A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 3J. Scott, 1806 - English literature |
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... lived toge- ther with great discontent ; till a divorce was obtained by lady Essex , on an allegation of impotency : her la- dyship having fixed her affections on Robert Carr , afterwards viscount Rochester and earl of Somerset , whom ...
... lived toge- ther with great discontent ; till a divorce was obtained by lady Essex , on an allegation of impotency : her la- dyship having fixed her affections on Robert Carr , afterwards viscount Rochester and earl of Somerset , whom ...
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... lived there , it was known to have been in her hands . Some years afterwards it was discovered at Lymore among some old papers , in very bad condition , several leaves being torn out , and others stained to such a degree as to make it ...
... lived there , it was known to have been in her hands . Some years afterwards it was discovered at Lymore among some old papers , in very bad condition , several leaves being torn out , and others stained to such a degree as to make it ...
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... lived little in consort , so that in council he was passionate and su- percilious , and did not bear contradiction without much passion , and was voluminous in discourse ; so that he was not considered there with much respect ; to the ...
... lived little in consort , so that in council he was passionate and su- percilious , and did not bear contradiction without much passion , and was voluminous in discourse ; so that he was not considered there with much respect ; to the ...
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... lived so near his time , and who tells us that the earl was made a knight of the bath at the creation of Charles prince of Wales in 1616 , professes that he knows nothing more of him but the catalogue of his works , and and that he died ...
... lived so near his time , and who tells us that the earl was made a knight of the bath at the creation of Charles prince of Wales in 1616 , professes that he knows nothing more of him but the catalogue of his works , and and that he died ...
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... lived to the age of eighty - five , the latter part of which he passed in retire- ment , having written a small folio of miscel- lanies , in prose and verse , under this title , " A Forest promiscuous of several Seasons Productions , in ...
... lived to the age of eighty - five , the latter part of which he passed in retire- ment , having written a small folio of miscel- lanies , in prose and verse , under this title , " A Forest promiscuous of several Seasons Productions , in ...
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Page 92 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Page 304 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 260 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will!
Page 251 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 334 - ... and he was endless in consultations ; for when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest to make even that which was suggested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others call his judgment in question.
Page 102 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Page 160 - 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.
Page 242 - My dear mistress has a heart Soft as those kind looks she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day asunder.
Page 171 - Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to serve the king when he saw him in distress, and abandoned by most of those who were in the highest degree obliged to him, and by him.
Page 36 - I scorn your proffers. I disdain your favor. I abhor your treason ; and am so far from delivering up this island to your advantage, that I will keep it, to the utmost of my power, to your destruction.