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... GEORGE III . 1730-1765 . In imperial 8vo . pp . 834 , price 158. cloth , CALENDAR of HOME OFFICE PAPERS of the REIGN of GEORGE III . Vol . I. 1760 ( et 25 ) -1765 , preserved in H. M. Public ecord Office . Edited by J. REMINGTON , and ...
... GEORGE III . 1730-1765 . In imperial 8vo . pp . 834 , price 158. cloth , CALENDAR of HOME OFFICE PAPERS of the REIGN of GEORGE III . Vol . I. 1760 ( et 25 ) -1765 , preserved in H. M. Public ecord Office . Edited by J. REMINGTON , and ...
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... GEORGE III . - A story of the attempt on the life of King George III . is worthy to be remembered : -- On May 15 , 1800 , the English Ministers received notice that an attempt would be made to assassinate the King , and advised him not ...
... GEORGE III . - A story of the attempt on the life of King George III . is worthy to be remembered : -- On May 15 , 1800 , the English Ministers received notice that an attempt would be made to assassinate the King , and advised him not ...
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... GEORGE REDWAY . answer you get is , " It is Shrove Tuesday . " I do not know of their playing on any other day . Does any one know the origin of this custom ? | salmon , and is applied in connexion with many. E. LEATON BLENKINSOPP ...
... GEORGE REDWAY . answer you get is , " It is Shrove Tuesday . " I do not know of their playing on any other day . Does any one know the origin of this custom ? | salmon , and is applied in connexion with many. E. LEATON BLENKINSOPP ...
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... George Herbert Rodwell , musical composer and novelist . In the former character he is responsible for ( inter alia ) the vocal religious revival in England . The chapters on these last two topics form , in our opinion , the most ...
... George Herbert Rodwell , musical composer and novelist . In the former character he is responsible for ( inter alia ) the vocal religious revival in England . The chapters on these last two topics form , in our opinion , the most ...
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... George , 39 . Notes . " MORTE D'ARTHUR " ; OR , " THE PASSING OF ARTHUR . " Having shown in " Gareth and Linet " wherein Tennyson differs from the History of Prince Arthur ( compiled by Sir T. Malory in 1470 ) , it will be no less ...
... George , 39 . Notes . " MORTE D'ARTHUR " ; OR , " THE PASSING OF ARTHUR . " Having shown in " Gareth and Linet " wherein Tennyson differs from the History of Prince Arthur ( compiled by Sir T. Malory in 1470 ) , it will be no less ...
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Page 70 - That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat. Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery. That aptly is put on.
Page 165 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 101 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 362 - My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Page 243 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
Page 75 - Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
Page 21 - That whistled stiff and dry about the marge. So strode he back slow to the wounded King. Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere : "Hast thou perform'd my mission which I gave? What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: " I heard the ripple washing in the reeds And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Page 116 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 94 - Mathematicians, having taken the Height of my Body by the help of a Quadrant, and finding it to exceed theirs in the Proportion of Twelve to One, they concluded...
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