Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, 2. köideLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... English merchant , whose abilities and in- tegrity introduced him to the notice of his so- vereign , and whose patriotic munificence still pre- serves to him the respectful remembrance of pos- VOL . II . B NOTICE OF SIR T. GRESHAM ...
... English merchant , whose abilities and in- tegrity introduced him to the notice of his so- vereign , and whose patriotic munificence still pre- serves to him the respectful remembrance of pos- VOL . II . B NOTICE OF SIR T. GRESHAM ...
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... English , especially in Ben Jonson's celebrated song , " Tell me where was Fancy bred ? " Two or three stanzas may bear quotation . " Where wert thou born , Desire ? " " In pomp and pride of May . " " By whom , sweet boy , wert thou ...
... English , especially in Ben Jonson's celebrated song , " Tell me where was Fancy bred ? " Two or three stanzas may bear quotation . " Where wert thou born , Desire ? " " In pomp and pride of May . " " By whom , sweet boy , wert thou ...
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... English Poesie , " ventured , though a professed courtier , to compose an epitaph on this victim of oppression , of which he has preserved to us the following lines in the work above mentioned : " Whom Virtue reared Envy hath overthrown ...
... English Poesie , " ventured , though a professed courtier , to compose an epitaph on this victim of oppression , of which he has preserved to us the following lines in the work above mentioned : " Whom Virtue reared Envy hath overthrown ...
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... English Poesie , " and its authenticity , its principal merit , has never been called in question . SONNET by Queen Elizabeth . The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy , And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy ...
... English Poesie , " and its authenticity , its principal merit , has never been called in question . SONNET by Queen Elizabeth . The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy , And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy ...
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... English succession : but Elizabeth , with her usual averseness to all unqualified declarations and irre- vocable decisions , interfered to prevent the com- pletion of a measure which most sovereigns , under all the circumstances , would ...
... English succession : but Elizabeth , with her usual averseness to all unqualified declarations and irre- vocable decisions , interfered to prevent the com- pletion of a measure which most sovereigns , under all the circumstances , would ...
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Page 277 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peer?
Page 12 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 229 - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
Page 96 - ... 235. Sir Fulke Grevill had much and private access to Queen Elizabeth, which he used honourably, and did many men good ; yet he would say merrily of himself ; That he was like Robin Goodfellow ; For when the maids spilt the milkpans, or kept any racket, they would lay it upon Robin ; So what tales the ladies about the Queen told her, or other bad offices that they did, they would put it upon him.
Page 451 - Nay, madam, he is a doctor; never rack his person, but rack his style: let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge whether he were the author or no...
Page 287 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Page 12 - At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed 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 288 - IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Page 229 - I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns ; and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In. the mean time, my lieutenant-general shall be in my stead; than whom never prince commanded a more noble...
Page 260 - ... alms: But though from court to cottage he depart, His Saint is sure of his unspotted heart. And when he saddest sits in homely cell, He'll teach his swains this carol for a song, — ''Blest be the hearts that wish my sovereign well, Curst be the souls that think her any wrong.