Records of Noble LivesT. Nelson & Sons, 1867 - 349 Seiten |
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... less in that all of us come home full of dis- guisements , not only of apparel , but of our countenances , as though the credit of a traveller stood all upon his outside ; but in the right informing your mind with those things which are ...
... less in that all of us come home full of dis- guisements , not only of apparel , but of our countenances , as though the credit of a traveller stood all upon his outside ; but in the right informing your mind with those things which are ...
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... " is disfigured by serious faults ; his poetry is usually artificial , and shows less brain - work than heart- work ; there survive no recollections of his keen wit or HIS CHARACTER . 49 delicate humour . And yet he 48 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY .
... " is disfigured by serious faults ; his poetry is usually artificial , and shows less brain - work than heart- work ; there survive no recollections of his keen wit or HIS CHARACTER . 49 delicate humour . And yet he 48 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY .
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... less empti- ness , less idleness , in what he uttered . No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss . He com- manded where he spoke , and had his judges angry ...
... less empti- ness , less idleness , in what he uttered . No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces . His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss . He com- manded where he spoke , and had his judges angry ...
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... less , had an immediate effect upon his fortunes , if , as Lord Campbell not unreasonably supposes , the failure of his suit to the wealthy widow induced his usurious creditors to fix their fangs upon him . A money - lender , named ...
... less , had an immediate effect upon his fortunes , if , as Lord Campbell not unreasonably supposes , the failure of his suit to the wealthy widow induced his usurious creditors to fix their fangs upon him . A money - lender , named ...
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... less you speak of your own greatness the more I will think of it . " Coke . " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you , who are less than little ; less than the least . " Bacon . " Mr. Attorney , do not depress me so ...
... less you speak of your own greatness the more I will think of it . " Coke . " I think scorn to stand upon terms of greatness towards you , who are less than little ; less than the least . " Bacon . " Mr. Attorney , do not depress me so ...
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Seite 108 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?" An Ode in Imitation of Alcaus WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound. Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and...
Seite 37 - Townsfolk my strength ; a daintier judge applies His praise to sleight, which from good use doth rise ; Some lucky wits impute it but to chance ; Others, because of both sides I do take My blood from them, who did excel in this, Think Nature me a man of arms did make. How far they shot awry ! the true cause is, STELLA looked on, and from her heavenly face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race.
Seite 101 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 42 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army, where his uncle the general was, and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink which was presently brought him ; but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along, who had eaten his last at the same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle. Which Sir Philip perceiving, took it from his head before he drank, and delivered it to the poor man with these words, Thy necessity is yet...
Seite 34 - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the humane conceits) is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way, as will entice any man to enter into it.
Seite 16 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Seite 34 - ... comfort : here a shepherd's boy piping as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice's music.
Seite 338 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Seite 34 - ... with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner, and, pretending no more, doth intend the winning of the mind from wickedness to virtue...
Seite 45 - Love my memory, cherish my friends ; their faith to me may assure you they are honest. But, above all, govern your will and affections by the will and word of your Creator ; in me, beholding the end of this world, with all her vanities.