The Etymological Compendium, Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions .. Containing a Particular Account of London and Its Public Buildings ...T. Tegg, 1830 - 356 sivua |
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... late duchess of Portland , who gave 1000 guineas for it . It is made of glass . THE ETRUSCAN VASES . " Etruria ! next beneath thy magic hands Glides the quick wheel , the plastic clay expands ; Nerved with fine touch , thy fingers ( as ...
... late duchess of Portland , who gave 1000 guineas for it . It is made of glass . THE ETRUSCAN VASES . " Etruria ! next beneath thy magic hands Glides the quick wheel , the plastic clay expands ; Nerved with fine touch , thy fingers ( as ...
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... late inge- nious writer - Sous leurs heureuses mains le cuivre devient or ; - ' Under their hands copper became gold . ' The works of those en- gravers , which are now sold at the price of pictures , are evident proofs of the state of ...
... late inge- nious writer - Sous leurs heureuses mains le cuivre devient or ; - ' Under their hands copper became gold . ' The works of those en- gravers , which are now sold at the price of pictures , are evident proofs of the state of ...
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... late as the year 1720 , when inland navigation com- menced in England , by the deepening of the rivers Mersey and Irwell . The carrying trade between Manchester and Liverpool , was then performed principally by gangs of pack - horses ...
... late as the year 1720 , when inland navigation com- menced in England , by the deepening of the rivers Mersey and Irwell . The carrying trade between Manchester and Liverpool , was then performed principally by gangs of pack - horses ...
Sivu 55
... late Lord Erskine wittily alludes to it in his epigram on the Serjeants of the Common Pleas : " Their purple garments come from Tyre , Their arguments go to it ! " Thus it will appear , that the origin of calico printing may be traced ...
... late Lord Erskine wittily alludes to it in his epigram on the Serjeants of the Common Pleas : " Their purple garments come from Tyre , Their arguments go to it ! " Thus it will appear , that the origin of calico printing may be traced ...
Sivu 60
... late duke was especially a connoiseur ) , encircled with curtains of delicatest crimson , with starry coronets interwoven , folded between a pair of sheets , whiter and softer than the lap where Venus lulled Ascanius , was disco- vered ...
... late duke was especially a connoiseur ) , encircled with curtains of delicatest crimson , with starry coronets interwoven , folded between a pair of sheets , whiter and softer than the lap where Venus lulled Ascanius , was disco- vered ...
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
afterwards ancestors ancient appears appellation April fool arms Baynard's Castle benefit of clergy Biddenden bishop Black Prince built Cæsar called castle celebrated century Charles Christian church city of London cognomen common corruption court crown custom dancing denominated derives its name duke Earl Easter Elizabeth emperor England English erected fair famed flowers formerly France French garden gave Greeks ground hand head hence Henry 8th honour horse inhabitants introduced invented John Julius Cæsar king king's kingdom kings of France knights lady land Lane London London Bridge lord mayor marriage Mary origin parish parliament persons Pope present Prince queen reign of Henry Richard Rievaulx Abbey river Roman Rome royal Saint Saxon says Maitland Scotland signifies Street supposed term theatre thou tion took town Tunbridge ward whence William word writer
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Sivu 169 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Sivu 152 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...
Sivu 320 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Sivu 89 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
Sivu 324 - Oh, what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame, I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart : I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Sivu 73 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Sivu 8 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Sivu 120 - Third to steal a hawk. To take its eggs even in a person's own ground, was punishable with imprisonment for a year and a day, together with a fine at the king's pleasure. In...
Sivu 46 - I seem to remember having been told, that a bad sweep was once left in a stack with his brush, to indicate which way the wind blew. It was an awful spectacle certainly ; not much unlike the old stage direction in Macbeth, where the " Apparition of a child crowned with a tree in his hand rises.
Sivu 60 - I have been up all night (replied the old bard) ; my musical friends made me promise to write them an ode for their Feast of St. Cecilia : I have been so struck with the subject which occurred to me, that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is finished at one sitting.