Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 51836 |
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... Savoy , which he had been positively promised through the superior tact of his rivals , he once more determined to ... duke of Buckingham , a lease of the queen's lands , on terms which rendered him independent for the future of ...
... Savoy , which he had been positively promised through the superior tact of his rivals , he once more determined to ... duke of Buckingham , a lease of the queen's lands , on terms which rendered him independent for the future of ...
Page 382
... duke of Savoy , however , they gained considerable advantage in Piedmont , and spread consternation even to Lyons itself . But the duke being seized with smallpox in the midst of his conquests , and tampered with , as some think , by ...
... duke of Savoy , however , they gained considerable advantage in Piedmont , and spread consternation even to Lyons itself . But the duke being seized with smallpox in the midst of his conquests , and tampered with , as some think , by ...
Page 383
... duke of Savoy and his confederates were beaten , but with such difficulty that the enemy TO SIXTH PERIOD . 383.
... duke of Savoy and his confederates were beaten , but with such difficulty that the enemy TO SIXTH PERIOD . 383.
Page 384
... duke of Savoy from the interest of the allies . France had been successful in her intrigues both at Rome and Constantinople . Never had she been so conspicuous or so formidable as at the present juncture . With a large and well ...
... duke of Savoy from the interest of the allies . France had been successful in her intrigues both at Rome and Constantinople . Never had she been so conspicuous or so formidable as at the present juncture . With a large and well ...
Page 387
... duke of Savoy ; and determined , in the ensuing campaign , to act only on the defensive , except in Spain , where his prospects of success seemed to be the most promising . Early in the spring of 1694 the combined fleets of Holland and ...
... duke of Savoy ; and determined , in the ensuing campaign , to act only on the defensive , except in Spain , where his prospects of success seemed to be the most promising . Early in the spring of 1694 the combined fleets of Holland and ...
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Page 300 - You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page 318 - ... nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively and as vigorously productive as those fabulous dragon's teeth : and being sown up and down may chance to spring up armed men.
Page 318 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors...
Page 318 - ... who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 294 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Page 321 - They are powerful, not only to delight but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime works with which his genius has enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he...
Page 336 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 270 - By all the heav'ns thou hast in him, Fair sister of the seraphim! By all of him we have in thee, Leave nothing of myself in me: Let me so read thy life that I Unto all life of mine may die.
Page 337 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 242 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign ; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.