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Pagina 336
... Montagu for this truly valuable work . From the opinions which he expresses as a biographer we often dissent . But about his merit as a collector of the materials out of which opinions are formed , there can be no dispute ; and we ...
... Montagu for this truly valuable work . From the opinions which he expresses as a biographer we often dissent . But about his merit as a collector of the materials out of which opinions are formed , there can be no dispute ; and we ...
Pagina 337
... Montagu even in what we consider as his weakness . There is scarcely any delusion which has a better claim to be indulgently treated than that under the influence of which a man ascribes every moral excel- lence to those who have left ...
... Montagu even in what we consider as his weakness . There is scarcely any delusion which has a better claim to be indulgently treated than that under the influence of which a man ascribes every moral excel- lence to those who have left ...
Pagina 341
... Montagu judges of the fruit . He is forced to relate many ac- tions which , if any man but Bacon had committed them , nobody would have dreamed of defending , ac- tions which are readily and completely explained by supposing Bacon to ...
... Montagu judges of the fruit . He is forced to relate many ac- tions which , if any man but Bacon had committed them , nobody would have dreamed of defending , ac- tions which are readily and completely explained by supposing Bacon to ...
Pagina 342
... Montagu to depart so far from his master's precepts , ex- cept zeal for his master's honour . We shall follow a different course . We shall attempt , with the valuable assistance which Mr. Montagu has afforded us , to frame such an ...
... Montagu to depart so far from his master's precepts , ex- cept zeal for his master's honour . We shall follow a different course . We shall attempt , with the valuable assistance which Mr. Montagu has afforded us , to frame such an ...
Pagina 356
... Montagu is more charitable . He supposes that Burleigh was influenced merely by affec- tion for his nephew , and was " little disposed to encour- age him to rely on others rather than on himself , and to venture on the quicksands of ...
... Montagu is more charitable . He supposes that Burleigh was influenced merely by affec- tion for his nephew , and was " little disposed to encour- age him to rely on others rather than on himself , and to venture on the quicksands of ...
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Pagina 317 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Pagina 86 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Pagina 491 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour.
Pagina 482 - His understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it ; and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it ; and the armies of powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade.
Pagina 418 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here ; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Pagina 448 - The ancient order of things had been subverted. Some bigots still cherished with devoted loyalty the remembrance of the fallen monarchy and exerted themselves to effect a restoration. But the majority had no such feeling. Freed, yet not knowing how to use their freedom, they pursued no determinate course, and had found no leader capable of conducting them.
Pagina 77 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Pagina 491 - Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Pagina 489 - One of the most remarkable circumstances in the history of Bacon's mind is the order in which its powers expanded themselves. With him the fruit came first and remained till the last ; the blossoms did not appear till late. In general, the development of the fancy is to the development of the judgment what the growth of a girl is to the growth of a boy. The...
Pagina 408 - England's high Chancellor, the destined heir In his soft cradle to his father's chair ; Whose even thread the fates spin round and full Out of their choicest and their whitest wool.