Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous, Etc |
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... England , unswerving justice and unsul- lied honour may be no more recognized in the dealings of man with man : -let the law of heartless selfishness , that " the end will justify the means , " be the adopted motto of politicians . 18 ...
... England , unswerving justice and unsul- lied honour may be no more recognized in the dealings of man with man : -let the law of heartless selfishness , that " the end will justify the means , " be the adopted motto of politicians . 18 ...
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... England's Merry Monarch ? The true secret of kingly popularity lies in a good - humoured condescension , that can temporally discrown the monarch without compromising him . The half - gracious smile and the stiff state - bow are highly ...
... England's Merry Monarch ? The true secret of kingly popularity lies in a good - humoured condescension , that can temporally discrown the monarch without compromising him . The half - gracious smile and the stiff state - bow are highly ...
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... England ! All have paid dearly for their Whistle . 34 " But happy they ! the happiest of their kind ! Whom gentle stars unite , and in one fate Their Hearts , their Fortunes , and their Beings blend-— ” sings Thomson , and the gentle ...
... England ! All have paid dearly for their Whistle . 34 " But happy they ! the happiest of their kind ! Whom gentle stars unite , and in one fate Their Hearts , their Fortunes , and their Beings blend-— ” sings Thomson , and the gentle ...
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... England's Helicon . 1600 . Ladies , it has been said , are the very reverse of their mirrors - the latter reflecting without talking , and the former talking without reflecting . " It was once remarked to Lord Chesterfield , that man is ...
... England's Helicon . 1600 . Ladies , it has been said , are the very reverse of their mirrors - the latter reflecting without talking , and the former talking without reflecting . " It was once remarked to Lord Chesterfield , that man is ...
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... England's measure full . Soon here the Pope will ( give him rope ! ) sit in pontifi- calibus , ( His gouty toe John Bull , ( grand sot ! ) devoutly ducking , shall he buss ? ) More shocking still ! and have a grill of heretics ( O fie ...
... England's measure full . Soon here the Pope will ( give him rope ! ) sit in pontifi- calibus , ( His gouty toe John Bull , ( grand sot ! ) devoutly ducking , shall he buss ? ) More shocking still ! and have a grill of heretics ( O fie ...
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Page 96 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 9 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Page 226 - Sir, this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you ; it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood : I pray you let them not.
Page 64 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page 223 - London, to thee I do present the merry month of May; Let each true subject be content to hear me what I say: For from the top of conduit-head, as plainly may appear, I will both tell my name to you, and wherefore I came here. My name is Ralph, by due descent though not ignoble I, Yet far inferior to the flock of gracious grocery...
Page 20 - What judgment I had, increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject ; to run them into verse, or to give them the other harmony of prose.
Page 278 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Page 20 - I think myself as vigorous as ever in the faculties of my soul, excepting only my memory, which is not impaired to any great degree; and if I lose not more of it, I have no great reason to complain. What...
Page 3 - Yes, Sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out : "When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave this over ; for, I found that generally what was new was false.
Page 11 - And his most holy life was such, that it begot such reverence to God, and to him, that they thought themselves the happier when they carried Mr. Herbert's blessing back with them to their labour.