Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, 4. köide1836 |
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... spirit , however , and the counsels given by him Charles implicitly adopted . The trial of the re- gicides , and the conferences at the Savoy , the trial and death of Argyle , and the re - establishment of episcopacy in Scotland , were ...
... spirit , however , and the counsels given by him Charles implicitly adopted . The trial of the re- gicides , and the conferences at the Savoy , the trial and death of Argyle , and the re - establishment of episcopacy in Scotland , were ...
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... spirit of opposition to prelacy , and a keen sense of injury , still burned in the bosoms of the Scottish whigs , or covenanters , as they were called , and the new and rigorous laws passed by the parliament of Scotland in 1669 , 1670 ...
... spirit of opposition to prelacy , and a keen sense of injury , still burned in the bosoms of the Scottish whigs , or covenanters , as they were called , and the new and rigorous laws passed by the parliament of Scotland in 1669 , 1670 ...
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... spirit and soul of an historian , ' says an anonymous but able writer , may be gathered from one of his essays , where he speaks of those endowments as ' contracted by the knowledge and course and method of business , and by ...
... spirit and soul of an historian , ' says an anonymous but able writer , may be gathered from one of his essays , where he speaks of those endowments as ' contracted by the knowledge and course and method of business , and by ...
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... spirit - stirring alarums of a social revolution - those , however , who read him worthily may judge for themselves whether , like Clarendon , he would have learned from the events of that struggle little else than a besotted ...
... spirit - stirring alarums of a social revolution - those , however , who read him worthily may judge for themselves whether , like Clarendon , he would have learned from the events of that struggle little else than a besotted ...
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... spirits come . What field of all the civil war , Where his were not the deepest scar ? And Hampton shows what part He had of wiser art : When twining subtle fears with hope , He wove a net of such a scope , That Charles himself might ...
... spirits come . What field of all the civil war , Where his were not the deepest scar ? And Hampton shows what part He had of wiser art : When twining subtle fears with hope , He wove a net of such a scope , That Charles himself might ...
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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.