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... natural creations from the earth , embody- ing the poetry and charm of the simple living for hundreds of years of those naïve , delightful folk who tilled the soil and played their games in rustic light - heartedness ? " , " I never was ...
... natural creations from the earth , embody- ing the poetry and charm of the simple living for hundreds of years of those naïve , delightful folk who tilled the soil and played their games in rustic light - heartedness ? " , " I never was ...
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... nature and considerateness made a polished gentleman of him . Although there are numerous other associa- tions in history connected with Kenilworth , it is natural and easy , and perhaps profitable , to forget them all , and take Scott ...
... nature and considerateness made a polished gentleman of him . Although there are numerous other associa- tions in history connected with Kenilworth , it is natural and easy , and perhaps profitable , to forget them all , and take Scott ...
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... natural picturesqueness ; we are told that the house was then a butcher's shop , and that tacked up on the door was a sign : " William Shakespeare was born in this house . N. B. , A Horse and Cart to Let . " The town , indeed , hardly ...
... natural picturesqueness ; we are told that the house was then a butcher's shop , and that tacked up on the door was a sign : " William Shakespeare was born in this house . N. B. , A Horse and Cart to Let . " The town , indeed , hardly ...
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... nature and considerateness made a polished gentleman of him . Although there are numerous other associa- tions in history connected with Kenilworth , it is natural and easy , and perhaps profitable , to forget them all , and take Scott ...
... nature and considerateness made a polished gentleman of him . Although there are numerous other associa- tions in history connected with Kenilworth , it is natural and easy , and perhaps profitable , to forget them all , and take Scott ...
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... and neighbours of William , so that it was a natural and easy thing for Shake- speare to visit this neighbourhood if our con- jecture is correct . CHAPTER III BANBURY CROSS AND OTHER QUAINT SPOTS T HERE The Moated Grange 31.
... and neighbours of William , so that it was a natural and easy thing for Shake- speare to visit this neighbourhood if our con- jecture is correct . CHAPTER III BANBURY CROSS AND OTHER QUAINT SPOTS T HERE The Moated Grange 31.
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Страница 80 - With that grim ferryman* which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?
Страница 162 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Страница 345 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Страница 80 - At which words King Edward said nothing, but with his hand thrust him from him (or, as some say, stroke him with his gauntlet), whom incontinent they that strode about, which were George Duke of Clarence, Richard duke of Gloucester, Thomas Marquis Dorset, and William Lord Hastings, suddenly murdered and piteously mangled.
Страница 36 - Leofric ! could my name be forgotten, and yours alone remembered ! But perhaps my innocence may save me from reproach ; and how many as. innocent are in fear and famine ! No eye will open on me but fresh from tears.
Страница 12 - Meanwhile, the queen had no sooner stepped on the bridge than a new spectacle was provided ; for, as soon as the music gave signal that she was so far advanced, a raft, so disposed as to resemble a small floating island, illuminated by a great variety of torches, and surrounded by floating pageants formed to represent sea-horses, on which sat Tritons, Nereids...
Страница 198 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Страница 359 - ... to preach. It is reported that, as they drew near to the city, after their manner, with the holy cross, and the image of our sovereign Lord and King, Jesus Christ, they, in concert...
Страница 143 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Страница 360 - As soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned them, they began to imitate the course of life practised in the primitive church : applying themselves to frequent prayer, watching, and fasting ; preaching the word of life to as many as they could ; despising all worldly things, as not belonging to them ; receiving only their necessary food from those they taught...