The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 101Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1831 - English essays |
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... whole produce of land is paid as rent ; one third as expenses ; and that one third is left to the farmer for profit , the risk of his stock , and the expenses of his own maintenance . Now a tax ( adds he ) equal to a tenth part of the whole ...
... whole produce of land is paid as rent ; one third as expenses ; and that one third is left to the farmer for profit , the risk of his stock , and the expenses of his own maintenance . Now a tax ( adds he ) equal to a tenth part of the whole ...
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... whole kingdom at Chalcuth A. D. 787. About A. D. 793 , Offa , King of Mercia , passed a law to secure the Tithes of his king- dom to the Church ( Offa Rex Mer- ciorum nominatissimus , Decimum om- nium rerum Ecclesiĉ concedit ) , and or ...
... whole kingdom at Chalcuth A. D. 787. About A. D. 793 , Offa , King of Mercia , passed a law to secure the Tithes of his king- dom to the Church ( Offa Rex Mer- ciorum nominatissimus , Decimum om- nium rerum Ecclesiĉ concedit ) , and or ...
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... whole surface of the globe must more or less be impreg- nated with marine qualities . The or- ganic remains , shells , and those pre- sent constitute one relative character , and before they were disturbed at the deluge composed one ...
... whole surface of the globe must more or less be impreg- nated with marine qualities . The or- ganic remains , shells , and those pre- sent constitute one relative character , and before they were disturbed at the deluge composed one ...
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... whole a failure . And what is true of learned commentaries will like- wise apply to these vernacular trans- lations , whether with or without notes , which must be , more or less , founded on the erudite researches before ad- verted to ...
... whole a failure . And what is true of learned commentaries will like- wise apply to these vernacular trans- lations , whether with or without notes , which must be , more or less , founded on the erudite researches before ad- verted to ...
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... whole choir . It was not the space between the altar and organ Screen which gave the grand effect , but the whole length from the organ Screen to the east window ; that noble waste of room , that disregard of space between the altar ...
... whole choir . It was not the space between the altar and organ Screen which gave the grand effect , but the whole length from the organ Screen to the east window ; that noble waste of room , that disregard of space between the altar ...
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Page 30 - Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 27 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 5 - Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of .the things of the temple ? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel.
Page 6 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 419 - And when He had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest Thou the high priest so...
Page 27 - O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Page 27 - Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her...
Page 51 - A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison ; her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments ; her person is angelic and her conversation heavenly ; she is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight.
Page 66 - I am the more confirmed in this by having lately gone over some of our classics, particularly Pope, whom I tried in this way, — I took Moore's poems and my own and some others, and went over them side by side with Pope's, and I was really astonished (I ought not to have been so) and mortified at the ineffable distance in point of sense, harmony, effect, and even Imagination, passion, and Invention, between the little Queen Anne's man, and us of the Lower Empire. Depend upon it, it is all Horace...
Page 229 - And the men arose, and went away : and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.