman's weakness enough to ...
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... turned round to his wife and children , and • looking as if for the last time on their rosy cheeks , conclud- ing that in four months they must also change their com- plexion , exclaimed , " O merciful powers ! Biddy , did you hear that ...
... turned round to his wife and children , and • looking as if for the last time on their rosy cheeks , conclud- ing that in four months they must also change their com- plexion , exclaimed , " O merciful powers ! Biddy , did you hear that ...
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... turned to his brother judges , and the sorcerer was acquitted . THE FACETIOUS DOCTOR . In the reign of George the Second , the see of York falling vacant his majesty being at a loss for a fit person to appoint to the exalted situation ...
... turned to his brother judges , and the sorcerer was acquitted . THE FACETIOUS DOCTOR . In the reign of George the Second , the see of York falling vacant his majesty being at a loss for a fit person to appoint to the exalted situation ...
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... turned up with taffety , at the precise moment of his journey . A war with Arabia was the consequence ; and the unfortu- nate circumstance of the breeches occasioned the death of thousands . On reaching Constantinople , I saw two men ...
... turned up with taffety , at the precise moment of his journey . A war with Arabia was the consequence ; and the unfortu- nate circumstance of the breeches occasioned the death of thousands . On reaching Constantinople , I saw two men ...
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Page 90 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 295 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 12 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 12 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud, though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, (for it was like nothing on earth,) which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
Page 189 - He is the most diligent preacher of all other; he is never out of his diocese; he is never from his cure; ye shall never find him unoccupied; he is ever in his parish; he keepeth residence at all times; ye shall never find him out of the way: call for him when you will, he is ever at home; the diligentest preacher in all the realm; he is ever at his plough...
Page 12 - ... as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came...
Page 90 - His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear...
Page 92 - States. I sent you the pipe — it resembled this— and I sent it by the Missouri, that the Indians of the Mississippi might not know what we were doing. You received it I then told you that your friends should be my friends — that your enemies should be my enemies — and that I only awaited your signal to make war. If this be the conduct of an enemy, I shall never be your friend.
Page 103 - Instead of being covered with a cloud of sorrow — my warriors would have felt the sunshine of joy in their hearts. To me it would have been a most glorious occurrence. Hereafter, when I die at home, instead of a noble grave and a grand procession, the rolling music and the thundering cannon, with a...
Page 226 - The gentry and citizens had little learning of any kind, and their way of breeding up their children was suitable to the rest. They were as severe to their children as their schoolmasters, and their schoolmasters as...