English Prose: From the sixteenth century to the restorationSir Henry Craik Macmillan, 1913 |
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... continued so inestimable and insupportable charge , either by their natural frugality or by their mechanical industry , were it not also that there was a concurrence in them of this last reason , which is , that their wealth was ...
... continued so inestimable and insupportable charge , either by their natural frugality or by their mechanical industry , were it not also that there was a concurrence in them of this last reason , which is , that their wealth was ...
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... continued by the space of one whole year ) , for China and Japan , by the South Sea ; taking with us victuals for twelve months ; and had good winds from the east , though soft and weak , for five months ' space and more . But then the ...
... continued by the space of one whole year ) , for China and Japan , by the South Sea ; taking with us victuals for twelve months ; and had good winds from the east , though soft and weak , for five months ' space and more . But then the ...
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... continued half an hour or thereabouts . The presence of the queen gave perfection and life to all these solemnities . She answered such speeches as were made to her ; she graced every person either of dignity or employment ; she so ...
... continued half an hour or thereabouts . The presence of the queen gave perfection and life to all these solemnities . She answered such speeches as were made to her ; she graced every person either of dignity or employment ; she so ...
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... continued , consciously or not , to make frequent use of Scots words . These are especially noticeable in his works before he became king of England in his later writings they are more occasional . Had James succeeded in originating a ...
... continued , consciously or not , to make frequent use of Scots words . These are especially noticeable in his works before he became king of England in his later writings they are more occasional . Had James succeeded in originating a ...
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... continued two years , and upon the death of Adam Heriot was removed to Aberdeen , having the inspection of the Churches of Mar and Buchan committed to his care . In the year 1579 he was called to be the King's minister , and served in ...
... continued two years , and upon the death of Adam Heriot was removed to Aberdeen , having the inspection of the Churches of Mar and Buchan committed to his care . In the year 1579 he was called to be the King's minister , and served in ...
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English Prose, Vol. 1: Selections; With Critical Introductions by Various ... Henry Craik Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
English Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volumen1 Henry Sir Craik Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 470 - I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 536 - I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Página 429 - I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him, and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend those things, which are against my conscience to preserve and defend. For I will deal freely with you, I have no reverence for the Bishops for whom this quarrel subsists.
Página 344 - Doubt not, therefore, sir, but that angling is an art, and an art worth your learning. The question is rather, whether you be capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice; but he that hopes to be a good angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself;...
Página 538 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Página 215 - Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same is consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withall.
Página 328 - Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and, in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and specious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...
Página 346 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Página 400 - I am persuaded his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 482 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.