The Literature of Society, Том 1Tinsley brothers, 1862 |
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... Duke of Richmond . — The Friendship of Richmond and Surrey . — They Study together at Christ Church . - Death of the Duke of Richmond .-- Surrey's passion for the Fair Geraldine . — Sketch of her Life . He marries ; Falls into disgrace ...
... Duke of Richmond . — The Friendship of Richmond and Surrey . — They Study together at Christ Church . - Death of the Duke of Richmond .-- Surrey's passion for the Fair Geraldine . — Sketch of her Life . He marries ; Falls into disgrace ...
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... Duke of Monmouth and Lady Sunderland . —John Dryden ; his Parentage . - The Character of his Relatives . - His Ode to Cromwell . - The Commencement of his Career p . 285 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER . SOCIAL LIFE . OF WARTON . -
... Duke of Monmouth and Lady Sunderland . —John Dryden ; his Parentage . - The Character of his Relatives . - His Ode to Cromwell . - The Commencement of his Career p . 285 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER . SOCIAL LIFE . OF WARTON . -
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... Duke of Cornwall . ' Wales henceforth , and Cornwall , became the scenes of all ancient British chivalry ; and were knitted together by several bonds - those of language , of kindred , and of customs . Divided from each other only by a ...
... Duke of Cornwall . ' Wales henceforth , and Cornwall , became the scenes of all ancient British chivalry ; and were knitted together by several bonds - those of language , of kindred , and of customs . Divided from each other only by a ...
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... Duke of Gloucester's library , munificent as he was to Oxford , contained only six hundred volumes . Nor were foreign cities better supplied ; at the beginning of the 14th century , Paris could boast of only four classical works in DUKE ...
... Duke of Gloucester's library , munificent as he was to Oxford , contained only six hundred volumes . Nor were foreign cities better supplied ; at the beginning of the 14th century , Paris could boast of only four classical works in DUKE ...
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... Duke Hum- phrey obtained them , and they became the foundation of his vaunted collection . Books , in fact , fetched such excessive prices that none but princes and nobles could hope ever even to look into them ; witness the enormous ...
... Duke Hum- phrey obtained them , and they became the foundation of his vaunted collection . Books , in fact , fetched such excessive prices that none but princes and nobles could hope ever even to look into them ; witness the enormous ...
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Сторінка 217 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Сторінка 198 - QUEEN and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy...
Сторінка 153 - Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, •/ Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear...
Сторінка 154 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
Сторінка 280 - Stewart in this dress, with her hat cocked and a red plume, with her sweet eye, little Roman nose, and excellent taille, is now the greatest beauty I ever saw, I think, in my life; and, if ever woman can, do exceed my Lady Castlemaine, at least in this dress; nor do I wonder if the King changes, which I verily believe is the reason of his coldness to my Lady Castlemaine.
Сторінка 214 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Сторінка 38 - Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons.
Сторінка 198 - Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear, when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever: Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright.
Сторінка 39 - Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's days: their general characters are still remaining in mankind, and even in England, though they are called by other names than those of Monks, and Friars, and Canons, and Lady Abbesses, and Nuns; 'for mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.
Сторінка 245 - I went out to Charing Cross to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered ; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.