Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished NorthernsWhitaker, Treacher, 1833 - 732 Seiten |
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... respect for the wisdom which grows of experience in evil ways . Now the study of history in books can give only the same kind of knowledge , and the same habits of mind , as men long versed in public affairs gain by actual experience ...
... respect for the wisdom which grows of experience in evil ways . Now the study of history in books can give only the same kind of knowledge , and the same habits of mind , as men long versed in public affairs gain by actual experience ...
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... and of Black- more , a synonyme for extravagant flatness . It is hard for a man to have his name thus memorized , when every thing else about him is forgotten . more formidable . In this respect Andrew was a fortunate ANDREW MARVELL . 7.
... and of Black- more , a synonyme for extravagant flatness . It is hard for a man to have his name thus memorized , when every thing else about him is forgotten . more formidable . In this respect Andrew was a fortunate ANDREW MARVELL . 7.
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Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns Hartley Coleridge. more formidable . In this respect Andrew was a fortunate man , for he partakes fully in the fame of his illustrious friend , as a defender and promoter of true liberty , while he ...
Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns Hartley Coleridge. more formidable . In this respect Andrew was a fortunate man , for he partakes fully in the fame of his illustrious friend , as a defender and promoter of true liberty , while he ...
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... respect they are hardly worthy of his talents , but for the historical intelligence they convey , and the testimony which they bear to the writer's integrity . Seldom , however , was he guilty of such bad taste , as in the allusion to ...
... respect they are hardly worthy of his talents , but for the historical intelligence they convey , and the testimony which they bear to the writer's integrity . Seldom , however , was he guilty of such bad taste , as in the allusion to ...
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... respect which he and his partner received from the " In this declaration the King promised that he would provide suffragan Bishops in all the large dioceses ; that the prelates should all of them be regular and constant preachers ; that ...
... respect which he and his partner received from the " In this declaration the King promised that he would provide suffragan Bishops in all the large dioceses ; that the prelates should all of them be regular and constant preachers ; that ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 313 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened — yea, presently sometimes, with pinches, nips and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered — that...
Seite 313 - I bear them) so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him.
Seite 59 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Seite 508 - Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! — Oh! times, In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in romance! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights, When most intent on making of herself A prime Enchantress — to assist the work, Which then was going forward in her name!
Seite 270 - The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : xo Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Seite 72 - When I wrote my Treatise about our System *, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.
Seite 262 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Seite 692 - This is a fine rebuke. Congreve's remains lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough, to whom he bequeathed £10,000. the accumulation of attentive parsimony. The Duchess purchased with £7,000 of the legacy a diamond necklace.
Seite 455 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve...
Seite 289 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.