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Page 240 - The King Made at the man : then Modred smote his liege Hard on that helm which many a heathen sword Had beaten thin; while Arthur at one blow, Striking the last stroke with Excalibur, Slew him, and all but slain himself he fell. So all day long the noise of battle roll'd Among the mountains by the
Page 240 - sea; Until King Arthur's table, man by man, Had fall'n in Lyonesse about their lord, King Arthur. Then, because his wound was deep, The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land: On one side lay the ocean, and on one Lay a great water—
Page 23 - (Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, 1869.) On Recent Extraordinary Oscillations of the Waters in Lake Ontario and on the Seashores of Peru, Australia, Devonshire, Cornwall,
Page 230 - arms of the said Sir Richard, "the -which dispute was referred to six knights, now, as I think, " dead, who upon true evidence found the said Carminow to be "descended of a lineage armed 'Azure, a bend Or,' since the " time of King Arthur; and they found that the said Sir Richard " was descended of a right line of ancestry armed with the
Page xlii - thanks of the Society be given to the Officers and Council for their services during the past year, and that the following gentlemen be elected for the ensuing year.
Page xv - of Patents:— Chronological and Descriptive Index of Patents applied for and Patents granted, containing the Abridgments of Provisional and Complete Specifications. Weekly Numbers from
Page 473 - alone projecting above the surface. These organs are of some use beyond their common office of feelers, perhaps as in some others, they assist in the process of excavation; and when soiled by labour, I have seen the Crab effect their cleaning by alternately bending
Page 67 - An Account of the great Alterations which the Islands of Sylley have undergone since the Time of the Ancients, who mention them, as to their Number, Extent, and Position.
Page 141 - to mourne, and to wringe out hard stones of teares; that she that was embraced, visited, and delighted with great princes, is now desolate, forsaken, and
Page 72 - LONGMIRE, JB An Essay on the Shapes, Dimensions, and Positions of the Spaces in the Earth which are called Rents, and the Arrangement of the Matter in them.