The Life and Times of Sir Walter Ralegh: With Copious Extracts from His History of the World |
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... tell any great man or magistrate , that he is not just , the general of an army that he is not valiant , and great ladies that they are not fair , shall never be made a counsellor , a captain , or a courtier . Neither is it suffi- cient ...
... tell any great man or magistrate , that he is not just , the general of an army that he is not valiant , and great ladies that they are not fair , shall never be made a counsellor , a captain , or a courtier . Neither is it suffi- cient ...
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... telling his tale , insomuch as the Queen and the lords took no small mark of the man and his parts , for from thence he came to be known , and to have access to the lords . . . . . . Whether or no my Lord of Leicester had then cast in a ...
... telling his tale , insomuch as the Queen and the lords took no small mark of the man and his parts , for from thence he came to be known , and to have access to the lords . . . . . . Whether or no my Lord of Leicester had then cast in a ...
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... telling an incredible tale of a wrong done to his father on the return of this expedition . SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE . On the 26th of June , Sir Richard Grenville anchored at Wocoken , where he sent word of his arrival at Roanoak . He then ...
... telling an incredible tale of a wrong done to his father on the return of this expedition . SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE . On the 26th of June , Sir Richard Grenville anchored at Wocoken , where he sent word of his arrival at Roanoak . He then ...
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... tell her even what weight the smoke would be , in any quantity proposed to be consumed . Her majesty , fixing her thoughts upon the most impracticable part of the experiment , that of bounding the smoke in a balance , suspected that he ...
... tell her even what weight the smoke would be , in any quantity proposed to be consumed . Her majesty , fixing her thoughts upon the most impracticable part of the experiment , that of bounding the smoke in a balance , suspected that he ...
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... tell me of difficulty , I gave them to understand , the same which I now maintain , that it was more difficult to defend a coast than to invade it . The truth is , that I could have landed my men with more ease than I did ; yea ...
... tell me of difficulty , I gave them to understand , the same which I now maintain , that it was more difficult to defend a coast than to invade it . The truth is , that I could have landed my men with more ease than I did ; yea ...
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Page 31 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 84 - The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Page 168 - Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie.
Page 305 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Page 77 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 71 - Queen ; At whose approach the soul of Petrarch wept, And from thenceforth those graces were not seen, For they this Queen attended ; in whose stead Oblivion laid him down on Laura's hearse.
Page 167 - Travelleth towards the land of heaven ; Over the silver mountains, Where spring the nectar fountains : There will I kiss The bowl of bliss ; And drink mine everlasting fill Upon every milken hill. My soul will be a-dry before ; But after, it will thirst no more.
Page 168 - Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion. Tell flesh it is but dust; And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie.
Page 189 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 169 - Tell charity of coldness. Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply. So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay, Tell friendship of unkindness, Tell justice of delay. And if they will reply, Then give them all the lie.