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... father's heir after his father's days . And I will not suffer that any man do you wrong . God preserve you . " The chief events in the after story of London , INTRODUCTORY . xix.
... father's heir after his father's days . And I will not suffer that any man do you wrong . God preserve you . " The chief events in the after story of London , INTRODUCTORY . xix.
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... father died , and where I first breathed , and there I will yield my last breath , please God and the king . " " Lord Bacon being in Yorke house garden , looking on fishers , as they were throwing their nett , asked them what they would ...
... father died , and where I first breathed , and there I will yield my last breath , please God and the king . " " Lord Bacon being in Yorke house garden , looking on fishers , as they were throwing their nett , asked them what they would ...
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... father in triumph round the stadium . He is said to have died of joy on beholding his three sons victors on the same day . 4. Commerce , or the Triumph of the Thames . The figures of Drake , Raleigh , Sebastian Cabot , and Captain Cook ...
... father in triumph round the stadium . He is said to have died of joy on beholding his three sons victors on the same day . 4. Commerce , or the Triumph of the Thames . The figures of Drake , Raleigh , Sebastian Cabot , and Captain Cook ...
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... Father of Water- colour painting " ( 1802 ) ; Thomas King the actor ( 1805 ) ; and Dr. John Walcott- " Peter Pindar " ( 1819 ) . Under the north - west wall of the church rests Samuel Butler , the author of " Hudibras " ( 1680 ) . " His ...
... Father of Water- colour painting " ( 1802 ) ; Thomas King the actor ( 1805 ) ; and Dr. John Walcott- " Peter Pindar " ( 1819 ) . Under the north - west wall of the church rests Samuel Butler , the author of " Hudibras " ( 1680 ) . " His ...
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... father , who was a hairdresser . Maiden Lane leads into Chandos Street , where Claude Duval was taken , at the tavern called " the Hole in the Wall , ” in 1669 . Returning to the Strand , Burleigh Street and Exeter Street commemorate ...
... father , who was a hairdresser . Maiden Lane leads into Chandos Street , where Claude Duval was taken , at the tavern called " the Hole in the Wall , ” in 1669 . Returning to the Strand , Burleigh Street and Exeter Street commemorate ...
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Page 409 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 199 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD : And he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : For the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 307 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 265 - Of these the false Achitophel was first: A name to all succeeding ages cursed. For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed the tenement of clay.
Page 427 - ... last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 185 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 228 - THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN AT the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years : Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard In the silence of morning the song of the Bird.
Page 304 - Yet e'en in transitory life's late day, That mingles all my brown with sober gray, Revere the man, whose pilgrim marks the road, And guides the progress of the soul to God.
Page 426 - We staid till, it being darkish, we saw the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side of the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile long: it made me weep to see it.
Page 120 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...