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In fact , our modern term " Exchequer " simply re- presents the old French es- chequier , a chess - board . The Stewarts , therefore , wheresoever they ride , may be known by the blue and white chequers on the golden field ; but the ...
In fact , our modern term " Exchequer " simply re- presents the old French es- chequier , a chess - board . The Stewarts , therefore , wheresoever they ride , may be known by the blue and white chequers on the golden field ; but the ...
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The idea that a simple coat of arms is less honourable than a multiple one may be disproved by the fact that the premier Marquis of the United Kingdom , Lord Winchester , displays only the singularly plain arms of Paulet , three swords ...
The idea that a simple coat of arms is less honourable than a multiple one may be disproved by the fact that the premier Marquis of the United Kingdom , Lord Winchester , displays only the singularly plain arms of Paulet , three swords ...
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... but no longer are , the Royal Standards of the individual realms com- posing the United Kingdom- ignoring the fact that the arms of England , Scotland , and Ire- land have no heraldic existence except as quartered with each other ...
... but no longer are , the Royal Standards of the individual realms com- posing the United Kingdom- ignoring the fact that the arms of England , Scotland , and Ire- land have no heraldic existence except as quartered with each other ...
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Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but haply to recall the fact ...
Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but haply to recall the fact ...
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His answer runs - " Thanks ; without that fool In fact , Wednesday was al- ways a red - letter day with me . With luck and frequent calms the race would last most of the forenoon , while with more luck and squalls there was always more ...
His answer runs - " Thanks ; without that fool In fact , Wednesday was al- ways a red - letter day with me . With luck and frequent calms the race would last most of the forenoon , while with more luck and squalls there was always more ...
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Էջ 399 - Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near ; Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
Էջ 410 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
Էջ 365 - Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.
Էջ 41 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood...
Էջ 511 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins...
Էջ 483 - His Majesty allowed Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger and more to the purpose.
Էջ 399 - And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made...
Էջ 610 - ... to behold this nation, instead of despairing at its alarming condition, looking boldly its situation in the face, and establishing upon a spirited and permanent plan the means of relieving itself from all its...
Էջ 94 - But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An there's the foe!
Էջ 148 - And be it enacted, that the Superintendence, Direction, and Control of the whole Civil and Military Government of all the said Territories and Revenues in India shall be and is "hereby vested in a GovernorGeneral and Counsellors, to be styled " The GovernorGeneral of India in Council.