An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea, and Its Environs: Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eminent Persons who Have Resided in Chelsea During the Three Preceding Centuries, المجلد 1T. Faulkner, 1829 |
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... manners , and the pomp of elder days ; Whence culls the pensive bard his pic ' ur'd stores , Nor rough , nor barren , are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity , but strown with flowers . T. WARTON . IN TWO VOLUMES . EMBELLISHED WITH ...
... manners , and the pomp of elder days ; Whence culls the pensive bard his pic ' ur'd stores , Nor rough , nor barren , are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity , but strown with flowers . T. WARTON . IN TWO VOLUMES . EMBELLISHED WITH ...
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... manner this peculiarly holy tribe used to pray , and this custom is still followed . None of this tribe may approach a dead body on account of their peculiar sanctity ; and when a death takes place , they must leave the house ...
... manner this peculiarly holy tribe used to pray , and this custom is still followed . None of this tribe may approach a dead body on account of their peculiar sanctity ; and when a death takes place , they must leave the house ...
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... manners , Mr. Hargrave was mild , gentlemanlike , and conciliating . He was the author and editor of many valuable works , one of the most considerable of which was a complete collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Crimes ...
... manners , Mr. Hargrave was mild , gentlemanlike , and conciliating . He was the author and editor of many valuable works , one of the most considerable of which was a complete collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Crimes ...
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... manner of mention made of this pipe or water- course . But , about five years after this , the Earl of Middlesex , having occasion for a spot of ground to be taken off the back kitchen yard of Sir Arthur's dwelling house , upon which ...
... manner of mention made of this pipe or water- course . But , about five years after this , the Earl of Middlesex , having occasion for a spot of ground to be taken off the back kitchen yard of Sir Arthur's dwelling house , upon which ...
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... manner as Sir Arthur had conveyed it to him , taking no notice of this water - course , though he had granted part of the benefit of it to Sir Arthur as aforesaid . In 1627 , King Charles granted this house and all thereunto belonging ...
... manner as Sir Arthur had conveyed it to him , taking no notice of this water - course , though he had granted part of the benefit of it to Sir Arthur as aforesaid . In 1627 , King Charles granted this house and all thereunto belonging ...
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الصفحة 87 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of* some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
الصفحة 313 - Alas, Sir, these are all only struggles for happiness. When I first entered Ranelagh, it gave an expansion and gay sensation to my mind, such as I never experienced anywhere else. But, as Xerxes wept when he viewed his immense army, and considered that not one of that great multitude would be alive a hundred years afterwards, so it went to my heart to consider that there was not one in all that brilliant circle, that was not afraid to go home and think ; but that the thoughts of each individual there,...
الصفحة 209 - A curious Herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants which are now used in the practice of physic, engraved on folio copper plûtes, afler drawings taken from the life, by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added, a short description of the plants, and their common uses in physic, ? vols, folio.
الصفحة 187 - His greatest success was in characters of lower life, which he improved from the delight he took in his observations of that kind in the real world. In songs and particular dances too of humour he had no competitor.
الصفحة 4 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
الصفحة 351 - For upwards of eighty-six years I have kept my accounts exactly : I will not attempt it any longer, being satisfied with the continual conviction, that I save all- I can, and give all I can ; that is, all I have.
الصفحة 206 - we have hitherto seen serene and quiet times under our three last sovereigns, but I must now warn you to prepare for clouds and storms. Factions arise on every side, and threaten the tranquillity of your native country. But, whatever happen, do you faithfully honour and obey your prince, and adhere to the crown. I charge you never to forsake the crown, though it should hang upon a bush.
الصفحة 188 - In his political principles he was, in the words of sir Richard Steele, a " whig up to the head and ears ;" and so strictly was he attached to the interests of the house of Hanover, that he never let slip any occasion that presented itself of demonstrating his sentiments in that respect.
الصفحة 87 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes; I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
الصفحة 42 - Ye living men, come view the ground, "Where you must shortly lie. 2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers! The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.