The Book of table-talk [ed. by C. MacFarlane].1847 |
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Page 52
... prisoner ; where I spent five years thereof about the translating of the said book ; insomuch as I found the words very true which the old man in the aforesaid vision did say unto me , I will shortly provide for you both place and time ...
... prisoner ; where I spent five years thereof about the translating of the said book ; insomuch as I found the words very true which the old man in the aforesaid vision did say unto me , I will shortly provide for you both place and time ...
Page 81
... prisoner in a contiguous cell , who had formerly occupied Pellico's room . After some conversation , the poet asked who it was he had the honour of addressing . The stranger re- plied solemnly , " The unhappy Duke of Normandy ...
... prisoner in a contiguous cell , who had formerly occupied Pellico's room . After some conversation , the poet asked who it was he had the honour of addressing . The stranger re- plied solemnly , " The unhappy Duke of Normandy ...
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... not altogether a good Catholic . From this very curious account it will appear that , let him have been what he might , the prisoner of Milan was no common impostor . But he becomes still more in- MODERN PERKIN WARBECKS . 83.
... not altogether a good Catholic . From this very curious account it will appear that , let him have been what he might , the prisoner of Milan was no common impostor . But he becomes still more in- MODERN PERKIN WARBECKS . 83.
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... prisoner , and that he could hardly have expected there was an impropriety in his so doing , after he had seen the stranger honoured by the first personages of Modena , and even by the sovereign himself . The magistrate reassured him ...
... prisoner , and that he could hardly have expected there was an impropriety in his so doing , after he had seen the stranger honoured by the first personages of Modena , and even by the sovereign himself . The magistrate reassured him ...
Page 89
... prisoners besides Pellico became acquainted with him , the French- man was liberated , but escorted out of Lombardy and the Austrian dominions by gens - d'armes . He took the route across the lake of Como and the Alps ; and , a few days ...
... prisoners besides Pellico became acquainted with him , the French- man was liberated , but escorted out of Lombardy and the Austrian dominions by gens - d'armes . He took the route across the lake of Como and the Alps ; and , a few days ...
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Page 13 - Lo, Warrior ! now the Cross of Red Points to the grave of the mighty dead ; Within it burns a wondrous light, To chase the spirits that love the night. That lamp shall burn unquenchably, Until the eternal doom shall be.
Page 97 - And though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will love you better.
Page 112 - King Henry making a mask at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch, where, being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly, and ran round like a train, consuming, within less than an hour, the whole house to the very grounds. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric wherein yet nothing did perish but wood...
Page 112 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the knights of the order with their Georges and...
Page 51 - Bacon, and thy lord, was born, and here; Son to the grave, wise Keeper of the Seal, Fame and foundation of the English weal. What then his father was, that since is he, Now with a title more to the degree; England's high Chancellor: the destin'd heir, In his soft cradle, to his father's chair: Whose even thread the Fates spin round and full, Out of their choicest and their whitest wool.
Page 145 - Cambridge is a delight of a place, now there is nobody in it. I do believe you would like it, if you knew what it was without inhabitants.
Page 154 - Maypole, in the Strand, giving them instructions at what rates to carry men into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had.
Page 35 - AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Page 117 - The Sensual and the Dark rebel in vain, Slaves by their own compulsion! In mad game They burst their manacles and wear the name Of Freedom, graven on a heavier chain!
Page 112 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrick; wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale.