The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by William Oldys. The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by Tho. Birch

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The University Press, 1829

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Pagina 118 - the poet gives us this description of Ralegh's first accosting him in the said rural retirement. One day, quoth he, I sat, as was my trade, Under the foot of Mole, that mountain hore, Keeping my sheep amongst the cooly shade Of the green alders by the Mulla's shore; There a strange shepherd
Pagina 72 - most certainly practised, and that the instrumentes thereof merits most severely to be punished ; against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age ; whereof the one, called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny, that there can be such a thing
Pagina 338 - * is her majesty's ; and she " may lawfully, at pleasure, take it " from us : yea, she has as much " right to all our lands and goods, " as to any revenue of her crown." At which the house hummed and laughed. " Well, all your hum
Pagina 42 - author knew not, but says) he had much " the better in telling of his tale; and so much, that the " queen and the lords took no slight mark of the man and " his parts; for from thence he came to be known, and to *' have access to the queen and the lords'.
Pagina 667 - chief justice. There must not such a gap be opened for the destruction of the king, as would be if we should grant this. You plead hard for yourself, but the laws plead as hard for the king. I did never hear that course to be taken in a case of treason, as to write
Pagina 652 - I will speak nothing; but sure you meant to make her a stale : ah, good lady ! you could mean her no good. Ralegh. You tell me news, Mr. Attorney. Attorney. O sir! I am the more large, because I know with whom I deal: for we have to deal to-day with a man of wit.
Pagina 119 - not right, Whom when I asked from what place he came, And how he hight ? himself he did ycleep The shepherd of the ocean by name, And said, he came far from the main-sea deep. He sitting me beside in that same shade, Provoked me to play some pleasant fit; And when he heard the musick which I made, He found himself full greatly
Pagina 177 - that it fared with him contrary to what it did with other married men, who usually at first became lean after it; Ralegh very pleasantly obviated the rarity, by saying, " Why there is no beast, that, " if you take him from the common, and put him into the " several, but he will grow fat
Pagina 104 - not been better advised than a great many malignant fools were, that found fault with his demeanour. The Spaniards had an army aboard them, and he had none ; they had more ships than he had, and of higher building and charging ; so that
Pagina 662 - now, if there be proofs made either under hand, or by testimony of witnesses, or by oaths, it needs not the subscription of the party, so there be hands of credible men to testify the examination. here, let him speak it: call my accuser before my face, and I have done. Attorney. Scientia

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