Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip SidneyThomas Wilson and Son, 1809 - 400 páginas |
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... died at Greenwich , on the fifth day of July , 1553 , in the sixteenth year of his age , and the seventh of his reign . When the pangs of death came upon him , he said to Sir Henry Sidney , who was holding him in his arms : " am faint ...
... died at Greenwich , on the fifth day of July , 1553 , in the sixteenth year of his age , and the seventh of his reign . When the pangs of death came upon him , he said to Sir Henry Sidney , who was holding him in his arms : " am faint ...
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... Earl of Oxford , who died in 1604 , without male issue . To her pen are attributed " Four " epitaphes after the death of her young sonne , the Lord Bulbecke , & c . " printed daughters of Sir Anthony Coke . This alliance was pro- -31-
... Earl of Oxford , who died in 1604 , without male issue . To her pen are attributed " Four " epitaphes after the death of her young sonne , the Lord Bulbecke , & c . " printed daughters of Sir Anthony Coke . This alliance was pro- -31-
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... by Seig . Torquato Tasso , and translated by R. C. Esquire : and now the first part , " containing five cantos , imprinted in both languages . " He died in 1620 . 66 which the cares of a common education cease , -34-
... by Seig . Torquato Tasso , and translated by R. C. Esquire : and now the first part , " containing five cantos , imprinted in both languages . " He died in 1620 . 66 which the cares of a common education cease , -34-
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... died in the most exquisite agonies , “ bathed in his own 66 blood , which gushed out of all the passages of his body , " and even spouted through its pores . " The butchery , in the guilt of which he had been so deeply involved , was ...
... died in the most exquisite agonies , “ bathed in his own 66 blood , which gushed out of all the passages of his body , " and even spouted through its pores . " The butchery , in the guilt of which he had been so deeply involved , was ...
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... died July 14 , 1572 , and was succeeded by his eldest son Philip , the young nobleman for whose safety the privy council expressed such anxiety . Though he himself escaped from the massacre , his tutor , who had arrived from England the ...
... died July 14 , 1572 , and was succeeded by his eldest son Philip , the young nobleman for whose safety the privy council expressed such anxiety . Though he himself escaped from the massacre , his tutor , who had arrived from England the ...
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Página 200 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Página 337 - O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heav'nly breath.
Página 19 - I will report no other wonder than this, that, though I lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man ; with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years ; his talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind...
Página 266 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Página 385 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it.
Página 277 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : — O God, forgive him ! War.
Página 135 - Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by the judgment of the English eyes And of some sent from that sweet enemy, France...
Página 205 - Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While, in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Página 149 - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 337 - Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, And thou my mind aspire to higher things: Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: What ever fades, but fading pleasure brings.