Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, with Sketches, Biographical and Literary ...J. Bumpus, 1813 |
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... JOHN BUMPUS , NEAR THE GATE , ST . JOHN'S SQUARE , By Hamblin and Seyfang , Garlick Hill , Thames - street . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . • * Gardiner ( 1813 . SPECIMENS.
... JOHN BUMPUS , NEAR THE GATE , ST . JOHN'S SQUARE , By Hamblin and Seyfang , Garlick Hill , Thames - street . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . • * Gardiner ( 1813 . SPECIMENS.
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... John Cheke Wilson Grafton Roger Ascham For Holinshed Sir Philip Sidney Spencer Sir Walter Ralegh Lilly Cecil ( Lord Burleigh ) Stow Knolles Agard Camden Hooker Bacon ( Lord Verulam ) Speed Daniel Sir Henry Spelman Andrews ( Bishop of ...
... John Cheke Wilson Grafton Roger Ascham For Holinshed Sir Philip Sidney Spencer Sir Walter Ralegh Lilly Cecil ( Lord Burleigh ) Stow Knolles Agard Camden Hooker Bacon ( Lord Verulam ) Speed Daniel Sir Henry Spelman Andrews ( Bishop of ...
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... chalices , and other sacred jew- els , for the sustentation of the poor , as they alledged . 1 hutch - originally a sort of large box or coffer for contain- ing thrashed corn . SIR JOHN CHEKE . THE reign in which sir John 26 BARLOWE .
... chalices , and other sacred jew- els , for the sustentation of the poor , as they alledged . 1 hutch - originally a sort of large box or coffer for contain- ing thrashed corn . SIR JOHN CHEKE . THE reign in which sir John 26 BARLOWE .
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... JOHN CHEKE . THE reign in which sir John Cheke might be said to have florished , is that of Henry VIII . But as his only composition in Eng- lish was written in the third year of the pre- sent reign , he could not have been assigned ...
... JOHN CHEKE . THE reign in which sir John Cheke might be said to have florished , is that of Henry VIII . But as his only composition in Eng- lish was written in the third year of the pre- sent reign , he could not have been assigned ...
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... John was a zealous protestant ; in con- sequence of which , he was severely persecuted by the bigotted Mary , twice imprisoned in the Tower , stript of his whole substance , and ultimately reduced to the terrifying dilemma - Either turn ...
... John was a zealous protestant ; in con- sequence of which , he was severely persecuted by the bigotted Mary , twice imprisoned in the Tower , stript of his whole substance , and ultimately reduced to the terrifying dilemma - Either turn ...
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الصفحة 312 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
الصفحة 151 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
الصفحة 311 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession...
الصفحة 399 - Language most shewes a man: speake that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired, and inmost parts of us, and is the Image of the Parent of it, the mind. No glasse renders a mans forme, or likenesse, so true as his speech.
الصفحة 223 - Neither, by my consent, shalt thou train them up in wars; for he that sets up his rest to live by that profession, can hardly be an honest man or a good Christian...
الصفحة 274 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
الصفحة 222 - Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee.
الصفحة 394 - Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. But we must not be too frequent with the mint, every day coining. Nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages ; since the chief virtue of a style is perspicuity, and nothing so vicious in it as to need an interpreter.
الصفحة 460 - ... quietness sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he, according to his discretion, pleases all ; if they have not what they would have one day, they shall have it the next, or something as good.
الصفحة 147 - There were hills which garnished their proud heights with stately trees : humble valleys whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers ; meadows enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so...