Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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Page 33
... causes alleged by the Heathens , from oraculous confession they cannot deny ; whereof upon record there are some very remarkeable . The first , that Oracle of Delphos delivered unto Augustus . Me puer Hebræus Divos Deus ipse gubernans ...
... causes alleged by the Heathens , from oraculous confession they cannot deny ; whereof upon record there are some very remarkeable . The first , that Oracle of Delphos delivered unto Augustus . Me puer Hebræus Divos Deus ipse gubernans ...
Page 79
... causes have impressed on the solid and un- yielding granite rock , but which , according to the popular creed , were produced by the contact of the hero , the saint , or the god . " 2 I have collected some instances of the almost ...
... causes have impressed on the solid and un- yielding granite rock , but which , according to the popular creed , were produced by the contact of the hero , the saint , or the god . " 2 I have collected some instances of the almost ...
Page 112
... caused the officer drink the wine and eat the letters , and said if any more letters came there , so long as he was Lord or Abbot , they should go the same way . " The burghers of Jedburgh treated 1 Sir Walter Scott's Prose Works , vol ...
... caused the officer drink the wine and eat the letters , and said if any more letters came there , so long as he was Lord or Abbot , they should go the same way . " The burghers of Jedburgh treated 1 Sir Walter Scott's Prose Works , vol ...
Page 113
... caused the pursevant cum dovn of the croce , and causit him eat his letteris : and therefter lowsit dovn his poyntis , and gave him his wages with a brydle , thretning him , that gif ever he cum agane he suld lose his lyfe . " It was ...
... caused the pursevant cum dovn of the croce , and causit him eat his letteris : and therefter lowsit dovn his poyntis , and gave him his wages with a brydle , thretning him , that gif ever he cum agane he suld lose his lyfe . " It was ...
Page 129
... caused a poor man , Arthur Din , and Margaret Semple his wife , pay his tavern bill ( ' paye his lawing ' ) ; that it is his fashion oftentimes so to do ; and that he is very greedy . John Park depones , that Mr George took from him OF ...
... caused a poor man , Arthur Din , and Margaret Semple his wife , pay his tavern bill ( ' paye his lawing ' ) ; that it is his fashion oftentimes so to do ; and that he is very greedy . John Park depones , that Mr George took from him OF ...
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