Notes and Queries, Volumen79Oxford University Press, 1889 |
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... occurs in the ballad of the ' Battle of Otterbourne , ' where the Douglas says : - O bury me by the bracken bush , Beneath the blooming brier , Let never living mortal ken That ere a kindly Scot lies here . Scott , ' Border Min . , ' ed ...
... occurs in the ballad of the ' Battle of Otterbourne , ' where the Douglas says : - O bury me by the bracken bush , Beneath the blooming brier , Let never living mortal ken That ere a kindly Scot lies here . Scott , ' Border Min . , ' ed ...
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... occurs , being that of the wife of Robert , son of Benedict de Hamstede , and among the witnesses to the same document is Robert le Engyniur , which I presume is equivalent to Robert the Engineer ; but I should like to know what an ...
... occurs , being that of the wife of Robert , son of Benedict de Hamstede , and among the witnesses to the same document is Robert le Engyniur , which I presume is equivalent to Robert the Engineer ; but I should like to know what an ...
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... occurs to me . Once , in a strange place , and in somewhat peculiar and trying circum- stances , I was along with a friend whose Gaelic idiom still troubled him . We sadly needed a place of refuge and entertainment , and when at the end ...
... occurs to me . Once , in a strange place , and in somewhat peculiar and trying circum- stances , I was along with a friend whose Gaelic idiom still troubled him . We sadly needed a place of refuge and entertainment , and when at the end ...
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... occurs in the manuscript and printed EDWARD PEACOCK . literature of the time . ROLLING A BALL DOWN THE TABLE AFTER DINNER ( 7th S. vi . 489 ) . Your correspondent's second instance seems a relic of the ancient days when the ball was the ...
... occurs in the manuscript and printed EDWARD PEACOCK . literature of the time . ROLLING A BALL DOWN THE TABLE AFTER DINNER ( 7th S. vi . 489 ) . Your correspondent's second instance seems a relic of the ancient days when the ball was the ...
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... occurs : - " A Smooth Black Dog , less then a Grey - hound , with white under his breast , belonging to the King's Majesty , was taken from Whitehal the eighteenth day of this in- stant June , or thereabout . If any one can give notice ...
... occurs : - " A Smooth Black Dog , less then a Grey - hound , with white under his breast , belonging to the King's Majesty , was taken from Whitehal the eighteenth day of this in- stant June , or thereabout . If any one can give notice ...
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Página 85 - And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay ; Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.
Página 118 - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird...
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Página 25 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
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Página 199 - 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...
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