Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Bacon to LeibnitzC. Knight, 1838 |
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Pagina 18
... army , the death of his wife and of the son whom he best loved ; these , he says to a corre- spondent , were reasons enough why I should have overlooked not only your letter , but even astronomy itself . " His first marriage ...
... army , the death of his wife and of the son whom he best loved ; these , he says to a corre- spondent , were reasons enough why I should have overlooked not only your letter , but even astronomy itself . " His first marriage ...
Pagina 43
... army into Pomerania . Speak to me then no more of a defensive war , by which we shall lose our most precious advantages . Sweden herself must not behold the standards of the enemy ; and , if we are vanquished in Germany , it will still ...
... army into Pomerania . Speak to me then no more of a defensive war , by which we shall lose our most precious advantages . Sweden herself must not behold the standards of the enemy ; and , if we are vanquished in Germany , it will still ...
Pagina 44
... army which Gustavus carried into Germany consisted only of 15,000 men ; but it was formidable from its bravery , its high discipline , and the reliance which the general and the troops felt upon each other . " All excesses , ' we quote ...
... army which Gustavus carried into Germany consisted only of 15,000 men ; but it was formidable from its bravery , its high discipline , and the reliance which the general and the troops felt upon each other . " All excesses , ' we quote ...
Pagina 45
... army on the islands of Wollin and Usedom , at the mouth of the Oder , and , having taken possession of the strong town of Stettin on the same river , established a sure footing on the continent , and secured his means of retreat and com ...
... army on the islands of Wollin and Usedom , at the mouth of the Oder , and , having taken possession of the strong town of Stettin on the same river , established a sure footing on the continent , and secured his means of retreat and com ...
Pagina 46
... army of 40,000 men , to give weight to their remonstrances . On the 13th of January , Gus- tavus had concluded an alliance with France , by the terms of which he was to maintain in Germany 30,000 men , France furnishing a subsidy of ...
... army of 40,000 men , to give weight to their remonstrances . On the 13th of January , Gus- tavus had concluded an alliance with France , by the terms of which he was to maintain in Germany 30,000 men , France furnishing a subsidy of ...
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Pagina 42 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Pagina 177 - ' are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, " ' and such kind of fellows ; and,' said I, ' their troops " ' are gentlemen's sons, younger sons, and persons of " ' quality ; do you think that the spirits of such base and " ' mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen. " ' that have honour and courage, and resolution in them...
Pagina 110 - I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them....
Pagina 38 - That the argument of his comedy might have been of some other nature, as of a duke to be in love with a countess, and that countess to be in love with the duke's son, and the son to love the lady's waiting-maid : some such cross wooing, with a clown to their servingman, better than to be thus near, and familiarly allied to the time.
Pagina 108 - His carriage, throughout this agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony.
Pagina 37 - The Winter's Tale is sneered at by B. Jonson, in the induction to Bartholomew Fair, 1614: " If there be never a servant-monster in the fair, who can help it, nor a nest of Antiques ? He is loth to make nature afraid in his plays, like those that beget TALES, Tempests, and such like drolleries.
Pagina 437 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Pagina 46 - Till then, our authors had no thoughts of writing on the model of the ancients : their Tragedies were only Histories in dialogue ; and their Comedies followed the thread of any novel as they found it, no less implicitly than if it had been true history.
Pagina 177 - I raised such men as had the fear of God before them, and made some conscience of what they did, and from that day forward, I must say to you, they were never beaten, and wherever they were engaged against the enemy they beat continually...
Pagina 177 - I did tell him, you must get men of a spirit. And take it not ill what I say, (I know you will not,) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else I am sure you will be beaten still ; I told him so, I did truly.