Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: 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 ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 Seiten |
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... to avoid the heavy blows it inflicted . In this instance , a strong post was placed erect in the ground , on which a piece of wood turned by means of a spindle ; at one ex- tremity . tremity a bag of sand was suspended , and the 8.
... to avoid the heavy blows it inflicted . In this instance , a strong post was placed erect in the ground , on which a piece of wood turned by means of a spindle ; at one ex- tremity . tremity a bag of sand was suspended , and the 8.
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... means the lower classes receive hints , and are taught to think theft en- tertaining and whimsical , rather than wicked and deserving of punishment ; besides , at least one half of their employment on the stage consists in tormenting ...
... means the lower classes receive hints , and are taught to think theft en- tertaining and whimsical , rather than wicked and deserving of punishment ; besides , at least one half of their employment on the stage consists in tormenting ...
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... means to abo- lish it ; he traces its history with great ability , and , after describing many ancient modes of dancing , adds , " In stead of these , we have now base dances , bargenettes , pauyons , turgyons , and rounds . And as for ...
... means to abo- lish it ; he traces its history with great ability , and , after describing many ancient modes of dancing , adds , " In stead of these , we have now base dances , bargenettes , pauyons , turgyons , and rounds . And as for ...
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... means enabled me to add another item to the preceding observations . The gentleman just mentioned notices a work published in 1682 , called " A remembrance of the worthy show and shooting , by the Duke of Shoreditch , and his associates ...
... means enabled me to add another item to the preceding observations . The gentleman just mentioned notices a work published in 1682 , called " A remembrance of the worthy show and shooting , by the Duke of Shoreditch , and his associates ...
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... means of manly exertion . The fourth volume of my his- tory of London contains an engraving of Fins- bury fields in its antient state , abounding with buts for targets , from which an idea may be form- ed of still more remote periods ...
... means of manly exertion . The fourth volume of my his- tory of London contains an engraving of Fins- bury fields in its antient state , abounding with buts for targets , from which an idea may be form- ed of still more remote periods ...
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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 - 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...
Seite 161 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
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 30 - ... drunkenness, and breeds a number of idle and discontented speeches in their alehouses : for, when shall the common people have leave to exercise, if not upon the Sundays and holidays ? Seeing they must apply their labour, and win their living in all working days.
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...