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... says Drummond . But Burke , in his Dictionary of Landed Gentry ( 1847 ) , vol . i . pp . 151-2 , says that the reason for changing the name was as follows . Mrs. Bruce's grandfather in a letter to his son relative to the family descent ...
... says Drummond . But Burke , in his Dictionary of Landed Gentry ( 1847 ) , vol . i . pp . 151-2 , says that the reason for changing the name was as follows . Mrs. Bruce's grandfather in a letter to his son relative to the family descent ...
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... says : - : - " The Acts of Francis I. contain numerous letters of legitimation of bastards , especially of bastards of priests , which is somewhat surprising . ' Were the children of celibate priests ever legitimated in England ? What ...
... says : - : - " The Acts of Francis I. contain numerous letters of legitimation of bastards , especially of bastards of priests , which is somewhat surprising . ' Were the children of celibate priests ever legitimated in England ? What ...
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... says ] was in the year 1802 ; and the the Lyceum Theatre with gas experi- event is memorable , as the house was lighted mentally in 1803. Further advance with by gas , being , I believe , the first time that valuable the new illuminant ...
... says ] was in the year 1802 ; and the the Lyceum Theatre with gas experi- event is memorable , as the house was lighted mentally in 1803. Further advance with by gas , being , I believe , the first time that valuable the new illuminant ...
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... says of this painting : — " " It probably belongs to the Augustan period , and was taken from the upper part of a ... says : - de Vigne , ' was published in The New Monthly " Fourthly , that her first novel , Granville Magazine . It was ...
... says of this painting : — " " It probably belongs to the Augustan period , and was taken from the upper part of a ... says : - de Vigne , ' was published in The New Monthly " Fourthly , that her first novel , Granville Magazine . It was ...
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... says : - made that the baronetcy was revived " in the person of the first baronet's brother . " " This foible of the duke's , so long as no evil resulted from it , was passed over by his courtiers as a piece of harmless frenzy . " A ...
... says : - made that the baronetcy was revived " in the person of the first baronet's brother . " " This foible of the duke's , so long as no evil resulted from it , was passed over by his courtiers as a piece of harmless frenzy . " A ...
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Página 158 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from beine one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass. The mere materials with which wisdom builds. Till smooth'd and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Página 162 - Who wear our health' but sickly in his life Which in | his death | were perfect. | Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed, that I am reckless what I do to spite the world. I am one | my liege, And
Página 164 - You are dull, Casca, and those sparks of life That should be in a Roman you do want, Or else you use not. You look pale and gaze And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder "To see the strange impatience of the heavens
Página 294 - In Milton it occurs but thrice, and in one of these three instances it is applied in a very unusual way. In the first printed of Milton's, poetical compositions, the Epitaph on Shakespeare, we find the lines :— What needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a
Página 153 - It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine. Lycidas
Página 382 - Few men have left behind such purity of character, or such | monuments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction | for all ages, from« those who are lisping their first lessons | to the enlightened readers of Malbranche and Locke ; he has | left neither
Página 158 - Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass. The mere materials with which wisdom builds. Till smooth'd and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. The
Página 72 - Mr. Gotobed sits up till half-after three, Mr. Makepeace was bred an attorney. Mr. Gardener can't tell a flower from a root, Mr. Wilde with timidity draws back, Mr. Ryder performs all his journeys on foot, Mr. Foote all his journeys on horseback. Kick'd down all his fortune his dad
Página 72 - Surnames. Men once were surnamed from their shape or estate, (You all may from History worm it ) ; There was Lewis the Bulky, and Henry the Great» John Lackland, and Peter the Hermit. But now, when the door-plates of Misters and Dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner's trade, figure, and calling,
Página 163 - Am I yourself But, as it were, in sort or limitation, To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed And talk to you sometimes