Library for the people. (Division 1). The wonders of nature and art. (Division 2). (A display of the arts of life and society). (Division 3). Worthies of the United Kingdom. (Division 4) [entitled] The chimney corner companion, Випуск 21827 |
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... on the east and north , and afterwards those of Wales , renewed the conflicts . After this Ostorius turned his arms against the Cangians in the western part of Wales , who were soon entirely dispersed . CARACTACUS . 5.
... on the east and north , and afterwards those of Wales , renewed the conflicts . After this Ostorius turned his arms against the Cangians in the western part of Wales , who were soon entirely dispersed . CARACTACUS . 5.
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... soon as they came to use their swords , the Britons could not possibly withstand the warlike and veteran troops , but were soon put to flight . The wife , daughters , and brothers of Caractacus were taken prisoners , and he himself , a ...
... soon as they came to use their swords , the Britons could not possibly withstand the warlike and veteran troops , but were soon put to flight . The wife , daughters , and brothers of Caractacus were taken prisoners , and he himself , a ...
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... soon as he was in his grave , the em- peror's officers seized upon all his effects in their master's name . Boadicea , his widow , a woman of great spirit , opposing these unjust proceedings , the barbarity of the officers was such ...
... soon as he was in his grave , the em- peror's officers seized upon all his effects in their master's name . Boadicea , his widow , a woman of great spirit , opposing these unjust proceedings , the barbarity of the officers was such ...
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... soon changed his mind , and foreseeing that by endeavouring to save that colony , he must hazard the loss of the whole province , he marched out , nothwith- standing the cries and entreaties of the inhabitants not to abandon them to the ...
... soon changed his mind , and foreseeing that by endeavouring to save that colony , he must hazard the loss of the whole province , he marched out , nothwith- standing the cries and entreaties of the inhabitants not to abandon them to the ...
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... soon as possible for the Holy Land , and earnestly entreated them to grant him such supplies as would enable him to accomplish that pious design . In order to obviate their usual remonstrances , and gain their consent , he made acknow ...
... soon as possible for the Holy Land , and earnestly entreated them to grant him such supplies as would enable him to accomplish that pious design . In order to obviate their usual remonstrances , and gain their consent , he made acknow ...
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Сторінка 368 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Сторінка 284 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand!
Сторінка 215 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Сторінка 284 - Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Сторінка 306 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Сторінка 250 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Сторінка 281 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London.
Сторінка 285 - They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms: And then the whining school-boy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school.
Сторінка 281 - It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Сторінка 345 - ... them; and that these primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation.