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... king Charles I. whose chaplain he was . In 1635 , he was promoted to the deanery of Worcester ; and in 1640 became vice - chancellor of Oxford , in the execution of which office he met with fome trouble from the members of the long ...
... king Charles I. whose chaplain he was . In 1635 , he was promoted to the deanery of Worcester ; and in 1640 became vice - chancellor of Oxford , in the execution of which office he met with fome trouble from the members of the long ...
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... king's houfhold , fhewing him the royal apartments and curiofities of Versailles , and among them the paintings of Le Brun , in which the victories of Lewis XIV . are defcribed , asked him , whether king William's actions were to be ...
... king's houfhold , fhewing him the royal apartments and curiofities of Versailles , and among them the paintings of Le Brun , in which the victories of Lewis XIV . are defcribed , asked him , whether king William's actions were to be ...
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... king fending for him , and asking him " with what affurance he could work . " in a city that was befieged ? He replied , that he under- flood the war his majefty had undertaken , was against the Rhodians , and not against the arts ...
... king fending for him , and asking him " with what affurance he could work . " in a city that was befieged ? He replied , that he under- flood the war his majefty had undertaken , was against the Rhodians , and not against the arts ...
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... king , expelled the univerfity of Oxford and Lincoln's- Inn , degraded and difenabled from his profeffion of the law ... king , and that place in it , Women - Actors notorious Whores : " and they informed the king and queen , that Prynne ...
... king , expelled the univerfity of Oxford and Lincoln's- Inn , degraded and difenabled from his profeffion of the law ... king , and that place in it , Women - Actors notorious Whores : " and they informed the king and queen , that Prynne ...
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... king's intereft . He made a long speech in the house of commons , concerning the fatisfactoriness of the king's answers to the propofitions of peace ; but two days after , was refufed entrance into the houfe by the army . Upon this , he ...
... king's intereft . He made a long speech in the house of commons , concerning the fatisfactoriness of the king's answers to the propofitions of peace ; but two days after , was refufed entrance into the houfe by the army . Upon this , he ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Página 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Página 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Página 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Página 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Página 464 - 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 today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Página 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
Página 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
Página 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Página 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.