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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... letters from the prince of Orange to her majefty . In 1583 , he engaged in a fecond expedition with his brother Sir Humphry Gilbert , to Newfoundland ; but having been two or three days at sea , a con- tagious diftemper feized his whole ...
... letters from the prince of Orange to her majefty . In 1583 , he engaged in a fecond expedition with his brother Sir Humphry Gilbert , to Newfoundland ; but having been two or three days at sea , a con- tagious diftemper feized his whole ...
الصفحة 40
... letters to recall him ; but , imagining his ho-- nour engaged in the undertaking , he pursued his courfe , though he was informed that the king of Spain had ordered that no fhips fhould fail that year , nor any treasure be brought from ...
... letters to recall him ; but , imagining his ho-- nour engaged in the undertaking , he pursued his courfe , though he was informed that the king of Spain had ordered that no fhips fhould fail that year , nor any treasure be brought from ...
الصفحة 47
... produced two ingots of gold , which they had found in the town , together with a large quan- tity of papers found in the governor's study . Among Among these were four letters , which difce- vered not WALTER RALEIGH . 47 .
... produced two ingots of gold , which they had found in the town , together with a large quan- tity of papers found in the governor's study . Among Among these were four letters , which difce- vered not WALTER RALEIGH . 47 .
الصفحة 48
... letters , which difce- vered not only Raleigh's whole enterprize to have been betrayed , but his life hereby put into the power of the Spaniards . Thefe let- ters alfo discovered the preparations made by the Spaniards to receive Raleigh ...
... letters , which difce- vered not only Raleigh's whole enterprize to have been betrayed , but his life hereby put into the power of the Spaniards . Thefe let- ters alfo discovered the preparations made by the Spaniards to receive Raleigh ...
الصفحة 49
... letter in defence of himself . He was feized on the road to London , and re- turned with the officers to Plymouth . On the seventh of Auguft , he arrived at London , where he was permitted the confine- ment of his own houfe ; but having ...
... letter in defence of himself . He was feized on the road to London , and re- turned with the officers to Plymouth . On the seventh of Auguft , he arrived at London , where he was permitted the confine- ment of his own houfe ; but having ...
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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.