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... passed through other changes of position and fortune . On the death of his grandfather , in December 1135 , the English throne had been usurped by Stephen of Blois , whose mother Adela was a daughter of the Conqueror : she had been ...
... passed through other changes of position and fortune . On the death of his grandfather , in December 1135 , the English throne had been usurped by Stephen of Blois , whose mother Adela was a daughter of the Conqueror : she had been ...
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... passed in England laid the foundation of all that was afterwards most excellent in him ; for his earliest impressions were taken from his uncle , who , not only in learning but in all other per- fections in magnanimity , valour ...
... passed in England laid the foundation of all that was afterwards most excellent in him ; for his earliest impressions were taken from his uncle , who , not only in learning but in all other per- fections in magnanimity , valour ...
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... passed , found this writer mentioned by an Arabic physician of the ninth century . Græcus gives the receipt for gunpowder , namely , one part of sulphur , two of willow - charcoal , and six of saltpetre . Two manuscript copies of Græcus ...
... passed , found this writer mentioned by an Arabic physician of the ninth century . Græcus gives the receipt for gunpowder , namely , one part of sulphur , two of willow - charcoal , and six of saltpetre . Two manuscript copies of Græcus ...
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... passed , the head did speak again two words , which were these , Time was . Miles respected these words as little as he did the former , and would not wake them , but still scoffed at the brazen head , that it had learned no better ...
... passed , the head did speak again two words , which were these , Time was . Miles respected these words as little as he did the former , and would not wake them , but still scoffed at the brazen head , that it had learned no better ...
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... passed at Haydon , about fifteen miles above New- castle . " These Scottish men , " says Froissart , " are right hardy , and sore travelling in harness and in wars . For , when they will enter into England , within a day and a night ...
... passed at Haydon , about fifteen miles above New- castle . " These Scottish men , " says Froissart , " are right hardy , and sore travelling in harness and in wars . For , when they will enter into England , within a day and a night ...
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Page 53 - WITH how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! What, may it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
Page 118 - And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Page 54 - Neither let it be deemed too saucy a comparison to balance the highest point of man's wit with the efficacy of Nature; but rather give right honour to the heavenly Maker of that maker, who having made man to His own likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature: which in nothing he showeth so much as in Poetry, when with the force of a divine breath he bringeth things forth far surpassing her doings...
Page 52 - Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain, — I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe; Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertain, Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburn'd brain.
Page 48 - I hope, for the father's sake, it will be pardoned, perchance made much of, though in itself it have deformities. For indeed, for severer eyes it is not, being but a trifle, and that triflingly handled. Your dear self can best witness the manner, being done in loose sheets of paper, most of it in your presence ; the rest by sheets sent unto you as fast as they were done.
Page 137 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 54 - Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year and mark the night When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death through Berkeley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king...
Page 62 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me...
Page 45 - ... in comparison. Then would he add certain praises by telling what a peerless beast the horse was, the only serviceable courtier, without flattery, the beast of most beauty, faithfulness, courage, and such more, that if I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him, I think he would have persuaded me to have wished myself a horse.
Page 22 - O place of bliss! renewer of my woes! Give me account, where is my noble fere? Whom in thy walls thou dost each night enclose; To other lief; but unto me most dear." Echo, alas! that doth my sorrow rue, Returns thereto a hollow sound of plaint. Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew, In prison pine, with bondage and restraint: And with remembrance of the greater grief, To banish the less, I find my chief relief.