Some Oxford CustomsS. Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Company, 1888 |
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... hymn to the Trinity , with which , as their custom is , they usher in the May - day morning . We were too early , having made the mistake of an hour . So , after wandering over the fine old bridge , not yet invaded by the gang of busy ...
... hymn to the Trinity , with which , as their custom is , they usher in the May - day morning . We were too early , having made the mistake of an hour . So , after wandering over the fine old bridge , not yet invaded by the gang of busy ...
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... hymn would by and by float down to us from the summit , the discordant sound of a cow - horn struck dis- turbingly upon our ears . Presently the horn was answered by another , and the idle urchins owning them seemed to loiter on the ...
... hymn would by and by float down to us from the summit , the discordant sound of a cow - horn struck dis- turbingly upon our ears . Presently the horn was answered by another , and the idle urchins owning them seemed to loiter on the ...
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... hymn is an Eucharistic hymn , and the tenure of some College rights depends upon its being duly sung on each first May morning . We came home and went to bed , to make up for the lost hours of sleep , but in this too we were ...
... hymn is an Eucharistic hymn , and the tenure of some College rights depends upon its being duly sung on each first May morning . We came home and went to bed , to make up for the lost hours of sleep , but in this too we were ...
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... hymn to the Holy Trinity on May - day morn is commonly said to have been substituted for a mass , anciently performed for the soul of King Henry the Seventh . But it is thought rather that , like other May - day usages , it is a relic ...
... hymn to the Holy Trinity on May - day morn is commonly said to have been substituted for a mass , anciently performed for the soul of King Henry the Seventh . But it is thought rather that , like other May - day usages , it is a relic ...
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... hymn : - " Ah , you should hear it chaunted ! -for the strain Grows weak and powerless fettered down to song— Like a swift eagle prisoned with a chain , Which else had soared the rolling clouds among , Trust me , once heard , ' twould ...
... hymn : - " Ah , you should hear it chaunted ! -for the strain Grows weak and powerless fettered down to song— Like a swift eagle prisoned with a chain , Which else had soared the rolling clouds among , Trust me , once heard , ' twould ...
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Стр. 71 - tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Doct. Do you mark that? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Стр. 63 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.* 1 Sec Proverbial Expressions.
Стр. 71 - Fife had a wife ; where is she now ? — What, will these hands ne'er be clean ? — No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that : you mar all with this starting.
Стр. 53 - University's orator, in an eloquent speech, which was very long, and not without some malicious and indecent reflections on the Royal Society, as underminers of the University ; which was very foolish and untrue, as well as unseasonable. But, to let that pass from an ill-natured man, the rest was in praise of the Archbishop and the ingenious architect.
Стр. 50 - Are there thunders moaning in the distance? Are there spectres moving in the darkness? Trust the Hand of Light will lead her people, Till the thunders pass, the spectres vanish, And the Light is Victor, and the darkness Dawns into the Jubilee of the Ages.
Стр. 112 - For whom we do sing By by lully lullay! Herod the king, In his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might In his own sight All young children to slay — That woe is me Poor child, for thee, And ever morn and day For thy parting Neither say nor sing By by lully lullay.
Стр. 92 - Ha, Steward! How are you, my old boy? How do things go on at home? STEWARD. Bad enough, your honor; the magpie's dead. MR. G. Poor Mag! So he's gone. How came he to die? STEWARD. Over-ate himself, sir.
Стр. 16 - May, the citizens of London (of all estates) lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joyning together, had their several! Mayings, and did fetch in May-poles, with divers warlike shewes, with good archers, raorice-daocers, and other devises for pastime all the- day long ; and towards the evening, they had stageplaies, and bonefires in the streets.
Стр. 93 - Yes, sir. Your bank has failed, and your credit is lost ; and you are not worth a shilling in the world. I made bold, sir, to come to wait on you about it, for I thought you would like to hear the news!
Стр. 31 - Unless our craft were good and our calling honorable, we should not have lasted for so many centuries, nor should we have been honored with the patronage of so many illustrious men in all ages, who have ever shown themselves ready to promote our interests and defend us from all adversaries.