A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... Feasts without Invitations 240 LVII . Account of the Cross in Cheapside , and its Demolition 241 LVIII . The Phrase , A MONTH'S MIND TO DO A THING , illustrated 244 LIX . On the Custom of adorning Churches with Evergreens 245 LX ...
... Feasts without Invitations 240 LVII . Account of the Cross in Cheapside , and its Demolition 241 LVIII . The Phrase , A MONTH'S MIND TO DO A THING , illustrated 244 LIX . On the Custom of adorning Churches with Evergreens 245 LX ...
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... Feast of the Circumcision , at Queen's College , where the Bursar gives to every member a needle and thread , in remembrance of the founder , whose name was Egglesfield , falsely deducing it from two French words , Aguille Fil , a ...
... Feast of the Circumcision , at Queen's College , where the Bursar gives to every member a needle and thread , in remembrance of the founder , whose name was Egglesfield , falsely deducing it from two French words , Aguille Fil , a ...
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... feasts ; and it was customary in some places to place the notice thereof in their almanacks ; and in Spain , where the marriage may be performed , but not the veiling , they at this day mark it in their almanacks in the following man ...
... feasts ; and it was customary in some places to place the notice thereof in their almanacks ; and in Spain , where the marriage may be performed , but not the veiling , they at this day mark it in their almanacks in the following man ...
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... feast of St. Martial , apostle of the Limou- sin , the congregation retained the custom of dancing in the choirs as lately as the middle of the last century ; and in- stead of the doxology after every psalm , they sang out , in that ...
... feast of St. Martial , apostle of the Limou- sin , the congregation retained the custom of dancing in the choirs as lately as the middle of the last century ; and in- stead of the doxology after every psalm , they sang out , in that ...
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... feasts varying every year , it was customary to place the notice thereof , at least in some places , in their almanacks ; " and in Spain , where the mar riage may be performed , but not the veiling , they at this day mark it in their ...
... feasts varying every year , it was customary to place the notice thereof , at least in some places , in their almanacks ; " and in Spain , where the mar riage may be performed , but not the veiling , they at this day mark it in their ...
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Page 165 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 445 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply, And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 412 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 168 - To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him : for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 46 - ... it is accorded, that if any other case supposed treason which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his parliament, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.
Page 245 - I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent : in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Page 417 - And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Page 349 - ... leaves resume their verdure again ; which, if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Whether the planting of yew in churchyards hold not its original from ancient funeral rites, or as an emblem of resurrection, from its perpetual verdure, may also admit conjecture.
Page 372 - ... a play and declaration of divers storyes of the Bible, beginning with the creation and fall of Lucifer, and ending with the generall judgment of the world, to be declared and played in the Whitsome weeke, was devised and made by one Sr.
Page 246 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...