Lives of Northern Worthies, Հատոր 2E. Moxon, 1852 |
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... King of England to the superiority of Scotland being then in agitation , which doubtless was a time of high action , and fit to enter a young counsellor , courtier , and soldier . And this King , who well knew how to judge of men fit ...
... King of England to the superiority of Scotland being then in agitation , which doubtless was a time of high action , and fit to enter a young counsellor , courtier , and soldier . And this King , who well knew how to judge of men fit ...
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... King's favour , that he lost not the love of the nobility and kingdom , and by that means had an easy access to the improvement of his honours and greatness . He was employed upon all occasions , in offices of the highest trust , both ...
... King's favour , that he lost not the love of the nobility and kingdom , and by that means had an easy access to the improvement of his honours and greatness . He was employed upon all occasions , in offices of the highest trust , both ...
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... king's hands as forfeited ; but by reason of his great wounds being held a dying man , the execution was respited for that time , and after the heat of the fury was over , his life was spared by the said king , so as he died a natural ...
... king's hands as forfeited ; but by reason of his great wounds being held a dying man , the execution was respited for that time , and after the heat of the fury was over , his life was spared by the said king , so as he died a natural ...
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... Kings in those times furnished their armies with men of value ; and it was counted no dishonour- able thing for ... King Henry the Sixth . " " Wast thou ordained , dear father , To lose thy youth in peace , and to achieve The silver ...
... Kings in those times furnished their armies with men of value ; and it was counted no dishonour- able thing for ... King Henry the Sixth . " " Wast thou ordained , dear father , To lose thy youth in peace , and to achieve The silver ...
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... King Henry VI . , has palliated his thirst of blood by ascribing it to filial vengeance ; but if the father fell only by the chance of war , the son could not be entitled , even by martial morality , to pursue revenge beyond the ...
... King Henry VI . , has palliated his thirst of blood by ascribing it to filial vengeance ; but if the father fell only by the chance of war , the son could not be entitled , even by martial morality , to pursue revenge beyond the ...
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Էջ 36 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Էջ 117 - I must do it, as it were in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened ; yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honor I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Էջ 48 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Էջ 341 - How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Էջ 36 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Էջ 340 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve...
Էջ 78 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Էջ 47 - All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadethr because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Էջ 112 - Amongst all the benefits that God hath blessed me withal, next the knowledge of Christ's true religion, I count this the greatest, that it pleased God to call me to be one poor minister in setting forward these excellent gifts of learning...
Էջ 116 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...