The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Томи 5 – 8C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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... tion of Demosthenes against schines for his false deal- ing in his embassage to King Philip of Macedonia . " On the death of Edward , Camden says that an attempt was made by Dudley to induce Elizabeth to resign her title to the crown ...
... tion of Demosthenes against schines for his false deal- ing in his embassage to King Philip of Macedonia . " On the death of Edward , Camden says that an attempt was made by Dudley to induce Elizabeth to resign her title to the crown ...
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... that equity and clearness of principle as to be able to satisfy his conscience and the world too . " 66 The affair to which Elizabeth first applied her atten- tion on coming to the throne , and that in в 3 QUEEN ELIZABETH . 13.
... that equity and clearness of principle as to be able to satisfy his conscience and the world too . " 66 The affair to which Elizabeth first applied her atten- tion on coming to the throne , and that in в 3 QUEEN ELIZABETH . 13.
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tion on coming to the throne , and that in connexion with which all the transactions of her reign must be viewed , was the settlement of the national religion . The opinions of Cecil strongly concurred with her own in favour of the ...
tion on coming to the throne , and that in connexion with which all the transactions of her reign must be viewed , was the settlement of the national religion . The opinions of Cecil strongly concurred with her own in favour of the ...
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... tion of Shakspere's mind . Within the range of such a boy's curiosity were the fine old historic towns of War- wick and Coventry , the sumptuous palace of Kenilworth , the grand monastic remains of Evesham . His own Avon abounded with ...
... tion of Shakspere's mind . Within the range of such a boy's curiosity were the fine old historic towns of War- wick and Coventry , the sumptuous palace of Kenilworth , the grand monastic remains of Evesham . His own Avon abounded with ...
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... tion and parochial books to show that John Shakspere was " in distressed circumstances . " These are , we think , all capable of another interpretation . But there is one entry which would be decisive if it could be proved to apply to ...
... tion and parochial books to show that John Shakspere was " in distressed circumstances . " These are , we think , all capable of another interpretation . But there is one entry which would be decisive if it could be proved to apply to ...
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admiration afterwards Andrew Marvell appears appointed April army Bacon Ben Jonson Bishop Blake born brother brought Buckingham called Camden chancellor character Charles church Clarendon College court Cromwell crown daughter death died doubt Duke Duke of York Earl Elizabeth England English Essex father favour favourite Fuller Hampden hath Henry Henry VIII Heylin Hobbes honour House of Commons House of Lords Hudibras Hyde John Shakspere Jonson king king's Lady Latin Laud learning letter lived London Long Parliament Lord lord chancellor majesty marriage married Marvell master ment Milton mind never Oliver Cromwell Oxford parliament party person Prince principal probably published queen Raleigh reign returned royal Royalists says Selden sent sermon Shakspere's soon Stratford things Thomas thought tion took town University of Oxford Wentworth wife William Shakspere writings
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Сторінка 19 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Сторінка 42 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Сторінка 52 - Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Сторінка 124 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Сторінка 57 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Сторінка 41 - It had all the evidences of an absolute Victory obtained by the Lord's blessing upon the Godly Party principally. We never charged but we routed the enemy. The Left Wing, which I commanded, being our own horse, saving a few Scots in our rear, beat all the Prince's horse. God made them as stubble to our swords.
Сторінка 44 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and, amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcote, near Stratford.
Сторінка 46 - I KNOW not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to your lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so strong a prop to support so weak a...
Сторінка 73 - Nature, the art whereby God hath made and governs the world, is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal.
Сторінка 110 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.