The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, Volume 12Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1825 |
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... called the tragic poet of the Jews whether a theatre existed among them , is a cu- rious speculation . These compositions , passing first into Italy , suggested the writing of mysteries , which , from thence , found their way into ...
... called the tragic poet of the Jews whether a theatre existed among them , is a cu- rious speculation . These compositions , passing first into Italy , suggested the writing of mysteries , which , from thence , found their way into ...
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... called miracles : the Play of St. Catherine , acted at Dun- stable , about the year 1110 , by the boys of the Abbey School , beginning of the seventeenth century , called Aluredus , Mors , and Reparatus . See Edit . Duaci . 12mo . 1628 ...
... called miracles : the Play of St. Catherine , acted at Dun- stable , about the year 1110 , by the boys of the Abbey School , beginning of the seventeenth century , called Aluredus , Mors , and Reparatus . See Edit . Duaci . 12mo . 1628 ...
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... called Every Man , in defence of the church of Rome . The tragedy of Jephtha , taken from the eleventh chapter of the book of Judges , dedicated to Henry VIII . and written both in Latin and Greek , by a very learned divine in 1546 ...
... called Every Man , in defence of the church of Rome . The tragedy of Jephtha , taken from the eleventh chapter of the book of Judges , dedicated to Henry VIII . and written both in Latin and Greek , by a very learned divine in 1546 ...
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... called by the learned Welsh prelate , Novum opus sed venustum et elegans , et doctorum calculis comprobatum , nisi forte sua longitudine , deli- catos et morosos nonnihil offendat . - It was acted by King's Col- lege men only . There is ...
... called by the learned Welsh prelate , Novum opus sed venustum et elegans , et doctorum calculis comprobatum , nisi forte sua longitudine , deli- catos et morosos nonnihil offendat . - It was acted by King's Col- lege men only . There is ...
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... called , " A notable Looking- glasse for Colde Christians , and coming from a man of rare and incomparable gifts , envied and yet admired of his very enemies for his learning , judgment , and pietie , " it does not throw any information ...
... called , " A notable Looking- glasse for Colde Christians , and coming from a man of rare and incomparable gifts , envied and yet admired of his very enemies for his learning , judgment , and pietie , " it does not throw any information ...
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Page 81 - Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 99 - I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself alone.
Page 84 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 160 - Why stand ye still ye virgins in amaze, Upon her so to gaze, Whiles ye forget your former lay to sing, To which the woods did answer, and your eccho ring...
Page 150 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 164 - And each one had a little wicker basket, Made of fine twigs, entrailed curiously, In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket, And with fine fingers cropt full feateously The tender stalks on high.
Page 18 - Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that Milton was the first Englishman who, after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classic elegance.
Page 81 - Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, et tibi, Pater, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere : mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Ideo precor beatam Mariam, semper Virginem, beatum Michaelem, Archangelum, beatum Joannem Baptistam, sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, Pater, orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum...
Page 281 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 157 - When he descended down the mount, His personage seemed most divine : A thousand graces one might count Upon his lovely cheerful eyne. To hear him speak, and sweetly smile, You were in Paradise the while. A sweet attractive kind of grace ; A full assurance given by looks ; Continual comfort in a face, The lineaments of Gospel books — I trow that count'nance cannot lye, Whose thoughts are legible in the eye.