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make her triumphal entrance into the capital . As she had already appointed William Cecil her principal secre- tary of state , and as Cecil was the old ally of our merchant , Gresham came before Elizabeth under very favourable auspices ...
make her triumphal entrance into the capital . As she had already appointed William Cecil her principal secre- tary of state , and as Cecil was the old ally of our merchant , Gresham came before Elizabeth under very favourable auspices ...
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... Cecil all sorts of political inform- ation , a good part of which was obtained by men who cannot be designated otherwise than as spies . At the end of the year 1560 Gresham attained to still higher honours , being appointed ambassador ...
... Cecil all sorts of political inform- ation , a good part of which was obtained by men who cannot be designated otherwise than as spies . At the end of the year 1560 Gresham attained to still higher honours , being appointed ambassador ...
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... Cecil to implore him to stand his friend , and to befriend his poor wife , and to be a suitor to the queen for the getting out his pardon . During the absence of Cecil in Scotland , the lord treasurer - the same old Marquess of ...
... Cecil to implore him to stand his friend , and to befriend his poor wife , and to be a suitor to the queen for the getting out his pardon . During the absence of Cecil in Scotland , the lord treasurer - the same old Marquess of ...
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... Cecil to appoint a day for the meeting of the commissioners , who , with the friendly Cecil at their head , were to examine his accounts . The accounts appear to have been pleasantly passed by the commissioners ; and in August Gresham ...
... Cecil to appoint a day for the meeting of the commissioners , who , with the friendly Cecil at their head , were to examine his accounts . The accounts appear to have been pleasantly passed by the commissioners ; and in August Gresham ...
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... [ Cecil ] to have his favour therein , I will not doubt but to make so fair a Bourse in London as the great Bourse is in Antwerp , without molesting of any man more than he should be well disposed to give . " Gresham , as we have seen ...
... [ Cecil ] to have his favour therein , I will not doubt but to make so fair a Bourse in London as the great Bourse is in Antwerp , without molesting of any man more than he should be well disposed to give . " Gresham , as we have seen ...
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Page 55 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 122 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 122 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 70 - Neither let it be deemed too saucy a comparison to balance the highest point of man's wit with the efficacy of Nature; but rather give right honour to the heavenly Maker of that maker, who having made man to His own likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature: which in nothing he showeth so much as in Poetry, when with the force of a divine breath he bringeth things forth far surpassing her doings...
Page 44 - I KNOW not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to your lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so strong a prop to support so weak a...
Page 49 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 37 - I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them....
Page 108 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.
Page 40 - Upon his leaving school, he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and, in order to settle in the world after a family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young. His wife was the daughter of one Hathaway, said to have been a substantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford.
Page 123 - Tobacco, nectar, or the Thespian spring, Are all but Luther's beer, to this I sing. Of this we will sup free, but moderately, And we will have no Pooly', or Parrot by ; Nor shall our cups make any guilty men : But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met. No simple word, That shall be utter'd at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning ; or affright The liberty, that we'll enjoy to-night.