The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, Knt, Volume 2Cadell and Davies, 1806 |
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... death .... He is brought to the King's bench .... The pro- ceedings against him .... He is taken to the Gate- house .... The petitions in his favour .... The queen's letter .... His firmness .... His verses be- fore death , and answer ...
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... death of Cecil .--- Ralegh obtains the liberty of the Tower .... His son Walter obliged to fly ... His History of the World published .... The king consents to his freedom .... Ralegh's letter to Villiers ..His release ---- The fate of ...
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Page 157 - That, since my flesh must die so soon, And want a head to dine next noon, Just at the stroke, when my veins start and spread, Set on my soul an everlasting head ! Then am I ready, like a palmer fit, To tread those blest paths which before I writ.
Page 157 - King's Attorney, Who pleads for all without degrees, And He hath angels, but no fees. And when the grand twelve-million jury Of our sins, with direful fury, Against our souls black verdicts give, Christ pleads His death, and then we live.
Page 35 - As for me, I am no more yours, nor you mine, Death hath cut us asunder; and God hath divided me from the world, and you from me.
Page 391 - Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, Given and Granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do Give and Grant to the said Corporation...
Page 156 - I'll take my pilgrimage. Blood must be my body's balmer; No other balm will there be given; Whilst my soul, like quiet palmer, Travelleth towards the land of heaven; Over the silver mountains, Where spring the nectar fountains. There will I kiss The bowl of bliss; And drink mine everlasting fill Upon every milken hill. My soul will be a-dry before; But after it will thirst no more.
Page 158 - Even such is Time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days : And from which earth, and grave, and dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 226 - ... than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim; if for a churchman, he hath no inheritance; if for a lawyer, he will find an...
Page 133 - ... passed already, the king having under his broad seal, " made you admiral of your fleet, and given you power of " the martial law over your officers and soldiers.
Page 51 - O generous prince, against such sycophants, in the glorious cause of liberty ; and assume an ambition worthy of you, to secure your fellow-creatures from slavery ; from a condition as much below that of brutes, as to act without reason is less miserable than to act against it ! Preserve to your future subjects the divine right of being free-agents, and to your own royal house the divine right of being their benefactors. Believe me, my prince, there is no other right can flow from God.
Page 172 - He was the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience.