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... ITALIAN , and GOTHIC ARCHITEC- TURE . By JOHN HENRY PARKER , F.S.A. New Edition , revised . Feap . 8vo , with nearly 500 Lilustrations , ornamental cloth . 78. 6d . " For the knapsack of the traveller , or the table of the amateur not ...
... ITALIAN , and GOTHIC ARCHITEC- TURE . By JOHN HENRY PARKER , F.S.A. New Edition , revised . Feap . 8vo , with nearly 500 Lilustrations , ornamental cloth . 78. 6d . " For the knapsack of the traveller , or the table of the amateur not ...
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... Italy , and by tradition a native of Raphoe in Ireland . Can any of your correspon- dents acquainted with the saints of the Roman Calendar give his Irish name , and state at what period he lived ? The Tarantines claim to have received ...
... Italy , and by tradition a native of Raphoe in Ireland . Can any of your correspon- dents acquainted with the saints of the Roman Calendar give his Irish name , and state at what period he lived ? The Tarantines claim to have received ...
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... Italy and Spain | England , is very common amongst the Greeks , as well as those of Cantacuzene , Comnenus , Ducas , Phocas , & c . , without anyone imagining their bearers to be descendants of the emperors who bore them . The frequency ...
... Italy and Spain | England , is very common amongst the Greeks , as well as those of Cantacuzene , Comnenus , Ducas , Phocas , & c . , without anyone imagining their bearers to be descendants of the emperors who bore them . The frequency ...
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... Italy , respecting which I have never been able to satisfy myself . On a scorching forenoon of the month of May , as I was slowly wending my way towards the small vil- lage of Scalea , which will be found on the northern frontier and ...
... Italy , respecting which I have never been able to satisfy myself . On a scorching forenoon of the month of May , as I was slowly wending my way towards the small vil- lage of Scalea , which will be found on the northern frontier and ...
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... Italy in 1860 , whence she sent it to as one of her productions . Mrs. A. claims to have the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post . As pub- lished there it consisted of six stanzas . În a vindicates the claims of M. W. Ball , of Elizabeth ...
... Italy in 1860 , whence she sent it to as one of her productions . Mrs. A. claims to have the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post . As pub- lished there it consisted of six stanzas . În a vindicates the claims of M. W. Ball , of Elizabeth ...
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Page 72 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 288 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 203 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon ; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 133 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 262 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 293 - And note, that there shall be for every Male child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers.
Page 122 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Page 260 - DICTIONARY of GENERAL BIOGRAPHY; containing Concise Memoirs and Notices of the most Eminent Persons of all Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Edited by WLR CATES. 8vo. 21s. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND.
Page 134 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 203 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west...