Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip SidneyThomas Wilson and Son, 1809 - 400 páginas |
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... poet , who celebrates him for his singular skill in history , for his poetry and knowledge of the laws , calls him another Livy , another Maro , another Papinian ( 4 ) . MR . ( 3 ) " Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex , when he was but ...
... poet , who celebrates him for his singular skill in history , for his poetry and knowledge of the laws , calls him another Livy , another Maro , another Papinian ( 4 ) . MR . ( 3 ) " Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex , when he was but ...
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... Poem , written in Italian 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 ...
... Poem , written in Italian 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 ...
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... poet to commend the Parisian slaughter as an achievement worthy of immortal fame . A medal was struck , with an inscription expressive of the approbation with which the Pope viewed the murder of Admiral Coligni . Let it not be forgotten ...
... poet to commend the Parisian slaughter as an achievement worthy of immortal fame . A medal was struck , with an inscription expressive of the approbation with which the Pope viewed the murder of Admiral Coligni . Let it not be forgotten ...
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... poets have introduced this subject on the English stage : -1 . " The massacre of Paris , a tragedy , acted at the theatre royal " 1690. By Nathaniel Lee . " 2. " The massacre of Paris with the death " of the Duke of Guise , a tragedy ...
... poets have introduced this subject on the English stage : -1 . " The massacre of Paris , a tragedy , acted at the theatre royal " 1690. By Nathaniel Lee . " 2. " The massacre of Paris with the death " of the Duke of Guise , a tragedy ...
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... poetry , philosophy , and divinity . That no interruption might be given to his studies , he caused the following in- scription to be placed on the door of his library . Amice , quisquis huc venis , Aut agito paucis , aut abi . His ...
... poetry , philosophy , and divinity . That no interruption might be given to his studies , he caused the following in- scription to be placed on the door of his library . Amice , quisquis huc venis , Aut agito paucis , aut abi . His ...
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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.