The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 |
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... should cleave , and that flain men Should folder up the rest . This thought feems taken from the ftory of Curtius leaping into the chafm in the Forum , in order to close it ; fo that , as that was clofed by one Roman , if the whole ...
... should cleave , and that flain men Should folder up the rest . This thought feems taken from the ftory of Curtius leaping into the chafm in the Forum , in order to close it ; fo that , as that was clofed by one Roman , if the whole ...
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... , had an ex- cellent fancy , brave notions , and gentle ex- preflions , wherein he flowed with that facility , that fometimes it was neceffary he should be ftopped topped . His wit was in his own power : WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 19.
... , had an ex- cellent fancy , brave notions , and gentle ex- preflions , wherein he flowed with that facility , that fometimes it was neceffary he should be ftopped topped . His wit was in his own power : WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 19.
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... should think proper ; for which purpose he was furnished with a party of horfe but during this interval , that lord himfelf burnt the caftle to the ground , though it was his principal feat , and laid waste the country round it with ...
... should think proper ; for which purpose he was furnished with a party of horfe but during this interval , that lord himfelf burnt the caftle to the ground , though it was his principal feat , and laid waste the country round it with ...
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... should want fresh fupplies of provifions ; and , wanting an agent to go to England , prevailed on their go- vernor to undertake that office , who re- turned with his fhips in the latter end of the year . Sir Walter , follicitous for the ...
... should want fresh fupplies of provifions ; and , wanting an agent to go to England , prevailed on their go- vernor to undertake that office , who re- turned with his fhips in the latter end of the year . Sir Walter , follicitous for the ...
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... should speak difhonourably and difloyally of my fovereign ; but my accufer was a base Frenchman , and a runnagate fellow ; one that hath no dwelling ; a kind of chymical fellow ; one that I knew to be perfidious : for , being by him ...
... should speak difhonourably and difloyally of my fovereign ; but my accufer was a base Frenchman , and a runnagate fellow ; one that hath no dwelling ; a kind of chymical fellow ; one that I knew to be perfidious : for , being by him ...
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Página 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Página 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Página 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Página 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
Página 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
Página 20 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Página 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
Página 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
Página 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
Página 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.