Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... seems to have descended to the dregs from the cream of society . In the reign of Edward I. it prevailed among persons of noble and knightly rank , as we learn from a deed still preserved , which may be thus translated : " To all good ...
... seems to have descended to the dregs from the cream of society . In the reign of Edward I. it prevailed among persons of noble and knightly rank , as we learn from a deed still preserved , which may be thus translated : " To all good ...
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... seems not to have been very popular , for the same writer informs us , " that he frequently preached in the great square at the Cross of Aberdeen ; and one day in time of preaching , somebody or other threw a dead corby [ crow ] at him ...
... seems not to have been very popular , for the same writer informs us , " that he frequently preached in the great square at the Cross of Aberdeen ; and one day in time of preaching , somebody or other threw a dead corby [ crow ] at him ...
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... seems to have requited their scorn by neglecting them , for we find him at all times busy in the plots of his factious time . His sermons were much in favour with the Parliament ; and he was frequently chosen to hold forth at the ...
... seems to have requited their scorn by neglecting them , for we find him at all times busy in the plots of his factious time . His sermons were much in favour with the Parliament ; and he was frequently chosen to hold forth at the ...
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... seem to have found favour with Crom- well or his generals ; and after the English occupa- tion of Scotland , his power began to wane . parishioners , whom for ten years he had ruled with a rod of iron , at length dared to murmur under ...
... seem to have found favour with Crom- well or his generals ; and after the English occupa- tion of Scotland , his power began to wane . parishioners , whom for ten years he had ruled with a rod of iron , at length dared to murmur under ...
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... seems of old to have had the singular virtue of discomfiting witches and demons . Every one may have heard how the bare vision of St Francis ' inexpressibles put the devil to flight . In Thuringia , it is believed that , to keep the ...
... seems of old to have had the singular virtue of discomfiting witches and demons . Every one may have heard how the bare vision of St Francis ' inexpressibles put the devil to flight . In Thuringia , it is believed that , to keep the ...
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