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... Earls of Kent and Salisbury , Sir Thomas Blount , Sir Ralph Lumley , Sir Ben . Sely , John Walsh , and Baldwin de Kent , Esqrs . , were exe- cuted at Green - Ditch , without the North Gate of Ox- ford , for having engaged in a ...
... Earls of Kent and Salisbury , Sir Thomas Blount , Sir Ralph Lumley , Sir Ben . Sely , John Walsh , and Baldwin de Kent , Esqrs . , were exe- cuted at Green - Ditch , without the North Gate of Ox- ford , for having engaged in a ...
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... Earl of Guildford , at Wroxton . He is portrayed at three quarters ' length , habited in a black gown , faced with lucerne spots , a dress also common to all the other por- traits of him . The birth place of this very judicious and ...
... Earl of Guildford , at Wroxton . He is portrayed at three quarters ' length , habited in a black gown , faced with lucerne spots , a dress also common to all the other por- traits of him . The birth place of this very judicious and ...
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... Earl of Arundel and his son the Bishop of Ely , the Society of this College attended divine service at St. Mary's Church . The HALL is a well - proportioned and well- finished room , lined with wainscotting , and orna- mented with three ...
... Earl of Arundel and his son the Bishop of Ely , the Society of this College attended divine service at St. Mary's Church . The HALL is a well - proportioned and well- finished room , lined with wainscotting , and orna- mented with three ...
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... Earl of Kingston , displaying no fewer than nineteen quarterings . Two ancient and very cu- rious silver cups are among the plate belonging to the Hall . One of them , which is richly carved and gilt , was presented by the Founder ; the ...
... Earl of Kingston , displaying no fewer than nineteen quarterings . Two ancient and very cu- rious silver cups are among the plate belonging to the Hall . One of them , which is richly carved and gilt , was presented by the Founder ; the ...
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... Earl of Leicester ; and an en- graved portrait of Dr. Samuel Johnson ; who was a frequent visitor at this room on those periodical journeys to Oxford , in which , when his literary reputation had reached its zenith , and his cir ...
... Earl of Leicester ; and an en- graved portrait of Dr. Samuel Johnson ; who was a frequent visitor at this room on those periodical journeys to Oxford , in which , when his literary reputation had reached its zenith , and his cir ...
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Página 220 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 251 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Página 184 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious earth. "A city stands on Argos...
Página 220 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 229 - What! my lord, shall we build houses, and provide livelihoods for a company of monks, whose end and fall we ourselves may live to see ? No, no, it is more meet a great deal, that We should have care to provide for the increase of learning, and for such as who by their learning shall do good to the church and commonwealth.
Página 251 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading: Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, Which was a sin, yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...
Página 190 - No more the matchless skill I call unkind, That strives to disenchant my cheated mind. For when again I view thy chaste design, The just proportion, and the genuine line; Those native portraitures of Attic art, That from the lucid surface seem to start; Those tints, that steal no glories from the day, Nor ask the sun to lend his streaming ray...
Página 184 - Like Leaves on Trees the Race of Man is found, Now green in Youth, now with'ring on the Ground, Another Race the following Spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise; So Generations in their Course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 335 - Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the PrintingHouse, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in Act Term.
Página 218 - being accounted the best book of the kind, my " pen cannot enough describe how A. Wood's " tender affections and insatiable desire of know" ledge were ravished, and melted down, by the " reading of that book. What by music, and rare " books that he found in the public library, his " life at this time and after was a perfect elysium.