Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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... the pursuit , and the vanity of its expectations . * Stat . at large , 5 Henry IV . Lord Coke says , that this is the shortest Act of parliament that ever came within his knowledge . I During the period of this triumph of alchymy , 9.
... the pursuit , and the vanity of its expectations . * Stat . at large , 5 Henry IV . Lord Coke says , that this is the shortest Act of parliament that ever came within his knowledge . I During the period of this triumph of alchymy , 9.
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... lord - mayor , wherein it is stated , that , " in divers places , the players do use to recite their plays , to the great hurt and destruction of the game of bear - baiting , and like pastimes , which are maintained for her Majesty's ...
... lord - mayor , wherein it is stated , that , " in divers places , the players do use to recite their plays , to the great hurt and destruction of the game of bear - baiting , and like pastimes , which are maintained for her Majesty's ...
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... lord I had . And he , now in the twilight of sere age , Begin to seek a habitation new , And all his fortunes and himself engage Unto a seat his fathers never knew ; And I , uncertain what I must endure , Since all the ends of destiny ...
... lord I had . And he , now in the twilight of sere age , Begin to seek a habitation new , And all his fortunes and himself engage Unto a seat his fathers never knew ; And I , uncertain what I must endure , Since all the ends of destiny ...
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... lord : thus fates do doom . Upon which the consoled Genius breaks forth into the following rapture : " Mourn'd I before ? Could I commit a sin So much ' gainst kind or knowledge , to protract A joy , to which I should have ravish'd been ...
... lord : thus fates do doom . Upon which the consoled Genius breaks forth into the following rapture : " Mourn'd I before ? Could I commit a sin So much ' gainst kind or knowledge , to protract A joy , to which I should have ravish'd been ...
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... lord of the mansion is overwhelmed in prepa- rations at Theobalds , and doth marvellously please both kings , with good meat , good drink , and good speeches . I do often say ( but not aloud ) that the Danes have again conquered the ...
... lord of the mansion is overwhelmed in prepa- rations at Theobalds , and doth marvellously please both kings , with good meat , good drink , and good speeches . I do often say ( but not aloud ) that the Danes have again conquered the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards alchymy Alsatia amusements apparel appearance apprentice shall wear bear-baiting beard Ben Jonson bishop Bishop Burnet Blood breeches Burnet called character Charles the Second church cloth colour costume court courtiers Crown dæmon death Dioclesian ditto doublet dress duel Duke of Buckingham Edward Edward the Confessor Elizabeth's England English entertainment falling band fashion favour favourite feeling friends gentleman George Heriot gold gown grace hand hath head heart Henry Henry VIII Hist honour hundred pounds James's John Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king king's lady living London Lord Majesty Majesty's manners masque master ment mind moral nature never noble novel occasion Old Mortality parliament person Peveril prelate present prince principles privileges of sanctuary queen quintain racters reign of James religion rich royal ruffs says seems shew silk spirit sword taste thing thought thousand pounds tion told wounded writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 173 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Seite 375 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Seite 333 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Seite 333 - In the first rank of these did Zimri ' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was...
Seite 333 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 223 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Seite 334 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Seite 284 - It is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen here at all rates and sizes. It is the general mint of all famous lies, which are here like the legends of popery, first coined and stamped in the church. All inventions are emptied here, and not few pockets. The best sign of a temple in it is, that it is the thieves...
Seite 128 - I am slain !" seconding his speech with all the force he had to cast me. But being too weak, after I had defended his assault, I easily became master of him, laying him on his back ; when being upon him, I re-demanded if he would request his life, but it seemed he prized it not at so dear a rate to be beholden for it; bravely replying "he scorned * Levelling.
Seite 5 - My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...