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Page 216 - And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say I taught thee — Say Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way out of his wreck to rise in — A sure and safe one, though thy master missed it.
Page 217 - tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 19 - Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die : I think, there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him : — A horse!
Page 216 - Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's...
Page 218 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 146 - WATSON, Esq. — Over the north door is a magnificent monument to the memory of Admiral Watson, where you see, in the centre of a range of palm-trees, an elegant figure of the Admiral in a Roman toga, with a branch of palm in his right hand, receiving the address of a prostrate figure, representing the Genius of Calcutta, a place in the East Indies, memorable for the imprisonment of the English garrison in a black hole, where most of them perished, and where those that survived were released by the...
Page 157 - He was a shepherd, and no mercenary. And though he holy was and virtuous, He was to sinful men full piteous ; His words were strong, but not with anger fraught, A love benignant he discreetly taught. To draw mankind to heaven by gentleness, And good example was his business.
Page 25 - The king started a little, and said : ' By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you.
Page 156 - Full many a daintie horse had he in stable : And when he rode, men might his bridle hear Gingeling in a whistling wind as clear, And eke as loud, as doth the chapell bell, There as this Lord was keeper of the cell.
Page 56 - All his counsels proved ineffectual, insomuch that, in the agony of her soul, having a Venice glass in her hand, she brake forth into this expression : ' I am as surely damned, as this glass is broken!' which she immediately threw with violence to the ground. Here happened a wonder ; the glass rebounded again, and was taken up whole and entire. I confess it is possible (though difficult) so casually to throw as brittle...