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... Henry IV . says , in Shakespeare , " " Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . " Seeing these things , and living under a mo- narchy , regulated and limited , upon the purest principles of political freedom , I feel a degree of ...
... Henry IV . says , in Shakespeare , " " Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . " Seeing these things , and living under a mo- narchy , regulated and limited , upon the purest principles of political freedom , I feel a degree of ...
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... Henry Slingsby , & c .: Oliver Cromwell knighted him with a faggot stick . Though the above verses of course are the productions of the opposite party , yet the facts and cases are true . The lowest persons in the county were made High ...
... Henry Slingsby , & c .: Oliver Cromwell knighted him with a faggot stick . Though the above verses of course are the productions of the opposite party , yet the facts and cases are true . The lowest persons in the county were made High ...
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... tion . There is a beautiful letter extant , from Sir Walter Raleigh to Prince Henry , son of James I. , admonishing him to be aware of the rent . 66 sycophants , who called his father God's Attributes and significant Titles.
... tion . There is a beautiful letter extant , from Sir Walter Raleigh to Prince Henry , son of James I. , admonishing him to be aware of the rent . 66 sycophants , who called his father God's Attributes and significant Titles.
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... Henry the First , was I dare say , for those times , a Beau- clerc or able scholar . Richard the First might very properly be called , by a figure of speech ( though we have indeed a literal account of the appellation in Ellis's ...
... Henry the First , was I dare say , for those times , a Beau- clerc or able scholar . Richard the First might very properly be called , by a figure of speech ( though we have indeed a literal account of the appellation in Ellis's ...
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... Henry Spelman , exactly so explains it , " Conquestor dicitur qui Angliam conquisivit , i . e . acquisivit ( purchased ) non quod subegit ; " herein agreeing with the good old women who VOL . I. attended William's birth , and who having ...
... Henry Spelman , exactly so explains it , " Conquestor dicitur qui Angliam conquisivit , i . e . acquisivit ( purchased ) non quod subegit ; " herein agreeing with the good old women who VOL . I. attended William's birth , and who having ...
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Página 107 - Your son, — your dear son, — from whose sweet and open temper you have so much to expect; — your Billy, Sir! — would you, for the world, have called him JUDAS? — Would you, my dear Sir...
Página 194 - All superiority and pre-eminence that one man can have over another, may be reduced to the notion of quality, which, considered at large, is either that of fortune, body, or mind. The first is that which consists in birth, title, or riches; and is the most foreign to our natures, and what we can the least call our own, of any of the three kinds of quality. In relation to the body, quality...
Página 368 - ... this humour grew at last into so notorious a habit, or rather disease, as became the sport of the whole town : he would have no servants, but huge, massy fellows ; no plate or...
Página 295 - Falling in the other day at a victualling-house near the house of peers, I heard the maid come down and tell the landlady at the bar, that my lord bishop swore he would throw her out at window, if she did not bring up more mild beer, and that my lord duke would have a double mug of purl.
Página 237 - Subtle as sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair, And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility.
Página 262 - Younghusband's the starchest. Mr. Child, in a passion, knock'd down Mr. Rock; Mr. Stone like an aspen-leaf shivers; Miss Pool used to dance, but she stands like a stock Ever since she became Mrs. Rivers. Mr. Swift hobbles onward, no mortal knows how, He moves as though cords had entwined him; Mr. Metcalf ran off upon meeting a cow, With pale Mr. Turnbull behind him.
Página 108 - Sir, you are incapable of it; — you would have trampled upon the offer; — you would have thrown the temptation at the tempter's head with abhorrence. Your greatness of mind in this action, which I admire, with that generous contempt of money, which you...
Página 262 - Consumed all the fortune his dad won ; Large Mr. Le Fever's the picture of health ; Mr. Goodenough is but a bad one ; Mr. Cruikshank stept into three thousand a year By showing his leg to an heiress : Now I hope you'll acknowledge I've made it quite clear Surnames ever go by contraries.
Página 195 - The truth of it is, honours are in this world under no regulation; true quality is neglected, virtue is oppressed, and vice triumphant. The last day will rectify this disorder, and assign to every one a station suitable to the dignity of his character. Ranks will be then adjusted, and precedency set right.