Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, 4. köide1836 |
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... commons voted a supply of £ 2,500,000 for the expenses of the war , and James , as lord - high - admiral , soon put to sea with ninety - eight sail of the line . Victory crowned the English fleet , after a tremendous en- gagement off ...
... commons voted a supply of £ 2,500,000 for the expenses of the war , and James , as lord - high - admiral , soon put to sea with ninety - eight sail of the line . Victory crowned the English fleet , after a tremendous en- gagement off ...
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... commons held to their point ; and the king him- self having resolved to get rid of him , he was compelled to yield to his fate , and secretly withdrew to France . He bore with impatience the tedium of exile , and often petitioned for ...
... commons held to their point ; and the king him- self having resolved to get rid of him , he was compelled to yield to his fate , and secretly withdrew to France . He bore with impatience the tedium of exile , and often petitioned for ...
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... commons acquitted them of all blame in the transaction . Whitelocke was now one of the leading men of the commonwealth , and he used his influence to restrain and moderate the excessive in- tolerance of the presbyterian party ...
... commons acquitted them of all blame in the transaction . Whitelocke was now one of the leading men of the commonwealth , and he used his influence to restrain and moderate the excessive in- tolerance of the presbyterian party ...
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... commons , as it is called , in the vacation . He was very diligent in his researches ; and , according to the laborious practice of the day , compiled a common - place book of what he read , mixed with his own observations , of which an ...
... commons , as it is called , in the vacation . He was very diligent in his researches ; and , according to the laborious practice of the day , compiled a common - place book of what he read , mixed with his own observations , of which an ...
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... commons in opposition to it . It was not without considerable real reluctance that Clarendon had persuaded Hale again to undertake the arduous duties of a judicial station . Among other serious objections , he urged the smallness of his ...
... commons in opposition to it . It was not without considerable real reluctance that Clarendon had persuaded Hale again to undertake the arduous duties of a judicial station . Among other serious objections , he urged the smallness of his ...
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Page 218 - That very time I saw (but thou could'st not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 211 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Page 186 - When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book, In such a mode...
Page 103 - That the Articles of the Church of England — which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which our Clergy generally have subscribed unto — do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England, agreeable to God's Word...
Page 142 - Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
Page 117 - And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the Acts of Solomon ? And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Page 186 - Fell suddenly into an allegory About their Journey, and the Way to Glory, In more than twenty things; which I set down. This done; I twenty more had in my crown: And they again began to multiply Like sparks that from the coals of fire do fly.
Page 135 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 219 - If Shakespeare deserves our admiration for his characters, he is equally deserving of it for his exhibition of passion, taking this word in its widest signification, as including every mental condition, every tone from indifference or familiar mirth to the wildest rage and despair. He gives us the history of minds ; he lays open to us, in a single word, a whole series of preceding conditions.
Page 89 - That his time spent in prayer and cathedral music elevated his soul, and was his heaven upon earth." But before his return thence to Bemerton, he would usually sing and play his part at an appointed private music-meeting; and, to justify this practice, he would often say, " Religion does not banish mirth, but only moderates and sets rules to it.