Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, with Sketches, Biographical and Literary ...J. Bumpus, 1813 |
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... born about 1483 , at Bury St. Edmund's , in Suffolk . He was educated at Trinity College , Cam- bridge , where he distinguished himself by his knowledge of Greek , for his promptitude in writing and speaking Latin , and for his talents ...
... born about 1483 , at Bury St. Edmund's , in Suffolk . He was educated at Trinity College , Cam- bridge , where he distinguished himself by his knowledge of Greek , for his promptitude in writing and speaking Latin , and for his talents ...
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... born , a poor parishioner , a layman , durst be so bold at a shift ( if he were also church - warden ) to sell to the use of the church at length , and his own in the mean time , the silver cross on Easter Monday , that was creeped unto ...
... born , a poor parishioner , a layman , durst be so bold at a shift ( if he were also church - warden ) to sell to the use of the church at length , and his own in the mean time , the silver cross on Easter Monday , that was creeped unto ...
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... born in the county of Essex . He was at first a monk in the Augustine monastery of St. Osith in Essex ; and was educated at Ox- ford , where he took the degree of doctor in divinity . He was afterwards friar of the ca- nons of his order ...
... born in the county of Essex . He was at first a monk in the Augustine monastery of St. Osith in Essex ; and was educated at Ox- ford , where he took the degree of doctor in divinity . He was afterwards friar of the ca- nons of his order ...
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... born at Cambridge , in 1514 ; and admitted at the age of seventeen into St. John's college , where he early distinguished himself for his proficiency in the learned languages , particularly Greek . After taking his degrees in arts , he ...
... born at Cambridge , in 1514 ; and admitted at the age of seventeen into St. John's college , where he early distinguished himself for his proficiency in the learned languages , particularly Greek . After taking his degrees in arts , he ...
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... born in London , about the close of the reign of Henry VII . He had probably a liberal edu- cation , since it appears by his writings , that he understood the languages . He practised the art of printing in the successive reigns of ...
... born in London , about the close of the reign of Henry VII . He had probably a liberal edu- cation , since it appears by his writings , that he understood the languages . He practised the art of printing in the successive reigns of ...
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Seite 312 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Seite 151 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
Seite 311 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession...
Seite 399 - Language most shewes a man: speake that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired, and inmost parts of us, and is the Image of the Parent of it, the mind. No glasse renders a mans forme, or likenesse, so true as his speech.
Seite 223 - Neither, by my consent, shalt thou train them up in wars; for he that sets up his rest to live by that profession, can hardly be an honest man or a good Christian...
Seite 274 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Seite 222 - Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee.
Seite 394 - Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. But we must not be too frequent with the mint, every day coining. Nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages ; since the chief virtue of a style is perspicuity, and nothing so vicious in it as to need an interpreter.
Seite 460 - ... quietness sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he, according to his discretion, pleases all ; if they have not what they would have one day, they shall have it the next, or something as good.
Seite 147 - There were hills which garnished their proud heights with stately trees : humble valleys whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers ; meadows enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so...