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... England the words have been interchanged in the opposite way : - " He [ Somerville ] told them that he was going to London to shoot the Queen with his dagg , an he hoped to see her head set on a pole , for she was a serpent and a viper ...
... England the words have been interchanged in the opposite way : - " He [ Somerville ] told them that he was going to London to shoot the Queen with his dagg , an he hoped to see her head set on a pole , for she was a serpent and a viper ...
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... England , though bred a Dissenter , is now upon sound principles a convert to the Church of England , and appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts missionary at Elizabeth Town in Jersey ; and whereas ...
... England , though bred a Dissenter , is now upon sound principles a convert to the Church of England , and appointed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts missionary at Elizabeth Town in Jersey ; and whereas ...
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... England , but I find no Bradley in Norfolk . There is one in Suffolk . The ballad is too long for transcription here . JULIAN MARSHALL . TITLE OF NOVEL WANTED ( 7th S. v . 488 ) .- Is not the title of the book which TATTON asks for ...
... England , but I find no Bradley in Norfolk . There is one in Suffolk . The ballad is too long for transcription here . JULIAN MARSHALL . TITLE OF NOVEL WANTED ( 7th S. v . 488 ) .- Is not the title of the book which TATTON asks for ...
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... England . In comparative folk - lore Mr. Clouston has few superiors , and the analogues to the stories he gives are collected from very varied literature , European and Asiatic . Apart from its scholarly value , which is great , the ...
... England . In comparative folk - lore Mr. Clouston has few superiors , and the analogues to the stories he gives are collected from very varied literature , European and Asiatic . Apart from its scholarly value , which is great , the ...
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... England as " at least " forty years before , or 1770 , is so far accurate , Giuseppe Grimaldi having first acted in London in 1758 , and no doubt he arrived in England in 1757. This date also ex- plodes the common story ( repeated in ...
... England as " at least " forty years before , or 1770 , is so far accurate , Giuseppe Grimaldi having first acted in London in 1758 , and no doubt he arrived in England in 1757. This date also ex- plodes the common story ( repeated in ...
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Seite 106 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Seite 445 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Seite 203 - Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.
Seite 24 - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Seite 282 - As likewise to genuine and authorised tea-table talk, such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth. But that on no account you encroach upon the men's prerogative, and presume to drink healths, or toast fellows...
Seite 174 - Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Seite 168 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Seite 193 - slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word.
Seite 424 - I not deny The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try.
Seite 282 - Lastly, to the dominion of the tea-table I submit — but with proviso, that you exceed not in your province; but restrain yourself to native and simple tea-table drinks, as tea, chocolate, and coffee: as likewise to genuine and authorized tea-table talk — such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth...