The Antiquary, Volume 2Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson E. Stock, 1880 |
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Pagina 11
... coin being poured down the throat . But if to kill wife or servant be a venial offence , to aim at a bird under Royal protection is a crime of far more serious moment . A fellow was once known to take a shot at a jackdaw in the Imperial ...
... coin being poured down the throat . But if to kill wife or servant be a venial offence , to aim at a bird under Royal protection is a crime of far more serious moment . A fellow was once known to take a shot at a jackdaw in the Imperial ...
Pagina 29
... coin had on the obverse a conch shell with a crab inside it.-Mr. Hoblyn ex- hibited an original warrant , dated Feb. 14th , 1627 , to Sir W. Parkhurst , Warden of the Mint , altering the value of certain gold and silver coins ; also a ...
... coin had on the obverse a conch shell with a crab inside it.-Mr. Hoblyn ex- hibited an original warrant , dated Feb. 14th , 1627 , to Sir W. Parkhurst , Warden of the Mint , altering the value of certain gold and silver coins ; also a ...
Pagina 30
... coins was struck in England , but that the type of the English coin was adopted by foreign moneyers on account of the high estimation in which these coins were held . - General A. H. Schindler communicated a Paper on some unpublished ...
... coins was struck in England , but that the type of the English coin was adopted by foreign moneyers on account of the high estimation in which these coins were held . - General A. H. Schindler communicated a Paper on some unpublished ...
Pagina 31
... coins , & c . The Vice - President ( the Rev. Prebendary Scarth ) read a Paper on the remains of the Roman villa which has been discovered in Lydney , Park . The first discovery was made more than a century ago , when the walls were ...
... coins , & c . The Vice - President ( the Rev. Prebendary Scarth ) read a Paper on the remains of the Roman villa which has been discovered in Lydney , Park . The first discovery was made more than a century ago , when the walls were ...
Pagina 33
... Coins from the Conquest , " who also exhibited a number of silver coins dating from 1066 to 1660 . The period assigned to hammered coins , however , only extends to the third year of the reign of Eliza- beth , prior to which time all ...
... Coins from the Conquest , " who also exhibited a number of silver coins dating from 1066 to 1660 . The period assigned to hammered coins , however , only extends to the third year of the reign of Eliza- beth , prior to which time all ...
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Pagina 193 - Muses' anvil, turn the same (And himself with it) that he thinks to frame, Or for the laurel he may gain a scorn, For a good poet's made as well as born; And such wert thou. Look how the father's face Lives in his issue; even so, the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned and true-filed lines, In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance.
Pagina 202 - To THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE JAMES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c., the Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy and peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Pagina 226 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged...
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Pagina 61 - A True and Faithful Account of the several Informations exhibited to the Honourable Committee appointed by the Parliament to Inquire into the late dreadful Burning of the City of London.
Pagina 174 - In the county of Hereford was an old custom at funerals to hire poor people, who were to take upon them the sins of the party deceased. One of them (he was a loní, lean, ugly, lamentable poor rascal), I remember, lived in a cottage on Rosse highway.
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