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... correspondent is figured Rigollot's Monnaies des Fous ( plate 4 , fig . 10 ) , and is correctly described by him ( p . xc . ) as a satirical medal directed against the court of Rome . The inscriptions are correctly given by our ...
... correspondent is figured Rigollot's Monnaies des Fous ( plate 4 , fig . 10 ) , and is correctly described by him ( p . xc . ) as a satirical medal directed against the court of Rome . The inscriptions are correctly given by our ...
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... correspondent states that the roof of the church of Little Melton , Norfolk , is thatched , and asks if it is unique . This kind of roofing is by no means uncommon , and prevails in Norfolk , Suffolk , and in a few churches in ...
... correspondent states that the roof of the church of Little Melton , Norfolk , is thatched , and asks if it is unique . This kind of roofing is by no means uncommon , and prevails in Norfolk , Suffolk , and in a few churches in ...
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... correspondent DR . WILSON can find in these anything other than the Norse word thane , he must possess a fertile imagination . I have not seen the new edition of the Prehistoric Annals , but do not accept DR . WILSON's representation of ...
... correspondent DR . WILSON can find in these anything other than the Norse word thane , he must possess a fertile imagination . I have not seen the new edition of the Prehistoric Annals , but do not accept DR . WILSON's representation of ...
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... correspondent , under the signature of H. K. , observes that he has never yet seen any palindromic verse in any language which deserves to be called good . I think a few specimens may be found which are really good . For instance , the ...
... correspondent , under the signature of H. K. , observes that he has never yet seen any palindromic verse in any language which deserves to be called good . I think a few specimens may be found which are really good . For instance , the ...
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... correspondent familiar with the Anthology may assist me . T. E. C. " LEO PUGNAT CUM DRACONE . " - Medieval seals with this legend , and with a corresponding device of a lion fighting with a dragon , are of not infre- quent occurrence ...
... correspondent familiar with the Anthology may assist me . T. E. C. " LEO PUGNAT CUM DRACONE . " - Medieval seals with this legend , and with a corresponding device of a lion fighting with a dragon , are of not infre- quent occurrence ...
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Página 72 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Página 288 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 203 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 133 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
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Página 293 - And note, that there shall be for every Male child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers.
Página 122 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
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Página 134 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Página 203 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west...