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... CROMWELL RUSSELL for the information he imparts in reply to my inquiry . I have visited the tombs ( two altar - tombs , stand- ing about three yards apart ) , on one of which the inscriptions are yet partly , but very faintly , visible ...
... CROMWELL RUSSELL for the information he imparts in reply to my inquiry . I have visited the tombs ( two altar - tombs , stand- ing about three yards apart ) , on one of which the inscriptions are yet partly , but very faintly , visible ...
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... Cromwell , ' third edition , 1787 , vol . i . The book , though the author may be incapable of estimating rightly the character of Oliver Cromwell , yet contains , at any rate , many curious notices and anecdotes of the Protector and ...
... Cromwell , ' third edition , 1787 , vol . i . The book , though the author may be incapable of estimating rightly the character of Oliver Cromwell , yet contains , at any rate , many curious notices and anecdotes of the Protector and ...
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... CROMWELL FAMILY ( 7th S. iii . 268 , 413 ) .— To any reader of N. & Q. ' interested in Bunhill Fields , and who may have been puzzled by my stating that I found Dr. Rippon's copies of inscriptions at the British Museum , while at the ...
... CROMWELL FAMILY ( 7th S. iii . 268 , 413 ) .— To any reader of N. & Q. ' interested in Bunhill Fields , and who may have been puzzled by my stating that I found Dr. Rippon's copies of inscriptions at the British Museum , while at the ...
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... Cromwell , ' third edition , 1787 , vol . i . The book , though the author may be incapable of estimating rightly the character of Oliver Cromwell , yet contains , at any rate , many curious notices and anecdotes of the Protector and ...
... Cromwell , ' third edition , 1787 , vol . i . The book , though the author may be incapable of estimating rightly the character of Oliver Cromwell , yet contains , at any rate , many curious notices and anecdotes of the Protector and ...
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... Cromwell's son- in - law . She died in 1713 , having in middle life married one Fortrey , a " gentleman of fortune . " WILLIAM DEANE . Hintlesham Rectory , Ipswich . If your correspondents had taken the trouble to consult ' The Complete ...
... Cromwell's son- in - law . She died in 1713 , having in middle life married one Fortrey , a " gentleman of fortune . " WILLIAM DEANE . Hintlesham Rectory , Ipswich . If your correspondents had taken the trouble to consult ' The Complete ...
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Page 249 - Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 180 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Page 44 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 100 - Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily.
Page 181 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 40 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 48 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 159 - And he said unto another, Follow -me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Page 80 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 285 - royal bird'? Gone down, it seems, to Scotland to be fiddled Unto by Sawney's violin, we have heard: 'Caw me, caw thee'— for six months hath been hatching This scene of royal itch and loyal scratching.