The Antiquary, Band 4Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson E. Stock, 1881 |
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... plate or pot of the most precious old blue ; the finest group of Chelsea figures has no charm for me , and I can see ... plates , mugs , and teapots , adorned with the arms of their former possessors . Having thus confessed my ignorance ...
... plate or pot of the most precious old blue ; the finest group of Chelsea figures has no charm for me , and I can see ... plates , mugs , and teapots , adorned with the arms of their former possessors . Having thus confessed my ignorance ...
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... PLATE . ORIENTAL . ARMS : -Quarterly , I and 4 , Gules , two chevrons Ermine between three eagles displayed Or ; 2 and 3 , Azure , two chevrons Or between three goats ' heads erased Argent . PARSONS . Impaling , Vert , on a chevron Or ...
... PLATE . ORIENTAL . ARMS : -Quarterly , I and 4 , Gules , two chevrons Ermine between three eagles displayed Or ; 2 and 3 , Azure , two chevrons Or between three goats ' heads erased Argent . PARSONS . Impaling , Vert , on a chevron Or ...
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... plate in my possession . This coat was granted in 1773 to the family of De Cardonnel , of Chirton , in Northumberland . This shows that the plate was made after 1773 , and the tricking is rude for that period ; but at what factory it ...
... plate in my possession . This coat was granted in 1773 to the family of De Cardonnel , of Chirton , in Northumberland . This shows that the plate was made after 1773 , and the tricking is rude for that period ; but at what factory it ...
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... plate known as the " Pompadour Plate " was one of the most successful forgeries per- petrated . This is a plate of foreign make , with pretty pink shell border , and has the ARMS : -Azure , two fishes between three estoiles Or . CREST ...
... plate known as the " Pompadour Plate " was one of the most successful forgeries per- petrated . This is a plate of foreign make , with pretty pink shell border , and has the ARMS : -Azure , two fishes between three estoiles Or . CREST ...
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... for his salary as Speaker . As much as 536 135. was expended on Plate , Prayer - books , Bibles , & c . , for " the princess of Auranges chapell . " It is pleasing to note the gift of £ 100 16 MISCELLANEOUS EXCHEQUER ACCOUNTS .
... for his salary as Speaker . As much as 536 135. was expended on Plate , Prayer - books , Bibles , & c . , for " the princess of Auranges chapell . " It is pleasing to note the gift of £ 100 16 MISCELLANEOUS EXCHEQUER ACCOUNTS .
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Seite 175 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Seite 62 - Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner.
Seite 176 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Seite 180 - I sat viewing the silver streams glide silently towards their centre, the tempestuous sea ; yet sometimes opposed by rugged roots and pebble-stones, which broke their waves, and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams. As...
Seite 143 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Seite 9 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory, and the good of this plantation.
Seite 128 - Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that, to turn the book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out.
Seite 249 - It is not perhaps generally known that to Mr. Griffith Jones, and a brother of his, Mr. Giles Jones, in conjunction with Mr. John Newbery, the public are indebted for the origin of those numerous and popular little books for the amusement and instruction of children which have been ever since received with universal approbation...
Seite 45 - And they who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Seite 151 - In conclusion, we report to your Majesty that there prevails amongst the inhabitants of a great majority of the incorporated towns a general, and, in our opinion, a just dissatisfaction with their municipal institutions ; a distrust of the self-elected municipal councils, whose powers are subject to no popular control, and whose acts and proceedings being secret, are unchecked by the influence of public opinion...