The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Payne and Foss, Pall-Mall. Sold by W. F. Wakeman, Dublin; John Thomson, Edinburgh; and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia., 1827 |
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... officers , having the custody of corporate archives , are aware how much historical information may be concealed without in the slightest degree compromising the rights and privileges of their corporations . " In order to render the ...
... officers , having the custody of corporate archives , are aware how much historical information may be concealed without in the slightest degree compromising the rights and privileges of their corporations . " In order to render the ...
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... officer , acting under a Royal Commission , being allowed , in a work of this nature , to fix upon any particular era as that when the legislative and remedial assemblies of England first assumed a definite organization , " or to assert ...
... officer , acting under a Royal Commission , being allowed , in a work of this nature , to fix upon any particular era as that when the legislative and remedial assemblies of England first assumed a definite organization , " or to assert ...
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... officers , & c . ; " and which he truly says , " will facilitate searches by immediate reference as well to persons as places . " It is obvious that this and the former volumes , relating to the proceedings in the Court and Duchy of ...
... officers , & c . ; " and which he truly says , " will facilitate searches by immediate reference as well to persons as places . " It is obvious that this and the former volumes , relating to the proceedings in the Court and Duchy of ...
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... officer of the county in which they occurred . " The petitions in the reign of King Richard the Second are very numerous ; they are all in the French language ; and , from some of the few examples which are here introduced , it will be ...
... officer of the county in which they occurred . " The petitions in the reign of King Richard the Second are very numerous ; they are all in the French language ; and , from some of the few examples which are here introduced , it will be ...
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... officer always accompanied his lord with his banner , as appears from several illuminations ; especially in that of the meeting of John Ball and Wat Tyler , where King Richard is drawn at a distance from his army , and the royal banner ...
... officer always accompanied his lord with his banner , as appears from several illuminations ; especially in that of the meeting of John Ball and Wat Tyler , where King Richard is drawn at a distance from his army , and the royal banner ...
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Page 22 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 352 - ... .Even when I was a very young boy at school, instead of running about on holidays and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with some one companion, if I could find any of the same temper.
Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Page 354 - The Wish Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the soonest cloy; And they, methinks, deserve my pity Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 370 - I descend to the grave May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A Mistress moderately fair, And good as guardian angels are, Only beloved and loving me.
Page 376 - Prophet of the ripen'd year ! Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire ; Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect, happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know; But, when thou'st drunk, and danc'd, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Page 361 - ... truth : reason puts in her claim for one half of it, and extravagance for the other. The only province therefore for this kind of wit, is epigram, or those little occasional poems that in their own nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams.