English Prose: From Maundevile to ThackerayArthur Howard Galton |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page i
... DEATH OF HASTINGS A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH , AND ALL THE STATES THEREOF · SPEECH TO THE ARMY AT TILBURY , 1588. - The Authentic Speech of Queen Elizabeth to her Army encamped at Tilbury , under the command of the Earl of Leicester , in ...
... DEATH OF HASTINGS A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH , AND ALL THE STATES THEREOF · SPEECH TO THE ARMY AT TILBURY , 1588. - The Authentic Speech of Queen Elizabeth to her Army encamped at Tilbury , under the command of the Earl of Leicester , in ...
Page 15
... beleue that the general accomptyng daye is at hande , the dreadfull daye of iudgement I meane , whiche shall make an end of al these calamities and miscries . SIR THOMAS MORE . 1480-1535 . THE DEATH OF HASTINGS LATIMER . 15.
... beleue that the general accomptyng daye is at hande , the dreadfull daye of iudgement I meane , whiche shall make an end of al these calamities and miscries . SIR THOMAS MORE . 1480-1535 . THE DEATH OF HASTINGS LATIMER . 15.
Page 16
... DEATH OF HASTINGS . WHEREUPON sone after , that is to wit , on the Friday the- day of many Lordes assembled in the Tower , and there sat in counsaile , deuising the honorable solempnite of the kinges coronacion , of which the time ...
... DEATH OF HASTINGS . WHEREUPON sone after , that is to wit , on the Friday the- day of many Lordes assembled in the Tower , and there sat in counsaile , deuising the honorable solempnite of the kinges coronacion , of which the time ...
Page 17
... death , which were by his assent before deuised to bee byhedded at Pountfreit , this selfe same day , in which he was not ware that it was by other deuised , that himself should the same day be behedded at London . Then said the ...
... death , which were by his assent before deuised to bee byhedded at Pountfreit , this selfe same day , in which he was not ware that it was by other deuised , that himself should the same day be behedded at London . Then said the ...
Page 18
... death , the lord Standley sent a trustie secret messenger vnto him at midnight in al the hast , requiring him to rise and ryde away with hym , for he was disposed vtterly no lenger to bide ; he had so fereful a dreme , in which him ...
... death , the lord Standley sent a trustie secret messenger vnto him at midnight in al the hast , requiring him to rise and ryde away with hym , for he was disposed vtterly no lenger to bide ; he had so fereful a dreme , in which him ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ęsop affected Alciphron alwayes ancient Aristotle army Arthur Edward Waite authority battle of Trafalgar better body Cęsar called Christian church civil Common-wealth Crito danger dayes death divine doth Edited empire enemy England English Ernest Rhys Euphranor evil eyes fair father fear give Greatnesse grete hand happy hath haue honour Hughe Latimer Joseph Skipsey King kingdom labour land language Launcelot laws less liberty live lord manner Marozia matter means mind Momus Monarchy nation nature neuer never observed occasion opinion Parliament peace person pleasure poet poetry present Prince reason religion republic of Venice Roman Rome Ryvere sayd sense sort soul Soveraign speak spirit thee Thenne thereof things thou thought tion true Trulliber truth unto vpon WALTER SCOTT Warre whole William Sharp wise words
Popular passages
Page 275 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession- of Commodus.
Page 256 - My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource : for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing, no further hope of reconciliation is left.
Page 273 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 262 - These are deep questions, where great names militate against each other, where reason is perplexed, and an appeal to authorities only thickens the confusion. For high and reverend authorities lift up their heads on both sides, and there is no sure footing in the middle. This point is the great Serbonian bog betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, where armies whole have sunk.
Page 257 - ... First, the people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen. England, Sir, is a nation which still, I hope, respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Page 298 - I made him a present of - the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up as one is on such occasions with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction; but before I had got to the end of the bridge my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how ungrateful I had been to my good aunt to go and give her good gift away to a stranger that I had never seen before and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in...
Page 273 - Do you imagine, then, that it is the Land Tax Act which raises your revenue? that it is the annual vote in the Committee of Supply which gives you your army? or that it is the Mutiny Bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No! surely no! It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Page 256 - First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.
Page 299 - ... a substance naturally so mild and dulcet as the flesh of young pigs. It looks like refining a violet. Yet we should be cautious, while we condemn the inhumanity how we censure the wisdom of the practice. It might impart a gusto. I remember an hypothesis, argued upon by the young students when I was at St.