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Pagina 20
... returned with new means of annoyance ; and when they found themselves unable to cope with Alfred's fleets in open fight , they carried on a piratical kind of warfare , more galling than any regular attack . A considerable number of ...
... returned with new means of annoyance ; and when they found themselves unable to cope with Alfred's fleets in open fight , they carried on a piratical kind of warfare , more galling than any regular attack . A considerable number of ...
Pagina 26
... returned to Oxford , and assumed the habit of the Franciscan order . The leisure which this situa tion allowed him , he devoted to the ardent prosecution of experimental philosophy , his favourite study , in which he expended ...
... returned to Oxford , and assumed the habit of the Franciscan order . The leisure which this situa tion allowed him , he devoted to the ardent prosecution of experimental philosophy , his favourite study , in which he expended ...
Pagina 45
... returned ; and in the subsequent ' year Wolsey was promoted , first to the see of Lincoln , and then to the archbishopric of York . The stream of royal favour had flowed with such a full tide on Wolsey , that the pope thought it politic ...
... returned ; and in the subsequent ' year Wolsey was promoted , first to the see of Lincoln , and then to the archbishopric of York . The stream of royal favour had flowed with such a full tide on Wolsey , that the pope thought it politic ...
Pagina 52
... returned to serve in parliament . In this great- theatre he soon had an opportunity of displaying his abilities and his patriotism , by opposing a subsidy de- manded by the king ( Henry the Seventh ) with such force of argument and ...
... returned to serve in parliament . In this great- theatre he soon had an opportunity of displaying his abilities and his patriotism , by opposing a subsidy de- manded by the king ( Henry the Seventh ) with such force of argument and ...
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... returned to Cambridge , animated with fresh zeal to promote the doctrines of the Re- formation . Bilney being silenced , Latimer now became the head of the party , and having once or twice had the honour to preach before the king at ...
... returned to Cambridge , animated with fresh zeal to promote the doctrines of the Re- formation . Bilney being silenced , Latimer now became the head of the party , and having once or twice had the honour to preach before the king at ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 142 - His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies or professions which can operate but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and...
Pagina 398 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Pagina 398 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Pagina 143 - Shakespeare approximates the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned...
Pagina 398 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Pagina 264 - has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vindicate and maintain it, and a remedy, if he is injured, in the exercise or enjoyment of it ; and, indeed, it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy, for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.
Pagina 280 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world, and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil society...
Pagina 375 - To paint fair Nature, by divine command Her magic pencil in his glowing hand, A Shakspeare rose ; then, to expand his fame Wide o'er this breathing world, a Garrick came. Though sunk in death the forms the Poet drew, The Actor's genius bade them breathe anew ; Though, like the bard himself, in night they lay, Immortal Garrick call'd them back to day : And till Eternity with pow'r sublime Shall mark the mortal hour of hoary Time, Shakspeare and Garrick, like twin-stars shall shine, And earth irradiate...
Pagina 58 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Pagina 197 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend ; and as much to be apprehended where he was so, as any man could deserve to be.