Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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Page 20
... the gates of Edinburgh , where some day it was thought he might enter the pulpit as their minister ; but his unsocial 1 Third Book of Scotish Pasquils , pp . 47 , 48 . temper cooled the city and ministry towards him . " 20 CANT .
... the gates of Edinburgh , where some day it was thought he might enter the pulpit as their minister ; but his unsocial 1 Third Book of Scotish Pasquils , pp . 47 , 48 . temper cooled the city and ministry towards him . " 20 CANT .
Page 23
... thought to be a masterpiece ; he took for his text the twenty - second and twenty- third verses of the fifth chaper of St John's Gospel , and " the main point he drove at , was to state an opposition between King Charles and King Jesus ...
... thought to be a masterpiece ; he took for his text the twenty - second and twenty- third verses of the fifth chaper of St John's Gospel , and " the main point he drove at , was to state an opposition between King Charles and King Jesus ...
Page 24
... thought one crown was enough for any one man , and that one kingdom might serve him very well . " Though entertaining such sentiments , Cant does not seem to have found favour with Crom- well or his generals ; and after the English ...
... thought one crown was enough for any one man , and that one kingdom might serve him very well . " Though entertaining such sentiments , Cant does not seem to have found favour with Crom- well or his generals ; and after the English ...
Page 59
... thought these purple violets had been her Argo's eyes , as shattered here and there and dropt down from her peacock's train ; and so well might hope to find her bird again , as deer are traced by their footing . She is even the wanton ...
... thought these purple violets had been her Argo's eyes , as shattered here and there and dropt down from her peacock's train ; and so well might hope to find her bird again , as deer are traced by their footing . She is even the wanton ...
Page 71
... Thoughts on Scarcity . MR WORDSWORTH has avowed himself- ' A simple water - drinking bard , " 1 forgetting or defying ... thought there could be no is now before me , The Merry and Diverting Exploits of George Buchanan , commonly called ...
... Thoughts on Scarcity . MR WORDSWORTH has avowed himself- ' A simple water - drinking bard , " 1 forgetting or defying ... thought there could be no is now before me , The Merry and Diverting Exploits of George Buchanan , commonly called ...
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