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... ancient Mask ( q . v . ) to be seen represented on ancient vases , and taken perhaps from the Oscan Atellanæ ; and the Italian name is pretty evidently a diminutive of pollice , the thumb - Tom Thumb ( the dwarfs of northern mythology ...
... ancient Mask ( q . v . ) to be seen represented on ancient vases , and taken perhaps from the Oscan Atellanæ ; and the Italian name is pretty evidently a diminutive of pollice , the thumb - Tom Thumb ( the dwarfs of northern mythology ...
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... ancient are of very ancient date . Figures with movable Egypt and Etruria . Originally intended to gratify children , they ended in being a diversion for adults . In China and India they are still made to act behind a curtain ( " Ombres ...
... ancient are of very ancient date . Figures with movable Egypt and Etruria . Originally intended to gratify children , they ended in being a diversion for adults . In China and India they are still made to act behind a curtain ( " Ombres ...
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... ancient works it cannot refer to the are taught , and , in some Purân'as at least , by the existing compositions called P. , and therefore that historical or quasi - scientific instruction which is no inference relative to the age of ...
... ancient works it cannot refer to the are taught , and , in some Purân'as at least , by the existing compositions called P. , and therefore that historical or quasi - scientific instruction which is no inference relative to the age of ...
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... ancient times , any great nobleman might institute his own pursuivant with his own hands and by his single authority . The Dukes of Norfolk had a pursuivant , called Blanch - lyon , from the white lion in their arms ; the pursuivant of ...
... ancient times , any great nobleman might institute his own pursuivant with his own hands and by his single authority . The Dukes of Norfolk had a pursuivant , called Blanch - lyon , from the white lion in their arms ; the pursuivant of ...
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... ancient Egypt . Greece found the materials for her white marble temples in the quarries of Mount Pen- telicus , near Athens , and in those of the islands of the Archipelago . It was from the quarries of Travertine ( a kind of limestone ) ...
... ancient Egypt . Greece found the materials for her white marble temples in the quarries of Mount Pen- telicus , near Athens , and in those of the islands of the Archipelago . It was from the quarries of Travertine ( a kind of limestone ) ...
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Page 234 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 131 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 221 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Page 300 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page 216 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 285 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 299 - Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 340 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
Page 131 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 299 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible...