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... hope , be not unacceptable to our readers : We could have made it much larger , by adopting flying reports , and inserting unattested facts : a close ad- herence to certainty has contracted our narrative , and hindered it from swelling ...
... hope , be not unacceptable to our readers : We could have made it much larger , by adopting flying reports , and inserting unattested facts : a close ad- herence to certainty has contracted our narrative , and hindered it from swelling ...
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... hope ; but when they came to look more nearly into their situation , they were unable to conceive upon what it was founded . To pass by land was impossible , as the way lay over high mountains , through thick woods and deep rivers , and ...
... hope ; but when they came to look more nearly into their situation , they were unable to conceive upon what it was founded . To pass by land was impossible , as the way lay over high mountains , through thick woods and deep rivers , and ...
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... , should en- gage in so long and hazardous a voyage with no other view than that of defeating it ; is left to the determination of the reader . What designs he could have formed with any hope of success , or 112 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE .
... , should en- gage in so long and hazardous a voyage with no other view than that of defeating it ; is left to the determination of the reader . What designs he could have formed with any hope of success , or 112 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE .
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... hope , fear , or interest , that might induce Drake , or any commander in his state , to put to death an innocent man upon false pretences . After the execution of this man , the whole com- pany , either convinced of the justice of the ...
... hope , fear , or interest , that might induce Drake , or any commander in his state , to put to death an innocent man upon false pretences . After the execution of this man , the whole com- pany , either convinced of the justice of the ...
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... hope of escap- ing . Here even the intrepidity of Drake was shaken , and his dexterity baffled ; but his piety , however , remained still the same , and what he could not now promise himself from his own abi- lity , he hoped from the ...
... hope of escap- ing . Here even the intrepidity of Drake was shaken , and his dexterity baffled ; but his piety , however , remained still the same , and what he could not now promise himself from his own abi- lity , he hoped from the ...
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Página 413 - I then went to bed, and, strange as it may seem, I think, slept. When I saw light, it was time to contrive what I should do. Though God stopped my speech, he left me my hand: I enjoyed a mercy which was not granted to my dear friend Lawrence, who now perhaps overlooks me as I am writing, and rejoices that I have what he wanted. My first note was necessarily to my servant, who came in talking, and could not immediately comprehend why he should read what I put into his hands.
Página 414 - I then wrote a card to Mr. Allen, that I might have a discreet friend at hand, to act as occasion should require. In penning this note, I had some difficulty ; my hand, I knew not how nor why, made wrong letters. I then wrote to Dr. Taylor to come to me, and bring Dr. Heberden : and I sent to Dr.
Página 421 - When Queen Mary took the resolution of sheltering herself in England, the Archbishop of St. Andrew's attempting to dissuade her, attended on her journey and when they came to the irremeable stream that separated the two kingdoms, walked by her side into the water, in the middle of which he seized her bridle, and with earnestness proportioned to her danger and his own affection, pressed her to return. The Queen went forward. If the parallel reaches thus far; may it go no further. The tears stand in...
Página 280 - In his habit of clothing, he had an aversion to all finery, and affected plainness both in the fashion and ornaments. He ever wore a cloak, or boots, when few others did. He kept himself always very warm, and thought it most safe so to do, though he never loaded himself with such a multitude of garments, as Suetonius reports of Augustus, enough to clothe a good family.
Página 337 - This morning I saw at breakfast Dr Blacklock, the blind poet, who does not remember to have seen light, and is read to, by a poor scholar, in Latin, Greek, and French. He was originally a poor scholar himself. I looked on him with reverence.
Página 430 - Thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance ; make this commemoration available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity; and make the death of Thy Son Jesus Christ effectual to my redemption.
Página 430 - ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, I am now, as to human eyes it seems, about to commemorate, for the * last time, the death of thy Son Jesus Christ our Saviour and Redeemer. Grant, O Lord, that my whole hope and confidence may be in his merits and thy mercy ; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance...
Página 413 - I sat for my picture, and walked a considerable way with little inconvenience. In the afternoon and evening I felt myself light and easy, and began to plan schemes of life. Thus I went to bed, and in a short time waked and sat up, as has been long...
Página 285 - A perusal of the Religio Medici will not much contribute to produce a belief of the author's exemption from this father-sin : pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
Página 415 - ... risen. I bullied and bounced, (it sticks to our last sand), and compelled the apothecary to make his salve according to the Edinburgh Dispensatory, that it might adhere better. I have two on now of my own prescription.