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... appears to apply to the solemnity of the act , and not in contra- distinction to a minor or subsidiary form of taking the oath . In ancient writings the great aith " is frequently referred to . Thus Wyntoun says : - 66 He swore the ...
... appears to apply to the solemnity of the act , and not in contra- distinction to a minor or subsidiary form of taking the oath . In ancient writings the great aith " is frequently referred to . Thus Wyntoun says : - 66 He swore the ...
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... appears to have stood on the site of No. 13 , Spring Gardens , a house built by Mr. Decimus Burton for his residence , ad- joining the Council's offices to the northward , and now in the Council's occupation . JOHN HEBB . Canonbury ...
... appears to have stood on the site of No. 13 , Spring Gardens , a house built by Mr. Decimus Burton for his residence , ad- joining the Council's offices to the northward , and now in the Council's occupation . JOHN HEBB . Canonbury ...
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... appears , appeals strongly to us at the present moment.- Elizabethan London , ' by the Bishop of London , with which the new volume of the Cornhill begins , is a lecture delivered a couple of months ago at the Queen's Hall before the ...
... appears , appeals strongly to us at the present moment.- Elizabethan London , ' by the Bishop of London , with which the new volume of the Cornhill begins , is a lecture delivered a couple of months ago at the Queen's Hall before the ...
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... appears to be the name of some Scottish dish or delicacy . It is coupled by J. W. Boswell , writing in 1828 , with " crowdy " and " haggis " in a poetical skit upon Burns . The word is unknown to the Oxford and Dialect dictionaries and ...
... appears to be the name of some Scottish dish or delicacy . It is coupled by J. W. Boswell , writing in 1828 , with " crowdy " and " haggis " in a poetical skit upon Burns . The word is unknown to the Oxford and Dialect dictionaries and ...
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... appears from the ' Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales ' that houses were esti- mated by the " fork , " in Anglo - Saxon called gafol . Thus in the Dimetian Code we are told that " the worth of a winter - house , for every fork which ...
... appears from the ' Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales ' that houses were esti- mated by the " fork , " in Anglo - Saxon called gafol . Thus in the Dimetian Code we are told that " the worth of a winter - house , for every fork which ...
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Seite 44 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Seite 22 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank* Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Seite 45 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
Seite 373 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn...
Seite 206 - Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn, Im dunkeln Laub die Gold-Orangen glühn, Ein sanfter Wind vom blauen Himmel weht, Die Myrte still und hoch der Lorbeer steht, Kennst du es wohl? Dahin! Dahin Möcht ich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehn.
Seite 353 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 199 - Ask where's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Seite 44 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Seite 263 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy; his spirit drank The spectacle ; sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life.
Seite 206 - My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...