Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip SidneyThomas Wilson and Son, 1809 - 400 Seiten |
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... manners , and of spirit . SHAKSPEARE . It has been remarked of him by an eminent writer , dis- tinguished by a superior knowledge of English biography , * Lord Orford's Works , vol . i . p . 342 , 1 . that he approaches more nearly to ...
... manners , and of spirit . SHAKSPEARE . It has been remarked of him by an eminent writer , dis- tinguished by a superior knowledge of English biography , * Lord Orford's Works , vol . i . p . 342 , 1 . that he approaches more nearly to ...
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... manners , or rather with such an evangelical humility , as to engage the affections of all ranks of society . Conscious of the necessity of having the laws made known , he was the first who caused the ordinances and statutes of the ...
... manners , or rather with such an evangelical humility , as to engage the affections of all ranks of society . Conscious of the necessity of having the laws made known , he was the first who caused the ordinances and statutes of the ...
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... manners , laws , and learning " of other nations , that he might become the more service- " able to his own . " In those days when travelling was considered as one of the principal causes of corrupt morals , 66 a wise ( 5 ) He inherited ...
... manners , laws , and learning " of other nations , that he might become the more service- " able to his own . " In those days when travelling was considered as one of the principal causes of corrupt morals , 66 a wise ( 5 ) He inherited ...
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... manners and conversation . With an affectation of sincere esteem , he gave him an early proof of his royal favour , by ad- vancing him to the office of gentleman ordinary of his chamber . Having previously taken the oaths usually ...
... manners and conversation . With an affectation of sincere esteem , he gave him an early proof of his royal favour , by ad- vancing him to the office of gentleman ordinary of his chamber . Having previously taken the oaths usually ...
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... manners , and his extraordinary modesty ( 6 ) . No one knew more intimately the political history of his own times , the tempers , the views " Parisiensi valde metuerem , ne ea res esset mihi exitio , ” — “ in which are some things ...
... manners , and his extraordinary modesty ( 6 ) . No one knew more intimately the political history of his own times , the tempers , the views " Parisiensi valde metuerem , ne ea res esset mihi exitio , ” — “ in which are some things ...
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Seite 200 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Seite 337 - O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heav'nly breath.
Seite 19 - I will report no other wonder than this, that, though I lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man ; with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years ; his talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind...
Seite 266 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 385 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it.
Seite 277 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : — O God, forgive him ! War.
Seite 135 - Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by the judgment of the English eyes And of some sent from that sweet enemy, France...
Seite 205 - Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While, in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Seite 149 - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Seite 337 - Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, And thou my mind aspire to higher things: Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: What ever fades, but fading pleasure brings.