The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 |
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... mentioned as gentlemen . His father , who was a confi- derable dealer in wool , being encumbered with a large family of ten children , could af B 2 ford ford to give his eldest fon but a flender educa- WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 3.
... mentioned as gentlemen . His father , who was a confi- derable dealer in wool , being encumbered with a large family of ten children , could af B 2 ford ford to give his eldest fon but a flender educa- WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR . 3.
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... give his eldest fon but a flender educa- tion . He had bred him at a free - school , where he acquired what Latin he was mafter of ; but how well he understood that lan- guage ; or whether , after his leaving the fchool , he made a ...
... give his eldest fon but a flender educa- tion . He had bred him at a free - school , where he acquired what Latin he was mafter of ; but how well he understood that lan- guage ; or whether , after his leaving the fchool , he made a ...
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... gives us a poetical and lively reprefentation of the queen of Scots , and the fate fhe met with . Thou rememb'rest , Since once I fat upon a promontory ,, And heard a fea - maid , on a dolphin's back , Uttering fuch dulcet and ...
... gives us a poetical and lively reprefentation of the queen of Scots , and the fate fhe met with . Thou rememb'rest , Since once I fat upon a promontory ,, And heard a fea - maid , on a dolphin's back , Uttering fuch dulcet and ...
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... me , that I should fhew him a letter , whereby I did fignify unto him , that I would give him ten thousand pounds for my efcape ; but God caft my foul into everlaft- everlasting fire , if I made any fuch proffer of 54 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
... me , that I should fhew him a letter , whereby I did fignify unto him , that I would give him ten thousand pounds for my efcape ; but God caft my foul into everlaft- everlasting fire , if I made any fuch proffer of 54 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
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... give him , for I do ; and I defire God to for- give him . I will not only fay , God is a God of revenge ; but I defire God to forgive him , as I do defire to be forgiven of God . " .. Then looking over his note of remem- brance , Well ...
... give him , for I do ; and I defire God to for- give him . I will not only fay , God is a God of revenge ; but I defire God to forgive him , as I do defire to be forgiven of God . " .. Then looking over his note of remem- brance , Well ...
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الصفحة 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
الصفحة 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
الصفحة 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
الصفحة 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
الصفحة 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
الصفحة 20 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
الصفحة 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
الصفحة 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
الصفحة 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
الصفحة 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.