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, Издање 21827 |
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... occasion the rest of their countrymen for the recovery of their liberty . Boadicea , burning with a desire of revenge , headed the revolters , and exhorted them in a lively manner to take the advantage of the Roman ge- neral's being ...
... occasion the rest of their countrymen for the recovery of their liberty . Boadicea , burning with a desire of revenge , headed the revolters , and exhorted them in a lively manner to take the advantage of the Roman ge- neral's being ...
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... occasion , created Earl of Leicester , February 2 , 1239 . The province of Gascony , in France , belonged at this time to the crown of England ; but several barons in that province had revolted against the English government , and Henry ...
... occasion , created Earl of Leicester , February 2 , 1239 . The province of Gascony , in France , belonged at this time to the crown of England ; but several barons in that province had revolted against the English government , and Henry ...
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... occasion of re- proaching Henry with all the errors and abuses of his government ; which they did in the strongest terms , concluding with a solemn declaration , that they were determined no longer to rely on his oaths and promises ...
... occasion of re- proaching Henry with all the errors and abuses of his government ; which they did in the strongest terms , concluding with a solemn declaration , that they were determined no longer to rely on his oaths and promises ...
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... occasion , in the richness and variety of their dresses , and the many fantastical ornaments with which they were adorned . To mention only one particular : -The king of England was attended on the day of the marriage by a thousand ...
... occasion , in the richness and variety of their dresses , and the many fantastical ornaments with which they were adorned . To mention only one particular : -The king of England was attended on the day of the marriage by a thousand ...
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... had been called upon that occasion , he was con demned to die the death of a traitor . This rigorous sentence was put in execution , with all the circumstances attending that infamous 54 WORTHIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .
... had been called upon that occasion , he was con demned to die the death of a traitor . This rigorous sentence was put in execution , with all the circumstances attending that infamous 54 WORTHIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .
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Страница 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...
Страница 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!
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.