The Book of table-talk [ed. by C. MacFarlane].1847 |
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... hands , and in whose dwellings and streets the pulse of human existence has for many ages beat high and hot , has the advantage over any rural spot or tract which great deeds may have illustrated , but on which man has not thus left the ...
... hands , and in whose dwellings and streets the pulse of human existence has for many ages beat high and hot , has the advantage over any rural spot or tract which great deeds may have illustrated , but on which man has not thus left the ...
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... hands , and in whose dwellings and streets the pulse of human existence has for many ages beat high and hot , has the advantage over any rural spot or tract which great deeds may have illustrated , but on which man has not thus left the ...
... hands , and in whose dwellings and streets the pulse of human existence has for many ages beat high and hot , has the advantage over any rural spot or tract which great deeds may have illustrated , but on which man has not thus left the ...
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... hands ; and then he only obtained them , ac- cording to his own account , by threatening to bring the matter before the parliament , which was about to be called . On giving them back to him , Laud accompanied them with a present of ...
... hands ; and then he only obtained them , ac- cording to his own account , by threatening to bring the matter before the parliament , which was about to be called . On giving them back to him , Laud accompanied them with a present of ...
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... hand of a minister ( Mr. Samuel Smith ) , who had relation some time to Colonel Hampden " ( he means the famous patriot ) ; " and thus he writes , sub- scribing his name ' It is most certain that there is a visible ghost , which walks ...
... hand of a minister ( Mr. Samuel Smith ) , who had relation some time to Colonel Hampden " ( he means the famous patriot ) ; " and thus he writes , sub- scribing his name ' It is most certain that there is a visible ghost , which walks ...
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... hands , he forced Rotanus and Vietus to call themselves Rota and Vieta , and if he had been permitted to pursue his conquests , by this time De Thou would be called De Tolla , and not Thuanus ; and Brisson , Brisso , and not Brissonius ...
... hands , he forced Rotanus and Vietus to call themselves Rota and Vieta , and if he had been permitted to pursue his conquests , by this time De Thou would be called De Tolla , and not Thuanus ; and Brisson , Brisso , and not Brissonius ...
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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.