Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the close of the 17th century, with sketches biogr. and literary, &c. By G. Burnett, Volume 3George Burnett 1807 |
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... considerable proficiency at school in the learned languages , Hobbes entered , in 1603 , at Magdalene - Hall , Oxford , whence , on the recommendation of the prin- cipal of that society , he was taken into the family of the right ...
... considerable proficiency at school in the learned languages , Hobbes entered , in 1603 , at Magdalene - Hall , Oxford , whence , on the recommendation of the prin- cipal of that society , he was taken into the family of the right ...
Page 70
... considerable work is " The History of the Parliament of England ; " which may be considered rather as a brief history of the " Civil Wars " which arose during its sitting . He represents this work as a task im- posed upon him , and ...
... considerable work is " The History of the Parliament of England ; " which may be considered rather as a brief history of the " Civil Wars " which arose during its sitting . He represents this work as a task im- posed upon him , and ...
Page 310
... considerable extent , I shall venture to give one passage more , which is admirable for its eloquence , as well as for its justness of sentiment . It is taken from the 28th section of the second chapter ; of which the title is , " Men ...
... considerable extent , I shall venture to give one passage more , which is admirable for its eloquence , as well as for its justness of sentiment . It is taken from the 28th section of the second chapter ; of which the title is , " Men ...
Page 319
... considerably influenced by that of the sovereign , and by political events . The tumults of the preceding reign had subsided ; and though many were still dissatisfied , the general joy and security induced by the re- storation ...
... considerably influenced by that of the sovereign , and by political events . The tumults of the preceding reign had subsided ; and though many were still dissatisfied , the general joy and security induced by the re- storation ...
Page 321
... considerable in this faculty , and enrolled among the wits , ) do not only make shipwreck of conscience , abandon virtue , and forfeit all pretences to wisdom ; but neglect their estates and prostitute their honour : so to the pri- vate ...
... considerable in this faculty , and enrolled among the wits , ) do not only make shipwreck of conscience , abandon virtue , and forfeit all pretences to wisdom ; but neglect their estates and prostitute their honour : so to the pri- vate ...
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Æsop affections afterwards Algernon Sidney ANDREW MARVEL archbishop of Canterbury Ben Jonson bishop body born cause cerning Charles Charles II christian church civil College common commonwealth court danger death Discourse divine doctrine doth earl earth Eikon Basilike eminent enemy England English Episcopacy excellent faith fame father folio give glory happy hath History Hobbes honour humour Isaac Barrow JOHN TILLOTSON Julius Cæsar king king's kingdom Lacedemon Latin learned letters liberty lived London lord mankind matter ment mind nation nature ness never observation opinion Oxford parliament Parliament of England passions peace person philosophical poet prince privy counsellor published reason reign religion sermons shew Smectymnuus soul spirit thee things thou thought tion tracts truth tural unto virtue whence whereof whole wisdom wise words writing written
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Page 189 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy...
Page 193 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 51 - This done, the multitude so united in one person is called a 'commonwealth,' in Latin civitas. This is the generation of that great 'Leviathan,' or rather, to speak more reverently, of that 'mortal God,' to which we owe, under the 'immortal God,
Page 185 - I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take Orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch he must either straight perjure, or split his faith, I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking bought, and begun with servitude and forswearing.
Page 43 - CIVITAS, which is but an artificial man; though of greater stature and strength than the natural, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which the sovereignty is an artificial soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body...
Page 51 - This is more than consent, or concord; it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man...
Page 183 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...
Page 179 - Time serves not now, and perhaps I might seem too profuse to give any certain account of what the mind at home, in the spacious circuits of her musing, hath liberty to propose to herself, though of highest hope and hardest attempting; whether that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model...
Page 179 - ... the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model; or whether the rules of Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be...
Page 417 - ... an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...