Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... Origin of the Family of Bruce , ............ .. 13. Academic Questions in Witchcraft , .. 14. Female Suffrage , . 15. Funeral Custom ,. 16. Privileges of the Peerage , 40 44 45 46 .... ib . Page 17. Mallet's Margaret's Ghost , 18 ...
... Origin of the Family of Bruce , ............ .. 13. Academic Questions in Witchcraft , .. 14. Female Suffrage , . 15. Funeral Custom ,. 16. Privileges of the Peerage , 40 44 45 46 .... ib . Page 17. Mallet's Margaret's Ghost , 18 ...
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... Proofs of Nobility , .. 109 39. Of Eating Books and Papers , .. 110 40. Almack's , 121 41. Origin of Newspapers ,. ib . 42. Presbyterian Parity , ...... 122 Beliciae Literariae . Deliciae Literariae . I. AN AUTHOR'S MEMORY 8 CONTENTS .
... Proofs of Nobility , .. 109 39. Of Eating Books and Papers , .. 110 40. Almack's , 121 41. Origin of Newspapers ,. ib . 42. Presbyterian Parity , ...... 122 Beliciae Literariae . Deliciae Literariae . I. AN AUTHOR'S MEMORY 8 CONTENTS .
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... origin . The first is said to have been coined by the English in derision of the Normans , who , after their conversion to the true faith , distinguished themselves , like most new con- verts , by enthusiasm and extravagance . Their cri ...
... origin . The first is said to have been coined by the English in derision of the Normans , who , after their conversion to the true faith , distinguished themselves , like most new con- verts , by enthusiasm and extravagance . Their cri ...
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... ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY OF BRUCE . OUR genealogists rarely seek to stretch their pedi- grees beyond the Norman invasion ... ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY OF BRUCE . Origin of the Family of Bruce,............
... ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY OF BRUCE . OUR genealogists rarely seek to stretch their pedi- grees beyond the Norman invasion ... ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY OF BRUCE . Origin of the Family of Bruce,............
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... origin ; 1 but M. de Gerville shows that it is derived from a domain in the arrondissement de Valognes , on the road from Cherbourg to Paris . The place is now called Brix , but was named Bruce or Bruis long before the con- quest of ...
... origin ; 1 but M. de Gerville shows that it is derived from a domain in the arrondissement de Valognes , on the road from Cherbourg to Paris . The place is now called Brix , but was named Bruce or Bruis long before the con- quest of ...
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Page 35 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished , They live no longer in the faith of reason...
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Page 174 - An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
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Page 72 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.