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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... , he would have deserved the character of a very elegant poet . He had true poetical feelings . " ] 8 Wood , ut sup . col . 391 . " Relations concerning Skirmishes , Battles , taking of Towns 10 ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX . 1.
... , he would have deserved the character of a very elegant poet . He had true poetical feelings . " ] 8 Wood , ut sup . col . 391 . " Relations concerning Skirmishes , Battles , taking of Towns 10 ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX . 1.
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... true Protest- ant religion , under my command . I shall therefore desire you to take notice what I , that am your gene- rall , shall by my honour promise to perform towards you , and what I shall be forced to expect that you shall ...
... true Protest- ant religion , under my command . I shall therefore desire you to take notice what I , that am your gene- rall , shall by my honour promise to perform towards you , and what I shall be forced to expect that you shall ...
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... true Prowess , Arthur , Lord Capel : " The scaffold turn'd a stage : where , ' tis confest , The last act , though most bloodie , prov'd thy best : It prov'd thy solemn coronation , since The yard's thy palace , and a glorious prince ...
... true Prowess , Arthur , Lord Capel : " The scaffold turn'd a stage : where , ' tis confest , The last act , though most bloodie , prov'd thy best : It prov'd thy solemn coronation , since The yard's thy palace , and a glorious prince ...
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... true spirit of honour and disinterested- ness . Some contracted great merit from their behaviour in that quarrel ; the conduct and brave death of this lord were but the con- clusion of a life of virtue , accomplishments , and humanity ...
... true spirit of honour and disinterested- ness . Some contracted great merit from their behaviour in that quarrel ; the conduct and brave death of this lord were but the con- clusion of a life of virtue , accomplishments , and humanity ...
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... true lover of his country , and above all sordid views or motives of private interest . He adhered to the crown from principle , and had a particular affection for the king's person . He for some years attended the court , where he ...
... true lover of his country , and above all sordid views or motives of private interest . He adhered to the crown from principle , and had a particular affection for the king's person . He for some years attended the court , where he ...
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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.