The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... English clergy , who have been ever since the Reformation ( I say it , without disparagement to the foreign churches ) of the eminentest for divinity and piety in all Christ- endom . And as far am I from censuring , under this title ...
... English clergy , who have been ever since the Reformation ( I say it , without disparagement to the foreign churches ) of the eminentest for divinity and piety in all Christ- endom . And as far am I from censuring , under this title ...
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... shall find , Strong as your reign , and beauteous as your mind . " When she had spoke , a confused murmur rose , Of French , Scotch , Irish , all my mortal foes ; } Some English too , O shame ! disguised I spied 120 ANDREW MARVELL .
... shall find , Strong as your reign , and beauteous as your mind . " When she had spoke , a confused murmur rose , Of French , Scotch , Irish , all my mortal foes ; } Some English too , O shame ! disguised I spied 120 ANDREW MARVELL .
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... English too , O shame ! disguised I spied , Led all by the wise son - in - law of Hyde . With fury drunk , like bacchanals they roar , " Down with that common Magna Charta whore ! " With joint consent on helpless me they flew , And from ...
... English too , O shame ! disguised I spied , Led all by the wise son - in - law of Hyde . With fury drunk , like bacchanals they roar , " Down with that common Magna Charta whore ! " With joint consent on helpless me they flew , And from ...
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... English language endures . * Some assert , that the King drew the order for three thousand pounds ; and that a cypher was cut off in some of the offices , through which it passed . ' But this does not seem pro- bable : for Butler , in ...
... English language endures . * Some assert , that the King drew the order for three thousand pounds ; and that a cypher was cut off in some of the offices , through which it passed . ' But this does not seem pro- bable : for Butler , in ...
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... English poem , the title of which is HUDIBRAS ; it is Don Quixote , ' and our Satire Menippée , ' blended together . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this ; and , at the same time , it is the most difficult to ...
... English poem , the title of which is HUDIBRAS ; it is Don Quixote , ' and our Satire Menippée , ' blended together . I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this ; and , at the same time , it is the most difficult to ...
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Page 309 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 151 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 17 - Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness, lest we partake in other men's sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues ; and that the Lord may be one, and His name one in the three kingdoms.
Page 151 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 491 - He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 17 - God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 256 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 254 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz.
Page 152 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 308 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.