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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... perfon into whofe hands it was put , after having turned it carelefly over , was just upon returning it to him with an ill- natured answer , That it would be of no fer- vice to their company ; when Shakespear luck- ily caft his eye upon ...
... perfon into whofe hands it was put , after having turned it carelefly over , was just upon returning it to him with an ill- natured answer , That it would be of no fer- vice to their company ; when Shakespear luck- ily caft his eye upon ...
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... perfon , he de- puted captain Keymis to that fervice , ordering five fhips to fail into the river Oronoque ; but , three weeks after , landing by night nearer a Spanish town than they expected , they were fet upon by the Spanish troops ...
... perfon , he de- puted captain Keymis to that fervice , ordering five fhips to fail into the river Oronoque ; but , three weeks after , landing by night nearer a Spanish town than they expected , they were fet upon by the Spanish troops ...
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... perfon and thy place , ' Tis not enough ( thy piety is fuch ) To cure the called king's - evil with a touch , But thou wilt yet a kingly maft'ry try , To cure the poet's evil , poverty : And in thefe cures doft to thyfelf enlarge , As ...
... perfon and thy place , ' Tis not enough ( thy piety is fuch ) To cure the called king's - evil with a touch , But thou wilt yet a kingly maft'ry try , To cure the poet's evil , poverty : And in thefe cures doft to thyfelf enlarge , As ...
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... perfon and character , if we may de- pend on his own defcription , his body was large , corpulent , and bulky , and his counte- nance hard and rocky ; fo that his figure great- ly resembled that of Sir John Falstaff , and confequently ...
... perfon and character , if we may de- pend on his own defcription , his body was large , corpulent , and bulky , and his counte- nance hard and rocky ; fo that his figure great- ly resembled that of Sir John Falstaff , and confequently ...
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... perfon , but to fend a confeffion of all he was accused of to the house in writing ; which arbitrary command he was fo faint - hearted as to comply with , trusting to the king's promise , that he fhould have a pardon , and a remiffion ...
... perfon , but to fend a confeffion of all he was accused of to the house in writing ; which arbitrary command he was fo faint - hearted as to comply with , trusting to the king's promise , that he fhould have a pardon , and a remiffion ...
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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.