A Brief Memoir of Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward: Librarian in Ordinary to the Queen and Keeper of the Prints and Drawings at Windsor CastleLongmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1873 - 182 էջ |
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... considerable importance and prove to be valuable acquisitions . Mr. Woodward's letters will clearly show the feelings which he entertained for the Editor of this brief memoir , as much , or perhaps more than any laboured statement which ...
... considerable importance and prove to be valuable acquisitions . Mr. Woodward's letters will clearly show the feelings which he entertained for the Editor of this brief memoir , as much , or perhaps more than any laboured statement which ...
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... considerable reputation while at Yarmouth by his strong taste for antiquarian pursuits , and the friendships which he formed there lasted his life - time . He well knew that there is no royal road to fame , and that industry and ...
... considerable reputation while at Yarmouth by his strong taste for antiquarian pursuits , and the friendships which he formed there lasted his life - time . He well knew that there is no royal road to fame , and that industry and ...
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... considerable reputation as a reader ; and when , owing to changes caused by removals and deaths , he found it no longer agreeable to remain in the country , he decided , on the first opportunity that offered , to go to London , and ...
... considerable reputation as a reader ; and when , owing to changes caused by removals and deaths , he found it no longer agreeable to remain in the country , he decided , on the first opportunity that offered , to go to London , and ...
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... considerably the attrac- tion of this interesting repository . Here also is the Psalter in Latin , on vellum , printed at Mentz by Fust and Schoiffher in 1457 - the first book ever * The cause of its rarity , even in an imperfect state ...
... considerably the attrac- tion of this interesting repository . Here also is the Psalter in Latin , on vellum , printed at Mentz by Fust and Schoiffher in 1457 - the first book ever * The cause of its rarity , even in an imperfect state ...
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... considerable share of this valuable treasure . But it was never sufficient to satisfy the cravings of his heart ; and hence , like the flower which opens to the genial warmth of the morning sun , but closes to the darkness and cold of ...
... considerable share of this valuable treasure . But it was never sufficient to satisfy the cravings of his heart ; and hence , like the flower which opens to the genial warmth of the morning sun , but closes to the darkness and cold of ...
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A brief memoir [by F.B. Ribbans] of Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward ... Frederick Bolingbroke Ribbans Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1873 |
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Albert Durer appear artists Athenæum authors B. B. WOODWARD Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward Brown Buckingham Palace Bungay called Chapel cheerful Christian Church copies Dear Cousin,-I Dear Dr dignified displayed Divine Duchess Duchess of Kent earthly East Dereham Edgbaston editor esteem Eton Eton College express feel frequently Frogmore geography George's Chapel happy hear heart History honour hope interesting kind Knights late Laurels lecture letter Librarian in Ordinary literary London Lord memory Messrs mind morning mourning never Norfolk Norwich observed occasion opinion pains perhaps pleased prayer Prince Consort printed published Queen received religious replied respect Ribbans Royal Royal Mews sentiments sincerely Sir William Jenner sister society solemn sorrow spirit talents thank things thought tion truly truth Wales ward wife Windsor Castle wish Wood Woodward's sudden death words write Yarmouth
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Էջ 88 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Էջ 115 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God...
Էջ 51 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Էջ 139 - as face answereth to face in water, so the heart of man to man...
Էջ 172 - My Dear Dr. Eibbans, — I have no doubt that your touching lines on the death of Mr. Woodward will prove acceptable to all his relations. From Henry Beloe, Esq., Norwich. " August 17, 1871. " My dear Sir, — I have to thank you for a copy of the Ode on the death of Mr. Woodward, which is very comforting and sympathizing. The family will cherish the lines for their affectionate sentiments, as well as for their own respect for the author.
Էջ 51 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Էջ 79 - The remark rather disconcerted him; but he who made it forgot that, while "man " looketh at the outward appearance, God looketh " at the heart." If other names or circumstances are mentioned in this short memoir, it is merely to illustrate some features in Mr. Woodward's character. The present Royal inmates at Frogmore House, the Prince and Princess Christian, displayed continually their high sense of the librarian's intellectual acquirements and agreeable society by their uniform attention to him....
Էջ 25 - Uniformity of success is, by inferior minds, frequently called "good luck;" but " known unto God are all His works from the
Էջ 37 - that I have been educated for, and have actually conducted the services of an Independent congregation in the country.
Էջ 98 - Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.