The Table Book, Volym 2W. Hone, 1828 |
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... ancient form of the " tool of matrimony , " from one found at Horsley . down , and exhibited in 1800 to the Society of Antiquaries . Mr. Robert Smith , the possessor of this curious ring , transmitted with it some remarks and ...
... ancient form of the " tool of matrimony , " from one found at Horsley . down , and exhibited in 1800 to the Society of Antiquaries . Mr. Robert Smith , the possessor of this curious ring , transmitted with it some remarks and ...
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... Ancient Mysteries , p . 222 . hers , which had been given her by her mother at parting : and Alvarez unscrews both the rings , and fits one half to the other . There is a beautiful allusion to the em- blematical properties of the ...
... Ancient Mysteries , p . 222 . hers , which had been given her by her mother at parting : and Alvarez unscrews both the rings , and fits one half to the other . There is a beautiful allusion to the em- blematical properties of the ...
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... ANCIENT DIAL . For the Table Book . H **** t . The dial in use among the ancient Jews differed from that in use among us . Theirs was a kind of stairs ; the time of the day was distinguished , not by lines , but by steps or degrees ...
... ANCIENT DIAL . For the Table Book . H **** t . The dial in use among the ancient Jews differed from that in use among us . Theirs was a kind of stairs ; the time of the day was distinguished , not by lines , but by steps or degrees ...
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... ancient , and we find it adopted among many nations . It was said by the Persians of Orosmasdes , that he formed mankind and enclosed them in an egg . Cakes and salt were used in religious rites by the ancients . The Jews probably ...
... ancient , and we find it adopted among many nations . It was said by the Persians of Orosmasdes , that he formed mankind and enclosed them in an egg . Cakes and salt were used in religious rites by the ancients . The Jews probably ...
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... ancient feast at Athens , kept by private families , called Amphidromia , on the fifth day after the birth of the child , when it was the custom for the gossips to run round the fire with the infant in their arms , and then , having ...
... ancient feast at Athens , kept by private families , called Amphidromia , on the fifth day after the birth of the child , when it was the custom for the gossips to run round the fire with the infant in their arms , and then , having ...
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Sida 741 - A man may see how this world goes, with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yon' justice rails upon yon' simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: Change places; and, handydandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?
Sida 393 - It was not their custom to use hostile weapons against their fellow-creatures, for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They...
Sida 439 - ... it is supposed that a shrew-mouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Sida 441 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Sida 135 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Sida 87 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Sida 563 - Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame.
Sida 577 - A tragiccomedy is not so called in respect of mirth and killing, but in respect it wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near it, which is enough to make it no comedy...
Sida 63 - And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Sida 29 - O a homeless man, who has no spot on this wide world which he can truly call his own, , there is a momentary - feeling of something like independence and territorial consequence, when, after a weary day's travel, he kicks off his boots, thrusts his feet into slippers, and stretches himself before an inn fire.