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... evidence of his poverty and dependence . The father of the poet was Arthur Massinger , a gentleman attached to the family of Henry , second Earl of Pembroke ; in whose service he re- mained till the death of that nobleman in 1601 , -and ...
... evidence of his poverty and dependence . The father of the poet was Arthur Massinger , a gentleman attached to the family of Henry , second Earl of Pembroke ; in whose service he re- mained till the death of that nobleman in 1601 , -and ...
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... evidences the hand they came from ; for though a star of the sixth magnitude possesses not an equal share of brilliancy with one of the first , it is nevertheless an emanation of divine power and beauty . To say the Europ . Mag . Vol ...
... evidences the hand they came from ; for though a star of the sixth magnitude possesses not an equal share of brilliancy with one of the first , it is nevertheless an emanation of divine power and beauty . To say the Europ . Mag . Vol ...
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... evidence is of so much weight in the case , that we shall bere notice it in abridgement . " To Mr. ALDIS , Surgeon , Nelson Square , Black Friars ' Road . " I wish much you had seen Miss at Wisbeach , on your return to London , had your ...
... evidence is of so much weight in the case , that we shall bere notice it in abridgement . " To Mr. ALDIS , Surgeon , Nelson Square , Black Friars ' Road . " I wish much you had seen Miss at Wisbeach , on your return to London , had your ...
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... evidence which for some weeks cannot reach this country . The instant that it arrives she will intreat the House of Lords to proceed in any way they may think consistent with the ends of justice ; but in the mean time , and before the ...
... evidence which for some weeks cannot reach this country . The instant that it arrives she will intreat the House of Lords to proceed in any way they may think consistent with the ends of justice ; but in the mean time , and before the ...
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... evidence against the charges , without bringing from every place her Majesty has visited during the last six years , every witness who had any means of observing her Majesty's con duct . " Her Majesty further desires to be heard by her ...
... evidence against the charges , without bringing from every place her Majesty has visited during the last six years , every witness who had any means of observing her Majesty's con duct . " Her Majesty further desires to be heard by her ...
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Page 264 - To strew fresh laurels let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.
Page 405 - ... boundless plains, waving with spontaneous verdure ; her broad deep rivers, rolling in solemn silence to the ocean ; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence ; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
Page 463 - ... of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice, the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 352 - Brutes find out where their talents lie: A bear will not attempt to fly; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. But man we find the only creature Who, led by Folly, combats Nature; Who, when she loudly cries, Forbear, With obstinacy fixes there; And, where his genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.
Page 154 - Go rule thy will, Bid thy wild passions all be still, Know God — and bring thy heart to know, The joys which from religion flow: Then every Grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Page 154 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Page 327 - When I was a journeyman printer, one of my companions, an apprentice hatter, having served out his time, was about to open shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words, "JOHN THOMPSON, HATTER, makes and sells hats for ready money...
Page 18 - ... forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing ; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away, alert and gay, till you come to an end of what I...
Page 405 - ... to escape, in short, from the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past.
Page 353 - And here a simile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guests in less than half an hour Will more than half a score devour. So after toiling twenty days To earn a stock of pence and praise, Thy labours, grown the...