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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... paffed fifteen years before . Thus , by a strange contariety of proceedings , he , who had been condemned for being a friend to the Spaniards , now lost his life for being their enemy . In confequence of this refolution , he , hav- ing ...
... paffed fifteen years before . Thus , by a strange contariety of proceedings , he , who had been condemned for being a friend to the Spaniards , now lost his life for being their enemy . In confequence of this refolution , he , hav- ing ...
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... paffed fome time in cultivating his mufe in that delightful feat , he received an additional atteftation of his merit from the university , who prefented him with the honorary degree of master of arts , at the act in 1619. On the death ...
... paffed fome time in cultivating his mufe in that delightful feat , he received an additional atteftation of his merit from the university , who prefented him with the honorary degree of master of arts , at the act in 1619. On the death ...
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... paffed fome months with this ingenious friend , to whom he opened his heart with a moft unreserved freedom and confidence , the fweeteft gift of friendship . Our author was much pleased with the adventures of this jour- ney , and ...
... paffed fome months with this ingenious friend , to whom he opened his heart with a moft unreserved freedom and confidence , the fweeteft gift of friendship . Our author was much pleased with the adventures of this jour- ney , and ...
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... paffed again one whole year ( as before ) at Goodby , under the wing and counfels of his mother : and then was forward to become a fuitor at London to Sir Roger Afhton's daughter , a gentleman of the bed - chamber to king James , and ...
... paffed again one whole year ( as before ) at Goodby , under the wing and counfels of his mother : and then was forward to become a fuitor at London to Sir Roger Afhton's daughter , a gentleman of the bed - chamber to king James , and ...
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... paffed the river against- Gravefend , for lack of filver , they were fain to give the ferry - man a piece of two - and - thir- ty fhillings , which ftruck the poor fellow into fuch a melting tenderness , that fo good gen- tlemen should ...
... paffed the river against- Gravefend , for lack of filver , they were fain to give the ferry - man a piece of two - and - thir- ty fhillings , which ftruck the poor fellow into fuch a melting tenderness , that fo good gen- tlemen should ...
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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.