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... French and Spanish lan- guages : and the ease and correctness with which she replied to the foreigners , who addressed her in Latin , excited their admir- ation . Her speeches in public and from the throne , were delivered with grace ...
... French and Spanish lan- guages : and the ease and correctness with which she replied to the foreigners , who addressed her in Latin , excited their admir- ation . Her speeches in public and from the throne , were delivered with grace ...
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... French ambassador that she had grown weary of her very existence . Sir John Harrington , her godson , who visited the court about seven months after the death of Essex , has described in a private letter the state in which he found the ...
... French ambassador that she had grown weary of her very existence . Sir John Harrington , her godson , who visited the court about seven months after the death of Essex , has described in a private letter the state in which he found the ...
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... French settlements on the Senegal . Mr. Dochard's illness and sub- sequent death may perhaps account for the short notice taken of this expedition , of which we obtain little farther inform- ation than is learnt by tracing his route on ...
... French settlements on the Senegal . Mr. Dochard's illness and sub- sequent death may perhaps account for the short notice taken of this expedition , of which we obtain little farther inform- ation than is learnt by tracing his route on ...
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... French elogés , in which the biographer thinks himself bound to exalt the fame of his subject . They differ , however , from the labored works of the Academy , in the great simplicity of their style , and the unostentatiousness of the ...
... French elogés , in which the biographer thinks himself bound to exalt the fame of his subject . They differ , however , from the labored works of the Academy , in the great simplicity of their style , and the unostentatiousness of the ...
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Sir Robert put on a sudden resolution to accompany him to the French court , and to be present at his audience there . And Sir Robert put on as sudden a resolution to solicit Mr. Donne to be his companion in that journey . And this ...
Sir Robert put on a sudden resolution to accompany him to the French court , and to be present at his audience there . And Sir Robert put on as sudden a resolution to solicit Mr. Donne to be his companion in that journey . And this ...
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Page 192 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 118 - God, the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments have be,en esteemed useful engines of government.
Page 326 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation.
Page 326 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 137 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 53 - The honour of a line from your hand in answer to this will lay me under a singular obligation ; and if I can render you any acceptable service in France or elsewhere, I hope you see into my character so far as to command me without the least grain of reserve. " I wish to know exactly the behaviour of my people, as I am determined to punish them if they have exceeded their liberty. I have the honour to be, with much esteem and with profound respect, Madam, &c. &c.
Page 162 - Was this, then, the fate of that high-gifted man, The pride of the palace, the bower, and the hall, The orator — dramatist — minstrel,— who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all...
Page 159 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic— it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 161 - Noble persons, who now crowded to " partake the gale" of Sheridan's glory — where were they all while any life remained in him ? Where were they all, but a few weeks before, when their interposition might have saved his heart from breaking, — or when the zeal, now wasted on the grave, might have soothed and comforted the deathbed ? This is a subject on which it is difficult to speak with patience. If the man was unworthy of the commonest offices of humanity while he lived, why all this parade...
Page 258 - Within these thirty-five years 'twas scandalous for a divine to take tobacco. It was sold then for its weight in silver. I have heard some of our old yeomen neighbours say, that when they went to Malmesbury or Chippenham market, they culled out their biggest shillings to lay in the scales against the tobacco ; now, the customs of it are the greatest his majesty hath.