Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen3Sheldon and Company, 1862 |
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... manner conform , we shall not be able , in the face of existing documents , to deny ; while we feel in our own minds abundantly satisfied , that , during this very trying reign , he never abandoned the prospect of another revolution in ...
... manner conform , we shall not be able , in the face of existing documents , to deny ; while we feel in our own minds abundantly satisfied , that , during this very trying reign , he never abandoned the prospect of another revolution in ...
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... not find the English bigoted Papists , so neither was it conducted in such a manner as to make them zealous Protestants . It was not under the direction of men like that fiery Saxon who swore BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 27.
... not find the English bigoted Papists , so neither was it conducted in such a manner as to make them zealous Protestants . It was not under the direction of men like that fiery Saxon who swore BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 27.
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... manner . They speak respectfully of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity . But they speak neither like Catholics nor like Protestants , but like persons who are wavering between the two systems , or who have made a system for ...
... manner . They speak respectfully of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity . But they speak neither like Catholics nor like Protestants , but like persons who are wavering between the two systems , or who have made a system for ...
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... manner in which she repaired her errors than she would have gained by never committing errors . If such a man as Charles the First had been in her place when the whole nation was crying out against the monopolies , he would have refused ...
... manner in which she repaired her errors than she would have gained by never committing errors . If such a man as Charles the First had been in her place when the whole nation was crying out against the monopolies , he would have refused ...
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... manner to mankind . For he was one of those persons who have , for the sake of mankind , neglected the care of their own fame . In his walk through life there was no ob- trusiveness , no pushing , no elbowing , none of the little arts ...
... manner to mankind . For he was one of those persons who have , for the sake of mankind , neglected the care of their own fame . In his walk through life there was no ob- trusiveness , no pushing , no elbowing , none of the little arts ...
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Página 294 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 490 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 482 - Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood So high above the circling canopy Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon...
Página 490 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Página 490 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 417 - it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Página 317 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Página 82 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Página 370 - The prediction was accomplished. Essex returned in disgrace. Bacon attempted to mediate between his friend and the Queen; and, we believe, honestly employed all his address for that purpose. But the task which he had undertaken was too difficult, delicate, and perilous, even for so wai-y and dexterous an agent.
Página 493 - ... a land of promise, a land flowing with milk and honey. While the multitude below saw only the flat sterile desert in which they had so long wandered, bounded on every side by a near horizon, or diversified only by some deceitful mirage, he was gazing from a far higher stand on a far lovelier country, following with his eye the long course of fertilising rivers, through ample pastures, and under the bridges of great capitals, measuring the distances of marts and havens, and portioning out all...