The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 |
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Pagina 12
... those times , amongst thofe of the other players , be- fore fome old plays , but without any particu- lar account of what fort of parts he ufed to play ; and Mr. Rowe fays , That , though he very carefully enquired , he found the top of ...
... those times , amongst thofe of the other players , be- fore fome old plays , but without any particu- lar account of what fort of parts he ufed to play ; and Mr. Rowe fays , That , though he very carefully enquired , he found the top of ...
Pagina 20
... those things which could not efcape laughter ; as when he faid , in the per- fon of Cæfar , one speaking to him , " Cæfar thou doft me wrong . " • He replied , " Cæfar did never wrong , but with juft caufe ; " and many others of the ...
... those things which could not efcape laughter ; as when he faid , in the per- fon of Cæfar , one speaking to him , " Cæfar thou doft me wrong . " • He replied , " Cæfar did never wrong , but with juft caufe ; " and many others of the ...
Pagina 21
... Those which are called hiftories and even some of his comedies , are really tragedies , with a mixture of comedy amongst them . That way of tragi - comedy was the common mif- take of that age , and is indeed become fo agreeable to the ...
... Those which are called hiftories and even some of his comedies , are really tragedies , with a mixture of comedy amongst them . That way of tragi - comedy was the common mif- take of that age , and is indeed become fo agreeable to the ...
Pagina 37
... those who were much his inferiors in merit ; and even the earl of Leicester , who had once been his friend , grew jealous of him , and fet up , in oppofition to him , his nephew , the young earl of Effex ; but neither the factions of ...
... those who were much his inferiors in merit ; and even the earl of Leicester , who had once been his friend , grew jealous of him , and fet up , in oppofition to him , his nephew , the young earl of Effex ; but neither the factions of ...
Pagina 56
... gold , for the benefit of his ma- jefty and myself , and of those that ventured and went with me , with the rest of my coun- trymen ; but he that knew the head of the mine mine would not difcover it , when he faw my 56 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
... gold , for the benefit of his ma- jefty and myself , and of those that ventured and went with me , with the rest of my coun- trymen ; but he that knew the head of the mine mine would not difcover it , when he faw my 56 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
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Pagina 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Pagina 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Pagina 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Pagina 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
Pagina 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
Pagina 20 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Pagina 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
Pagina 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
Pagina 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
Pagina 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.