A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 1J. Scott, 1806 - English literature |
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... shelves of what Voltaire happily calls --- La Bibliotheque du Monde . " See Vol . II . p . 76 . VOL . I. LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN SCOTT , No. 442 , strand . ILDEN LIBRARY 1895 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE PRESENT EDITION . RELYING 1806 . A.
... shelves of what Voltaire happily calls --- La Bibliotheque du Monde . " See Vol . II . p . 76 . VOL . I. LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN SCOTT , No. 442 , strand . ILDEN LIBRARY 1895 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE PRESENT EDITION . RELYING 1806 . A.
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... John Montacute , earl of Salisbury Edward Plantagenet , duke of York Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham ...... 1399 183 1415 185 1417 188 Humphrey Plantagenet , duke of Gloucester .. 1447 198 John Tiptoft , earl of Worcester ... 1470 200 ...
... John Montacute , earl of Salisbury Edward Plantagenet , duke of York Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham ...... 1399 183 1415 185 1417 188 Humphrey Plantagenet , duke of Gloucester .. 1447 198 John Tiptoft , earl of Worcester ... 1470 200 ...
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... second 154 James the second ..... Queen Mary the second ... Frederick , prince of Wales Charles , duke of Orleans . Henry , first duke of Lancaster 158 168 171 ... 174 179 Page Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham 188 Humphrey ,
... second 154 James the second ..... Queen Mary the second ... Frederick , prince of Wales Charles , duke of Orleans . Henry , first duke of Lancaster 158 168 171 ... 174 179 Page Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham 188 Humphrey ,
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With Lists of Their Works Horace Walpole Thomas Park. Page Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham 188 Humphrey , duke of Gloucester ... Antony Widville , earl Rivers ... .. 198 208 Margaret , countess of Richmond 225 Nicholas , lord Vaux ...
With Lists of Their Works Horace Walpole Thomas Park. Page Sir John Oldcastle , lord Cobham 188 Humphrey , duke of Gloucester ... Antony Widville , earl Rivers ... .. 198 208 Margaret , countess of Richmond 225 Nicholas , lord Vaux ...
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... John his kingdom of England , and all his other territories , and made those who were present take the oath of allegiance to him . He directed that his brains , his blood , and his entrails , should be buried at Chaluz , his heart at ...
... John his kingdom of England , and all his other territories , and made those who were present take the oath of allegiance to him . He directed that his brains , his blood , and his entrails , should be buried at Chaluz , his heart at ...
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Page 78 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Page 134 - To conclude, he was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived produced.
Page 89 - The Wonderfull yeare, 1603. Wherein is shewed the picture of London, lying sicke of the Plague. At the ende of all (like a mery Epilogue to a dull Play) certaine Tales are cut out in sundry fashions, of purpose to shorten the Hues of long winters nights, that lye watching in the darke for us.
Page 114 - Mr. George Herbert being Prselector in the Rhetorique School in Cambridge anno 1618, pass'd by those fluent Orators that Domineered in the Pulpits of Athens and Rome, and insisted to Read upon an Oration of King James, which he analysed...
Page 134 - Some historians have rashly questioned the good faith of this prince: But, for this reproach, the most malignant scrutiny of his conduct, which, in every circumstance is now thoroughly known, affords not any reasonable foundation.
Page 188 - Stage-poets have themselves been very bold with, and others very merry at, the memory of Sir John Oldcastle ; whom they have fancied a boon companion, a jovial...
Page 153 - But habitudes of those that live ; Who, lighting him, did greater lights receive; He drain'd from all, and all they knew. His apprehension quick, his judgment true : That the most learn'd with shame confess, His knowledge more, his reading only less.
Page 112 - Sathan are most certainly practised, and that the instruments thereof merits most severely to be punished : against the damnable opinions of two principally in our age, whereof the one called Scot, an Englishman, is not ashamed in public print to deny that there can be such a thing as witchcraft ; and so maintains the old error of the Sadducees in denying of spirits.
Page 244 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last 'Labour, that thou and I shall waste ; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past ; My lute, be still, for I have done.
Page 244 - As to be heard where ear is none, As lead to grave in marble stone, My song may pierce her heart as soon; Should we then sigh or sing or moan?