Illustrations of British Antiquities, Derived from Objects Found in South AmericaT. Brakell, Printer, 1869 - 114 |
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... Probably there is no country at the present day , whose people are restricted to implements of bronze or any other alloy of copper . Yet we learn from history that such was the case in Homeric times ; and we know that some of the North ...
... Probably there is no country at the present day , whose people are restricted to implements of bronze or any other alloy of copper . Yet we learn from history that such was the case in Homeric times ; and we know that some of the North ...
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... probably the poncho which was worn all day formed the blanket or covering . * Perhaps the simplest sort of sleeping place is the mi - mi of the Australian native ; a single pile of bark , on the lee side of which several " coil , " or ...
... probably the poncho which was worn all day formed the blanket or covering . * Perhaps the simplest sort of sleeping place is the mi - mi of the Australian native ; a single pile of bark , on the lee side of which several " coil , " or ...
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... probably assign Robin Hood . He is perhaps little more than an imper- sonation of the outlaw in general , who was repaid in popular sympathy for the privations which he bore in respect to domestic comforts . " To the little band ...
... probably assign Robin Hood . He is perhaps little more than an imper- sonation of the outlaw in general , who was repaid in popular sympathy for the privations which he bore in respect to domestic comforts . " To the little band ...
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... probably in Wales , at a much more recent period ; and also that they were not unknown in England , at a more remote period , and even in neighbouring parts of Lancashire . On the 24th of June , 1856 , the Historic Society of Lancashire ...
... probably in Wales , at a much more recent period ; and also that they were not unknown in England , at a more remote period , and even in neighbouring parts of Lancashire . On the 24th of June , 1856 , the Historic Society of Lancashire ...
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... Probably I will not exaggerate when I say that the average price of English manufactured goods is about three times as great as at home . Of vegetable products , there are the well known Panama hats , the majority of which , however ...
... Probably I will not exaggerate when I say that the average price of English manufactured goods is about three times as great as at home . Of vegetable products , there are the well known Panama hats , the majority of which , however ...
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Strona 26 - They say, he is already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England '. They say, many young gentlemen flock to him every day, and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.
Strona 26 - UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE' UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Strona 45 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Strona 45 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Strona 46 - When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit ; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows...
Strona 66 - Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Strona 100 - For so common were all sorts of treen stuff in old time that a man should hardly find four pieces of pewter (of which one was peradventure a salt) in a good farmer's house...
Strona 43 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold: To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Strona 27 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Strona 56 - Highlanders is far from being acceptable to the eye: with them a small part of the plaid, which is not so large as the former, is set in folds and girt round the waist to make of it a short petticoat that reaches half way down the thigh, and the rest is brought over the shoulders, and then fastened before, below the neck, often with a fork, and sometimes with a bodkin, or sharpened piece of stick, so that they make pretty near the appearance of the poor women in London when they bring their gowns...