Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and StateJ. Wright, 1684 - 974 էջ |
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... Proverb , that it be Short , Plain , Common , Figurative , Ancient and True . I have only infifted upon the most confiderable Local Proverbs , that fuggest to us fome Hiftorical Hint , and have declined all fuch as are Narrow ...
... Proverb , that it be Short , Plain , Common , Figurative , Ancient and True . I have only infifted upon the most confiderable Local Proverbs , that fuggest to us fome Hiftorical Hint , and have declined all fuch as are Narrow ...
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... Proverb Bis , rater Nofter built Churches , and Our Father plucks them down ; to confute this , fome have endea- voured to pluck down both Churches and Our Father . And as this is Sacrilegious and Irreligious , fo it is no lefs lefs ...
... Proverb Bis , rater Nofter built Churches , and Our Father plucks them down ; to confute this , fome have endea- voured to pluck down both Churches and Our Father . And as this is Sacrilegious and Irreligious , fo it is no lefs lefs ...
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... Proverbs . One is peculiar to this County , viz : The Vicar of Bray , will be Vicar of Bray ftill . Bray is a Village here , named from the Bibroges , an- cient British Inhabitants . The Vivacious Vicar living under Henry 8. Edward 6 ...
... Proverbs . One is peculiar to this County , viz : The Vicar of Bray , will be Vicar of Bray ftill . Bray is a Village here , named from the Bibroges , an- cient British Inhabitants . The Vivacious Vicar living under Henry 8. Edward 6 ...
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... Proverb ! 1. When our Lady falls into our Lords lap : Then let England beware of a fad Mishap ; Al . Let the Clergy ... Proverb has had but intermitting Truth at the moft , feeing no Conftan- cy in Cafualties . But the fting ( will fome ...
... Proverb ! 1. When our Lady falls into our Lords lap : Then let England beware of a fad Mishap ; Al . Let the Clergy ... Proverb has had but intermitting Truth at the moft , feeing no Conftan- cy in Cafualties . But the fting ( will fome ...
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... Proverb in Countenance , it may pretend to fome Truth , because then England with the Addition of Scotland , loft its Name in Great Britain by Royal Proclamation . III . When the Black Fleet of Norway is come and gone , England build ...
... Proverb in Countenance , it may pretend to fome Truth , because then England with the Addition of Scotland , loft its Name in Great Britain by Royal Proclamation . III . When the Black Fleet of Norway is come and gone , England build ...
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Էջ 100 - 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. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Էջ 36 - Meeting once in a tavern, to contrive the rude draught of a tragedy, Fletcher undertook to kill the king therein ; whose words being overheard by a listener (though his loyalty not to be blamed herein), he was accused of high treason ; till, the mistake soon appearing, that the plot was only against a dramatic and scenical king, all wound off in merriment.
Էջ 4 - The great renown and name wherewith she goes, &c. He was statutably admitted into Saint John's College in Cambridge (as many years after incorporated a honorary member of Christ Church in Oxford), where he continued but few weeks for want of further maintenance, being fain to return to the trade of his father-in-law. And let not them blush that have, but those that have not, a lawful calling.
Էջ 4 - Meadow, till all the butchers' dogs pursued one of the bulls (maddened with noise and multitude) clean through the town. This sight so pleased the Earl, that he gave the Castle Meadow, where the bulls...
Էջ 11 - God solemn thanks ; that he never gave his body to physic, nor his heart to cruelty, nor his hand to corruption. In three things he did much applaud his own success ; in his fair fortune with his wife, in his happy study of the laws, and in his free coming by all his offices, nee prece, nee pretio ; neither begging nor bribing for preferment. His parts were admirable : he had a deep judgment, faithful memory...
Էջ 11 - ... memory, active fancy; and the jewel of his mind was put into a fair case, a beautiful body, with a comely countenance; a case which he did wipe and keep clean, delighting in good clothes, well worn; and being wont to say, "that the outward neatness of our bodies might be a monitor of purity to our souls.
Էջ 4 - And let not them blush that have, but those that have not, a lawful calling. He helped in the building of the new structure of Lincoln's Inn, when, having a trowel in his hand, he had a book in his pocket.