The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Volumen1W.H. Colyer, 1843 |
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... things narrated in this work , which may seem almost incredible ; yet there is not one but will bear the test of criticism . While endeavouring to impart to his work the charm of variety , the author has studied to give a full and ...
... things narrated in this work , which may seem almost incredible ; yet there is not one but will bear the test of criticism . While endeavouring to impart to his work the charm of variety , the author has studied to give a full and ...
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... things went on for several centuries , England never knowing all that time the hateful name of pauper . But when Henry the wife - killer , no matter for what cause , or why , or when , destroyed this system , a scene of horror and ...
... things went on for several centuries , England never knowing all that time the hateful name of pauper . But when Henry the wife - killer , no matter for what cause , or why , or when , destroyed this system , a scene of horror and ...
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... things unwholesome , or things made in deceit ; of house- breakers , common thieves , or their receivers ; haunters of taverns or ale - houses ; those that go in good clothes and fare well , and none know whereof they live ; those that ...
... things unwholesome , or things made in deceit ; of house- breakers , common thieves , or their receivers ; haunters of taverns or ale - houses ; those that go in good clothes and fare well , and none know whereof they live ; those that ...
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... thing , ) occasioned much alarm at the time , and may be regarded as the cause which ulti- mately drove on the parties , on the accession of James's son , Charles I. , from a war of words to a war of swords . When James came to the ...
... thing , ) occasioned much alarm at the time , and may be regarded as the cause which ulti- mately drove on the parties , on the accession of James's son , Charles I. , from a war of words to a war of swords . When James came to the ...
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... things- Soldiers ? Oh , no ! they're skittles made for kings . " So the James's courtiers were too busy about hatching plots that would enable them the better to rob and torment the Catho- lics , to trouble themselves about anything ...
... things- Soldiers ? Oh , no ! they're skittles made for kings . " So the James's courtiers were too busy about hatching plots that would enable them the better to rob and torment the Catho- lics , to trouble themselves about anything ...
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Página 173 - Why, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last: com'st thou to beard me in Denmark/— What, my young lady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Página 208 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página 63 - It is a strange thing that, in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation: let diaries, therefore, be brought in use.
Página 110 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Página 306 - I rather think it was in his face. Much was the hurry and confusion — cloths and napkins were at hand to make all clean. His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba. But he fell down and humbled himself before her, and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state...
Página 297 - Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense.
Página 257 - Grouped their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath...
Página 280 - Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Página 292 - Nation, the Scripture also affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Solomon consisting of two persons and a double Chorus, as Origen rightly judges.
Página 287 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.