Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1817 |
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... antient and modern . The present and three former volumes are now rendered still more accessible and useful by an Index , which has been added , principally , at the request of some valuable Correspondents ; to whom the Editor returns ...
... antient and modern . The present and three former volumes are now rendered still more accessible and useful by an Index , which has been added , principally , at the request of some valuable Correspondents ; to whom the Editor returns ...
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... antient solitary reign . GRAY . ORDER II . PICE OF PIES . The bill is commonly of a slightly compressed and convex form , and they build their nests , or deposit their eggs , in trees . The pies comprehend a numerous assemblage , and ...
... antient solitary reign . GRAY . ORDER II . PICE OF PIES . The bill is commonly of a slightly compressed and convex form , and they build their nests , or deposit their eggs , in trees . The pies comprehend a numerous assemblage , and ...
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... antient custom of going about with the wassail , ' a bowl of spiced ale , ' is yet retained in many places . The composition was ale , nutmeg , sugar , toast , and roasted crabs or apples , and was called lamb's wool . The ceremonies ...
... antient custom of going about with the wassail , ' a bowl of spiced ale , ' is yet retained in many places . The composition was ale , nutmeg , sugar , toast , and roasted crabs or apples , and was called lamb's wool . The ceremonies ...
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... antient Christians observed it by using a great number of lights ; in remembrance , as it is supposed , of our blessed Saviour's being declared by Simeon , to be ' a light to lighten the Gentiles : ' hence the name of Candlemas - day ...
... antient Christians observed it by using a great number of lights ; in remembrance , as it is supposed , of our blessed Saviour's being declared by Simeon , to be ' a light to lighten the Gentiles : ' hence the name of Candlemas - day ...
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... antient presbyter of the church : he suffered martyrdom in the persecution under Clau- dius II , at Rome ; being beaten with clubs , and then beheaded , in the Via Flaminia , about the year 270 . The day Saint Valentine , When maids are ...
... antient presbyter of the church : he suffered martyrdom in the persecution under Clau- dius II , at Rome ; being beaten with clubs , and then beheaded , in the Via Flaminia , about the year 270 . The day Saint Valentine , When maids are ...
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Page 5 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 321 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Page xxxviii - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 99 - From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April dress'd in all his. trim Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew...
Page 136 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 6 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 163 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 305 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Page 322 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
Page 312 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.