Cain, in disgrace with heaven, retired to Nod, A place, undoubtedly, as far from God As Cain could wish ; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh... The New-Year's Miscellany ... - Page 33by New year - 1747 - 62 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Henry Wilson - 1792 - 268 pages
...3 As Cain could with, which makes fonie think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent, And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he from Eden, Edinburgh did name. Mrs, Gordon was called the Houfekeeper, though in fa6l fhe acted more in the capacity of cook. I made... | |
| Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1853 - 478 pages
...God As Cain could wish ; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. ESSEX. A village called Ugley, possesses the unfortunate saying : Ugley church, ugley steeple ; Ugley... | |
| William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...God As Cain could wish ; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. ESSEX. A village called TJgley, possesses the unfortunate saying : Ugley church, ugley steeple ; Ugley... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 444 pages
...God As Cain could wish ; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. Keliguia Galaaut, 67. Charles Mathews, in a letter directed to his son at Mold, N. W., dated 4th November... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 436 pages
...God As Cain could wish; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city "built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. Religuice Galeanm, 67. Charles Mathews, in a letter directed to his son at Mold, N. W., dated 4th November... | |
| William Tegg - Epithets - 1877 - 362 pages
...God As Cain could wish ; which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. ESSEX. A village called Ugley, possesses the unfortunate saying : — Ugley church, ugley steeple ;... | |
| John Russell - Bemersyde (Scotland) - 1881 - 532 pages
...from God As he could wish : which made some think he went As far as Scotland ere he pitched his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he, from Eden, Edinburgh did name. Extemporary Answer by Mr William Erskine, Surgeon in Newcastle-on- Tyne. And fitly, too : for people,... | |
| Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - Antiquarians - 1886 - 500 pages
...As Cain cou'd wish; — which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, e'er he pitched his Tent; And there a City built of ancient Fame, Which he from Eden Edenburgh did name.' 103. 13. Laurence Howell (c, 1660-1720) published his Synopsis Cananum in 1708-1710... | |
| Thomas Hearne - Antiquarians - 1886 - 496 pages
...Cain cou'd wish ; — which makes some think he went As far as Scotland, e'er he pitched his Tent; And there a City built of ancient Fame, Which he from Eden Edenburgh did name.' 103. 13. Laurence Howell (e. 1660-1720) published his Synopsis Canonum in 1708-1710... | |
| Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1902 - 550 pages
...God As Cain could wish, which makes some think he went As far as Scotland ere he pitch'd his tent ; And there a city built of ancient fame, Which he from Eden Edin-burgh did name. Written on a window at Belford, near Berwick.— Roger Gale, 173, h'fl :,/::i., Galcana. The Curse... | |
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