Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... give some graces and advantages to them whose pictures they draw . The expressions are clear and unaffected , the sentences frequent and grave , the remarks judicious , the periods flowing and long , after the Ciceronian 1 Copies of ...
... give some graces and advantages to them whose pictures they draw . The expressions are clear and unaffected , the sentences frequent and grave , the remarks judicious , the periods flowing and long , after the Ciceronian 1 Copies of ...
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... give one instance of a person who was characterized by her in a more favourable manner than he durst presume that he deserved ; however , to show the method of her writing , I shall set it down . " I believe ( such an one ) to be a ...
... give one instance of a person who was characterized by her in a more favourable manner than he durst presume that he deserved ; however , to show the method of her writing , I shall set it down . " I believe ( such an one ) to be a ...
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... give her breath , came in a fresh admirer ; then she took occasion to justify her faith , to give an account of her religion , as new and unintelligible as her philosophy , to cite her own pieces line and page in such a book , and to ...
... give her breath , came in a fresh admirer ; then she took occasion to justify her faith , to give an account of her religion , as new and unintelligible as her philosophy , to cite her own pieces line and page in such a book , and to ...
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... give him . Voiture seems to excel both in quickness of fancy , easiness of expression , and in a facile way of insinuating that he was not ignorant of letters , an advantage the Court air gives persons who converse with the world as ...
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... give you an account of , if Mr. B.'s character be 1 Mr. Terryll was the son of Sir Timothy ( variously called by Eve- lyn , Tirrill , Tyrell , and Tyrill ) , as to whom see vol . i . pp . 287 and 403 ; vol . ii . p . 105 ; and vol . iii ...
... give you an account of , if Mr. B.'s character be 1 Mr. Terryll was the son of Sir Timothy ( variously called by Eve- lyn , Tirrill , Tyrell , and Tyrill ) , as to whom see vol . i . pp . 287 and 403 ; vol . ii . p . 105 ; and vol . iii ...
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Page 180 - Do not lett them p'suade you either by force or faire p'mises ; for the first they neither dare, nor will use, and for the second, as soone as they have perverted you they will haue their end, and then they will care no more for you. I am also informed y...
Page 146 - Commissioners. which will ineuitably follow are soe plaine in view, that it is more then necessary some speedy expedient be found for their preuention. Is it not cleere to you (to me it is) that Spaine and ffrance will instantly conclude a peace : and that ffrance makes great preparations to ioyne with the Scotts (when the breach betweene you and them shall happen) whilst Spaine labours to be Protector of Ireland, and will vndoubtedly carry itt. Consider well, whether the season is not proper for...
Page 114 - In the King's hand at the bottom of this Letter : Arears. " I should thinke, if in your priuat discourses, (I nowais meane in your publique meetings,) with the London Comissioners, you would put them in mynde that they were arrant Rebelles & that their end must be damnation, ruine, and infamy, except they repented, & founde some way to free themselfes from the damnable way they ar...
Page 15 - ... The Siege of Grenada," a play so full of ideas that the most refined romance I ever read is not to compare with it ; love is made so pure, and valour so nice, that one would imagine it designed for an Utopia rather than our stage. I do not quarrel with the poet, but admire one born in the deeline of morality should be able to feign such exact virtue ; and as poetic fiction has been instructive in former ages, I wish this the same event in ours.
Page 130 - we have hitherto seen serene and quiet times under our three last sovereigns : but I must now warn you to prepare for clouds and storms. Factions arise on every side, and threaten the tranquillity of your native country. But whatever happen, do you faithfully honor and obey your prince, and adhere to the crown. I charge you never to forsake the crown, though it should hang upon a bush.
Page 225 - Germain's, dissuaded the king from that purpose ; but afterwards his majesty was prevailed upon, only to gratify him, that in that capacity he might borrow money of English merchants for his own subsistence, which he did, and nothing to the honour of his master...
Page 118 - York be relieved, and you beat the rebels' armies of both kingdoms which are before it, then, but otherwise not, I may possibly make a shift, upon the defensive, to spin out time until you come to assist me: Wherefore I...
Page 52 - Grebner's astrological book, with its observations on the life and death of Charles, it is said that on her coming, " all men were against her, for it was observed that wherever or unto whatever Country this miserable old Queen came, there followed immediately after her either the plague, war, famine, or one misfortune or another...