Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... England , ..................... 136 50. Latin - English , 137 51. Vox Populi , .. ................................. 138 52. Jack Ketch ,. 142 53. Ladies ' Oaths , 144 54. Poison in the Eucharist , 146 55. Melchisedec , ..
... England , ..................... 136 50. Latin - English , 137 51. Vox Populi , .. ................................. 138 52. Jack Ketch ,. 142 53. Ladies ' Oaths , 144 54. Poison in the Eucharist , 146 55. Melchisedec , ..
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... England frequently give instances of a drunken boor driving his wife to mar- ket , placing a halter round her neck , and selling her to a neighbour for a shilling . The practice , like most others , seems to have descended to the dregs ...
... England frequently give instances of a drunken boor driving his wife to mar- ket , placing a halter round her neck , and selling her to a neighbour for a shilling . The practice , like most others , seems to have descended to the dregs ...
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... England , delivered himself of the following re- marks : " When the earth is afflicted by long and severe winters , we see that the savage beasts of the forest leave their dens , and advance even to the gates of cities to seize their ...
... England , delivered himself of the following re- marks : " When the earth is afflicted by long and severe winters , we see that the savage beasts of the forest leave their dens , and advance even to the gates of cities to seize their ...
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... England , or even before the cession of Neustria to Rollo the Ganger . The chronicle of the abbey of Fontenelle under the year 727 speaks of a parish termed Brucius , which is certainly known to be the modern Brix . Some remains of the ...
... England , or even before the cession of Neustria to Rollo the Ganger . The chronicle of the abbey of Fontenelle under the year 727 speaks of a parish termed Brucius , which is certainly known to be the modern Brix . Some remains of the ...
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... England , took part with that country against the French king . Besides the barony of Brix , the Bruces held in the same parish the barony of Luthumière , which after their forfeiture was con- ferred on the illustrious family of Du ...
... England , took part with that country against the French king . Besides the barony of Brix , the Bruces held in the same parish the barony of Luthumière , which after their forfeiture was con- ferred on the illustrious family of Du ...
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Page 26 - The Oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving : No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Page 138 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Page 31 - 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...
Page 27 - For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the lymytour hymself In undermeles and in morwenynges, And seyth his matyns and his hooly thynges As he gooth in his lymytacioun.
Page 168 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 217 - Though in their souls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage Which blighted their life's bloom , and then departed : — Itself expired, but leaving them an age Of years all winters, — war within themselves to wage.
Page 151 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Page 28 - And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.
Page 66 - 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.
Page 83 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bigbone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals, which had been created for the use of the Indians...