A Versatile Professor: Reminiscences of the Rev. Edward Nares, D. D., Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, 1813-1841George Cecil White R. B. Johnson, 1903 - 308 ページ |
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... matters of history , and to be learn'd nowhere else . The connection , therefore , became obvious , and it was not long before I made myself so familiar with the History of England , that my father took pride in challenging some of his ...
... matters of history , and to be learn'd nowhere else . The connection , therefore , became obvious , and it was not long before I made myself so familiar with the History of England , that my father took pride in challenging some of his ...
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... matter of fact I had merely caught a glimpse of the Viscount's coronet , with the Howard and Cavendish Arms , and I knew it to be impossible at the time that these three circumstances should meet in any other person than Lord Morpeth ...
... matter of fact I had merely caught a glimpse of the Viscount's coronet , with the Howard and Cavendish Arms , and I knew it to be impossible at the time that these three circumstances should meet in any other person than Lord Morpeth ...
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... matters requiring his presence in the House of Lords : - " Upon a pressure of business , however , in the Nisi Prius Court at Bedford , he had been sent for to try a case which lasted till late at night . He was obliged to be in the ...
... matters requiring his presence in the House of Lords : - " Upon a pressure of business , however , in the Nisi Prius Court at Bedford , he had been sent for to try a case which lasted till late at night . He was obliged to be in the ...
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... . Hunter , Esq . , of Beech Hill , and Mr. Walker , Accountant - General of the Court of Chancery . They unanimously declared the will so plain and easy of execution as to be a matter of congratulation . I will not attempt a full 4.
... . Hunter , Esq . , of Beech Hill , and Mr. Walker , Accountant - General of the Court of Chancery . They unanimously declared the will so plain and easy of execution as to be a matter of congratulation . I will not attempt a full 4.
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... matter of congratulation . I will not attempt a full statement of the case , which might be wearisome . It will suffice to say that , with the object of enabling the eldest son to take possession of the property at Eversley , which the ...
... matter of congratulation . I will not attempt a full statement of the case , which might be wearisome . It will suffice to say that , with the object of enabling the eldest son to take possession of the property at Eversley , which the ...
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142 ページ - The moon on the east oriel shone Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand In many a freakish knot had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
141 ページ - twenty acres of land, called the Bread and Cheese Land, lying in five pieces, were given by persons unknown, the yearly rents to be distributed among the poor of this parish. This is yearly done on Easter Sunday, in the afternoon, in 600 cakes, each of which have the figures of two women impressed...
142 ページ - And changed the willow wreaths to stone. The silver light, so pale and faint, "' Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the Apostate's pride. The moonbeam kissed the holy pane, And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.
141 ページ - ... to which latter is added one pound and a half of cheese, are given to the parishioners only, at the same time. There is a vulgar tradition in these parts that the figures on the cakes represent the donors of this gift, being two women, twins, who...
142 ページ - ... half of cheese, are given to the parishioners only, at the same time. There is a vulgar tradition in these parts, that the figures on the cakes represent the donors of this gift, being two women, twins, who were joined together in their bodies, and lived together so till they were between twenty and thirty years of age. But this seems without foundation.
251 ページ - DISCOURSES on the THREE CREEDS, and on the HOMAGE offered to our SAVIOUR on certain and particular Occasions, during his Ministry, as expressed in the Evangelical Writings by the Greek Term HPOZKTNEn.
147 ページ - God, that to believe otherwise, that is, to believe that God created a plurality of worlds, at least as numerous as what we call stars, renders the Christian system of faith at once little and ridiculous, and scatters it in the mind like feathers in the air. The two beliefs cannot be held together in the same mind; and he who thinks that he believes both, has thought but little of either.
257 ページ - I'm eighty years old, A girl of eighteen is in love with old Gould. To which his friend replied— A girl of eighteen may love Gould, it is true, But believe me, dear sir, it is gold without U.
142 ページ - There is a vulgar tradition in these parts, that the figures on the cakes represent the donors of this gift, being two women, twins, who were joined together in their bodies, and lived together so till they were between twenty and thirty years of age. But this seems without foundation. The truth seems to be, that it was the gift of two maidens of the name of Preston ; and that the print of the women on the cakes has taken place only within these fifty years, and were made to represent two poor widows,...
299 ページ - January, 1749, was pleased to advance him to the high and important Office of Master of the Rolls ; the Revenue of which, soon after his promotion, received from Parliament, unsought by him, a very considerable and equally Honourable Augmentation. By a faithful Discharge of the...