Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, with Sketches, Biographical and Literary ...J. Bumpus, 1813 |
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Pagina 16
... queen Mary's cruelties , it appears that he considered religion merely as an engine of state , and used it only for his selfish and ambitious purposes . THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLAND . ONLY four copies of this 16 GARDINER .
... queen Mary's cruelties , it appears that he considered religion merely as an engine of state , and used it only for his selfish and ambitious purposes . THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLAND . ONLY four copies of this 16 GARDINER .
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... appears by the preface ) . This author sir William Barlowe was first bishop of St. Asaph , then bishop of St. David's , then bishop of Chichester , lastly bishop of Bath and Wells . In Edward VI . days began he- resy , and in queen ...
... appears by the preface ) . This author sir William Barlowe was first bishop of St. Asaph , then bishop of St. David's , then bishop of Chichester , lastly bishop of Bath and Wells . In Edward VI . days began he- resy , and in queen ...
Pagina 46
... appears to have been necessary at Cambridge , in order to keep the attention of the members of that university fixed on polite letters : for he was no sooner called away to court , than they relapsed into idle disputations on the ...
... appears to have been necessary at Cambridge , in order to keep the attention of the members of that university fixed on polite letters : for he was no sooner called away to court , than they relapsed into idle disputations on the ...
Pagina 60
... appear to have availed themselves of these directions , if not to have catched the notion of their whole plan from this remarkable passage . " " He next shews the advantages of personi- fication in enlivening a composition . " Sometimes ...
... appear to have availed themselves of these directions , if not to have catched the notion of their whole plan from this remarkable passage . " " He next shews the advantages of personi- fication in enlivening a composition . " Sometimes ...
Pagina 65
... appear rhymed metre , than to seem plain speech . " 4 I heard a preacher delighting much in this kind of composition , who used so often to end his sen- tence with words like unto that which went be- fore , that in my judgment there was ...
... appear rhymed metre , than to seem plain speech . " 4 I heard a preacher delighting much in this kind of composition , who used so often to end his sen- tence with words like unto that which went be- fore , that in my judgment there was ...
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Pagina 312 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Pagina 151 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
Pagina 311 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession...
Pagina 399 - Language most shewes a man: speake that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired, and inmost parts of us, and is the Image of the Parent of it, the mind. No glasse renders a mans forme, or likenesse, so true as his speech.
Pagina 223 - Neither, by my consent, shalt thou train them up in wars; for he that sets up his rest to live by that profession, can hardly be an honest man or a good Christian...
Pagina 274 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Pagina 222 - Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee.
Pagina 394 - Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. But we must not be too frequent with the mint, every day coining. Nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages ; since the chief virtue of a style is perspicuity, and nothing so vicious in it as to need an interpreter.
Pagina 460 - ... quietness sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he, according to his discretion, pleases all ; if they have not what they would have one day, they shall have it the next, or something as good.
Pagina 147 - There were hills which garnished their proud heights with stately trees : humble valleys whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers ; meadows enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so...