"Curiosities of Literature: 2d series and his "Literary character".W. Pearson & Company, 1835 |
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... Duke D'Alva and Philip II , from which they had hardly recovered . It was a principle by which we must inevitably ... Anjou , who had not long before been expedited on the same fruitless errand ; and Elizabeth had already objected to the ...
... Duke D'Alva and Philip II , from which they had hardly recovered . It was a principle by which we must inevitably ... Anjou , who had not long before been expedited on the same fruitless errand ; and Elizabeth had already objected to the ...
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... Duke of Anjou ; ) and the other point concerned the interview between my brother the Duke of Alençon ; because some letters , which may have been written between the parties * in such sort of matters , could not have the same force ...
... Duke of Anjou ; ) and the other point concerned the interview between my brother the Duke of Alençon ; because some letters , which may have been written between the parties * in such sort of matters , could not have the same force ...
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... Duke of Anjou , afterwards Henry III . This bold enterprise at the first seemed hopeless , and in its progress encountered growing obstructions ; but Mont- luc was one of the most finished diplomatists that the ge- nius of the Gallic ...
... Duke of Anjou , afterwards Henry III . This bold enterprise at the first seemed hopeless , and in its progress encountered growing obstructions ; but Mont- luc was one of the most finished diplomatists that the ge- nius of the Gallic ...
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... Anjou , hasten- ed to Paris to give an account of all which he had seen or heard . But poor Choisnin found himself in a dilemma among those who had so long listened to his panegyrics on the humanity and meek character of the Duke of Anjou ...
... Anjou , hasten- ed to Paris to give an account of all which he had seen or heard . But poor Choisnin found himself in a dilemma among those who had so long listened to his panegyrics on the humanity and meek character of the Duke of Anjou ...
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... Duke of Anjou , were hideously represented in their persons , and as spectators of such horrid tragedies , with words written in labels , complaining that the executioners were not zeal- ous enough in this holy work . These prints ...
... Duke of Anjou , were hideously represented in their persons , and as spectators of such horrid tragedies , with words written in labels , complaining that the executioners were not zeal- ous enough in this holy work . These prints ...
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Стр. 243 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Стр. 19 - Though thy slumber may be deep, Yet thy spirit shall not sleep, There are shades which will not vanish, There are thoughts thou canst not banish ; By a power to thee unknown, Thou canst never be alone ; Thou art wrapt as with a shroud, Thou art gathered in a cloud ; And for ever shalt thou dwell In the spirit of this spell.
Стр. 301 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Стр. 82 - ... due observation, I have found that if the murders and manslaughters, the burglaries and robberies, the riots and tumults, the adulteries, fornications, rapes, and other enormities that have happened in that time, were divided into five parts, four of them have been the issues and product of excessive drinking — of tavern or ale-house drinking.
Стр. 52 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Стр. 321 - No, Sir, let it alone. It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Стр. 47 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Стр. 23 - Scotland, purchased these lands from the titular, and therefore that the present prosecution was groundless. But, after an industrious search among his father's papers, an investigation of the public records, and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence.
Стр. 18 - Man is a weed in those regions. The vast empires also, into which the enormous population of Asia has always been cast, give a further sublimity to the feelings associated with all Oriental names or images. In China, over and above what it has in common with the rest of southern...
Стр. 407 - my history will not be long : the life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away, and is very little diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of a scholar. He wanders about the world without pomp or terror, and is neither known nor valued but by men like himself.