Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700: Including the Origin of British Society, Customs and Manners, with a General Sketch of the State of Religion, Superstition, Dresses, and Amusements of the Citizens of London, During that Period; to which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries, Illustrated by Eighteen Engravings, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... master ; ' and then pricked the picture with a knife so hard and so often , and with so effectual words , as the pigeon fell down from the top of the house stark dead . I need not write any further circum- stance to shew how the matter ...
... master ; ' and then pricked the picture with a knife so hard and so often , and with so effectual words , as the pigeon fell down from the top of the house stark dead . I need not write any further circum- stance to shew how the matter ...
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... list of wonders performed by jugglers form the heads of Master Scott's chap- ters , under the article Hartumim ; and is given to furnish a comparison with those of the present day . Of • Of the ball , and the manner of legerdemain 25.
... list of wonders performed by jugglers form the heads of Master Scott's chap- ters , under the article Hartumim ; and is given to furnish a comparison with those of the present day . Of • Of the ball , and the manner of legerdemain 25.
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... master of the game for fooleries : sometimes presenting David Droman and Archee Armstrong the King's fool on the back of the other fools , to tilt one at another , till they fell together by the ears ; sometimes antick dances : but Sir ...
... master of the game for fooleries : sometimes presenting David Droman and Archee Armstrong the King's fool on the back of the other fools , to tilt one at another , till they fell together by the ears ; sometimes antick dances : but Sir ...
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... master of the revels , for five years , which term expired in 1682. " These , therefore , are to give notice ( saith the latter gentleman in the London Gazette ) to all ballad - singers , that they take out licenses at the office of the ...
... master of the revels , for five years , which term expired in 1682. " These , therefore , are to give notice ( saith the latter gentleman in the London Gazette ) to all ballad - singers , that they take out licenses at the office of the ...
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... master as he sits on her back ; when he pleases she will lie down , and he on her back ; and if he alight off her , she will lie still till he gets on her again , though he go from her ; and many more too tedi- ous to relate . " His ...
... master as he sits on her back ; when he pleases she will lie down , and he on her back ; and if he alight off her , she will lie still till he gets on her again , though he go from her ; and many more too tedi- ous to relate . " His ...
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Seite 81 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Seite 162 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks ; Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the honey'd showers And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Seite 153 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Seite 192 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Seite 226 - Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Seite 189 - His banished gods restored to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line ; From whence the race of Alban fathers come And the long glories of majestic Rome.
Seite 153 - But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage Or influence, chide or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.
Seite 181 - IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me...
Seite 187 - Hell, Earth, Chaos, all; the argument Held me a while misdoubting his intent, That he would ruin (for I saw him strong) The sacred truths to fable and old song (So...
Seite 162 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.