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... Bishop of Exeter , author of the " Eikon Basilike , " and after his death to his brother , Sir Denis , who collected a fine library and art - gallery , and died in 1688. It was then purchased by Mr. William Hewer , who died here in 1715 ...
... Bishop of Exeter , author of the " Eikon Basilike , " and after his death to his brother , Sir Denis , who collected a fine library and art - gallery , and died in 1688. It was then purchased by Mr. William Hewer , who died here in 1715 ...
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... Bishop Burnet tells us that he was the delight of the House of Commons . For his loyal subservience he was rewarded with the Provostship of Eton . At the accession of James II . , he was elected representative for a Cornish borough ...
... Bishop Burnet tells us that he was the delight of the House of Commons . For his loyal subservience he was rewarded with the Provostship of Eton . At the accession of James II . , he was elected representative for a Cornish borough ...
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... Bishop Atterbury , Philips , Gay , Cibber , D'Urfey , Prior , and Pope . It concludes thus : - " At last in rushed Eusden , and cried , ' Who shall have it , But I , the true laureat , to whom the King gave it ? ' Apollo begged pardon ...
... Bishop Atterbury , Philips , Gay , Cibber , D'Urfey , Prior , and Pope . It concludes thus : - " At last in rushed Eusden , and cried , ' Who shall have it , But I , the true laureat , to whom the King gave it ? ' Apollo begged pardon ...
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... by Macaulay . See also Evelyn's Diary , under date January 19 , 1686 ; Bishop Barnet's History of His Own Time , i , 682 ; and Rousby's Memoirs . her ( 1686 ) Baroness of Darlington and Countess of 136 THE MERRY MONARCH ;
... by Macaulay . See also Evelyn's Diary , under date January 19 , 1686 ; Bishop Barnet's History of His Own Time , i , 682 ; and Rousby's Memoirs . her ( 1686 ) Baroness of Darlington and Countess of 136 THE MERRY MONARCH ;
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... Bishop Burnet , " to all sorts of extravagance , and to the wildest frolics that * Pepys gives the following account of this boyish escapade ( Rochester was then in his 18th year ) : May 28 , 1665. To my Lady Sandwich's , where , to my ...
... Bishop Burnet , " to all sorts of extravagance , and to the wildest frolics that * Pepys gives the following account of this boyish escapade ( Rochester was then in his 18th year ) : May 28 , 1665. To my Lady Sandwich's , where , to my ...
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Seite 260 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant and stay till the storm was over ; and then...
Seite 352 - Richard, Richard, dost thou think we will let thee poison the court ? Richard, thou art an old knave. Thou hast written books enough to load a cart, and every book as full of sedition as an egg is full of meat. By the grace of God, I'll look after thee. I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know what will befall their mighty Don. And there," he continued, fixing his savage eye on Bates, "there is a Doctor of the party at your elbow.
Seite 89 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 100 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Seite 84 - Him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon, i with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of...
Seite 336 - Forgive, me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Seite 260 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below. So is the prayer of a good man...
Seite 412 - To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Seite 207 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes^ So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Seite 30 - BO •universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods, such a strange consternation there was upon them...