The Life of Henry VIII.J. Tonson: and sold, 1732 - 95 pages |
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William Shakespeare. PROLOGUE . I Come no more to make you laugh ; things now That bear a weighty and a ferious brow , Sad , high , and working , full of state and woe , Such noble fcenes , as draw the eye to flow , We shall prefent ...
William Shakespeare. PROLOGUE . I Come no more to make you laugh ; things now That bear a weighty and a ferious brow , Sad , high , and working , full of state and woe , Such noble fcenes , as draw the eye to flow , We shall prefent ...
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... thing Would by a good difcourfer lofe fome life , Which action's felf was tongue to . Buck . All was royal ; To the difpofing of it nought rebell'd , Order gave each thing view . Diftinely his full function . Who did guide , The office ...
... thing Would by a good difcourfer lofe fome life , Which action's felf was tongue to . Buck . All was royal ; To the difpofing of it nought rebell'd , Order gave each thing view . Diftinely his full function . Who did guide , The office ...
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... thing infpir'd ; and not confulting , broke Into a general prophefie ; that this tempeft , Dafhing the garment of this peace , aboaded The fudden breach on't . Nor . Which is budded out : For France hath flaw'd the league , and hath ...
... thing infpir'd ; and not confulting , broke Into a general prophefie ; that this tempeft , Dafhing the garment of this peace , aboaded The fudden breach on't . Nor . Which is budded out : For France hath flaw'd the league , and hath ...
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... things : I obey . O my lord Aberganny , fare ye well . Bran . Nay , he must bear you company . The King Is pleas'd you fhall to the Tower , ' till you know How he determines further . Aber . As the Duke faid , The will of heav'n be done ...
... things : I obey . O my lord Aberganny , fare ye well . Bran . Nay , he must bear you company . The King Is pleas'd you fhall to the Tower , ' till you know How he determines further . Aber . As the Duke faid , The will of heav'n be done ...
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... Things that are known alike , which are not wholsome To thofe which would not know them , and yet muft Perforce be their acquaintance . Thefe exactions ( Whereof my Sov'raign would have note ) they are Moft peftilent to th ' hearing ...
... Things that are known alike , which are not wholsome To thofe which would not know them , and yet muft Perforce be their acquaintance . Thefe exactions ( Whereof my Sov'raign would have note ) they are Moft peftilent to th ' hearing ...
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Page 66 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no...
Page 64 - This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 64 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have : And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 70 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 64 - Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The king has...
Page 66 - tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 66 - Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's ; then if thou fall'st...
Page 92 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.