Memoirs of the Court of King James the First, Volumen2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1822 |
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... honor of their knighthood ! On the whole , few circumstances display more strongly the maxims and practices of the reign of James I. , than those connected with the affair of Overbury . The perseverance with which the de- sign against ...
... honor of their knighthood ! On the whole , few circumstances display more strongly the maxims and practices of the reign of James I. , than those connected with the affair of Overbury . The perseverance with which the de- sign against ...
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... honor his memory , on this side idolatry , as much as any . He was indeed honest , and of an open and free naturea . " Neither was it the me- lancholy destiny of the poet to survive either his own powers or the associates of his ...
... honor his memory , on this side idolatry , as much as any . He was indeed honest , and of an open and free naturea . " Neither was it the me- lancholy destiny of the poet to survive either his own powers or the associates of his ...
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... honor of any contem- porary writer is found in all his acknowledged works ; nor has he ever been detected as an anonymous contributor to the vast collections of commendatory verses which the poets of that age were proud of prefixing to ...
... honor of any contem- porary writer is found in all his acknowledged works ; nor has he ever been detected as an anonymous contributor to the vast collections of commendatory verses which the poets of that age were proud of prefixing to ...
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... honor of being his earliest as well as his warmest and his most judicious eulogist . His well - known lines " to the memory of his beloved Shakespeare and what he hath left us , " worthy at once of the author and of the object , will ...
... honor of being his earliest as well as his warmest and his most judicious eulogist . His well - known lines " to the memory of his beloved Shakespeare and what he hath left us , " worthy at once of the author and of the object , will ...
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... honor- able . Even in the dedication of his early poems to lord Southampton , he dared to rise above the servi- lity of the times . The few passages of compliment to queen Elizabeth interspersed in his plays are mo- dest , tasteful ...
... honor- able . Even in the dedication of his early poems to lord Southampton , he dared to rise above the servi- lity of the times . The few passages of compliment to queen Elizabeth interspersed in his plays are mo- dest , tasteful ...
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Página 185 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own; What are you when the rose is blown? 39 So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind?
Página 292 - ... that the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, state, and defence of the realm and of the church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in parliament...
Página 184 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Página 213 - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Página 12 - God's sake let me, said the King, shall I, shall I? Then lolled about his neck: then for God's sake give thy lady this kiss for me...
Página 138 - Paris, in 1625, he had twenty-seven suits of clothes made, the richest that embroidery, lace, silk, velvet, gold, and gems, could contribute; one of which was a white uncut velvet, set all over, both suit and cloak, with diamonds valued at fourscore thousand pounds, besides a great feather, stuck all over with diamonds; as were also his sword, girdle, hat-band, and spurs.
Página 9 - I will none of your service and you shall none of my favour. I will, if I can, break your neck, and of that be confident.
Página 168 - The law against witches does not prove there be any ; but it punishes the malice of those people, that use such means to take away men's lives : if one should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life, though in truth he could do no such thing : yet this were a just law made by the state, that whosoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry buz, with an intention to take away a man's life, shall be put to death.
Página 223 - My conceit of his person' - it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon 'was never increased towards him by his place or honours. But I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself; in that he seemed to me ever one of the greatest men that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that Heaven would give him strength; for greatness he could not want.
Página 32 - MR. ATTORNEY, — I thought best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.