Records of Noble LivesT. Nelson & Sons, 1867 - 349 páginas |
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... lands forfeited by the treason of the Dudleys . The eldest , he was not the only , son of his parents . Robert and Thomas succeeded him ; * and four daughters , of whom only one grew up to womanhood , but proved indeed a perfect woman ...
... lands forfeited by the treason of the Dudleys . The eldest , he was not the only , son of his parents . Robert and Thomas succeeded him ; * and four daughters , of whom only one grew up to womanhood , but proved indeed a perfect woman ...
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... land of the chivalrous Magyars . He spent his winter at Vienna , with his beloved friend Languet , and in the May of 1575 re- turned to England , having studied the manners and made acquaintance with the characteristics of many nations ...
... land of the chivalrous Magyars . He spent his winter at Vienna , with his beloved friend Languet , and in the May of 1575 re- turned to England , having studied the manners and made acquaintance with the characteristics of many nations ...
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... land in the same neighbourhood , worth about £ 1500 , in return for the obligations he had con- ferred upon him . * He took an admirable method of proving his fitness for the office he had lost , by publishing , or rather cir- culating ...
... land in the same neighbourhood , worth about £ 1500 , in return for the obligations he had con- ferred upon him . * He took an admirable method of proving his fitness for the office he had lost , by publishing , or rather cir- culating ...
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... lands belong- ing to a recusant Roman Catholic , George More , em- ployed ( as was his wont ) language so tolerant and gentle , as to stir up Coke's righteous indignation . Then took place a duello in the following quaint fashion ...
... lands belong- ing to a recusant Roman Catholic , George More , em- ployed ( as was his wont ) language so tolerant and gentle , as to stir up Coke's righteous indignation . Then took place a duello in the following quaint fashion ...
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... land * came prayers and petitions that they would restore him in some measure to the position he had formerly enjoyed , * Bacon's popularity , I may note , arose from his eloquence as an orator , and his genius as judge and statesman ...
... land * came prayers and petitions that they would restore him in some measure to the position he had formerly enjoyed , * Bacon's popularity , I may note , arose from his eloquence as an orator , and his genius as judge and statesman ...
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Página 108 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?" An Ode in Imitation of Alcaus WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound. Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and...
Página 37 - Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise ; Some lucky wits impute it but to chance ; Others, because of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excel in this, Think Nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shot awry ! the true cause is, STELLA looked on, and from her heavenly face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race.
Página 101 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 42 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army, where his uncle the general was, and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink which was presently brought him ; but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along, who had eaten his last at the same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle. Which Sir Philip perceiving, took it from his head before he drank, and delivered it to the poor man with these words, Thy necessity is yet...
Página 34 - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the humane conceits) is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way, as will entice any man to enter into it.
Página 16 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 34 - ... comfort : here a shepherd's boy piping as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice's music.
Página 338 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Página 34 - ... with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...
Página 45 - Love my memory, cherish my friends ; their faith to me may assure you they are honest. But, above all, govern your will and affections by the will and word of your Creator ; in me, beholding the end of this world, with all her vanities.