The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volumen2George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... prisoner was debarred the sight of even his nearest relations ; and no communication of any kind was allowed with him during near six months which he lived in prison . " So closely were these orders ob- served , that Winwood informs us ...
... prisoner was debarred the sight of even his nearest relations ; and no communication of any kind was allowed with him during near six months which he lived in prison . " So closely were these orders ob- served , that Winwood informs us ...
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... prisoner was unravelled . An apothecary's appren tice , who had been employed in making up certain poisons for Elwes , the governor of the Tower , had stated this fact in public , and Elwes himself had made some very incautious avowals ...
... prisoner was unravelled . An apothecary's appren tice , who had been employed in making up certain poisons for Elwes , the governor of the Tower , had stated this fact in public , and Elwes himself had made some very incautious avowals ...
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... prisoner disdained such meanness , and , by his noble bearing , as well as by the candour of his statements , won the esteem of the very judges by whom he was condemned . The other conspirators were likewise placed upon their trial ...
... prisoner disdained such meanness , and , by his noble bearing , as well as by the candour of his statements , won the esteem of the very judges by whom he was condemned . The other conspirators were likewise placed upon their trial ...
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... prisoners , but named none . So as Grey and Markham , being brought back to the scaffold , as they then were .... .looked strange one upon the other , like men beheaded and met again in the other world . Now all the ac- tors being ...
... prisoners , but named none . So as Grey and Markham , being brought back to the scaffold , as they then were .... .looked strange one upon the other , like men beheaded and met again in the other world . Now all the ac- tors being ...
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... prisoner in Carisbrook castle in the isle of Wight . Even here he recommenced his former intrigues , and held secret interviews with the Scots commissioners while he endeavoured to effect a personal treaty with the parliament . The ...
... prisoner in Carisbrook castle in the isle of Wight . Even here he recommenced his former intrigues , and held secret interviews with the Scots commissioners while he endeavoured to effect a personal treaty with the parliament . The ...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volumen2 George Godfrey Cunningham Vista de fragmentos - 1863 |
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Página 390 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench 'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 8 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Página 16 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 381 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página 8 - ... be pens and heads there sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge ? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people,...
Página 15 - ... the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Página 356 - I showed them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify ; And some said, Let them live ; some, Let them die, Some said, John print it ; others said, Not so : Some said, It might do good ; others said, No.
Página 460 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Página 461 - Fulke Greville, servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney.
Página 697 - If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise or enjoyment of it; and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.