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... last year of his continuance in this place ; for the year after he went to Lyons , where he be- came physician to the hospital , and joined lectures with prac- tice for fome years following . John du Bellay , bishop of Paris , going to ...
... last year of his continuance in this place ; for the year after he went to Lyons , where he be- came physician to the hospital , and joined lectures with prac- tice for fome years following . John du Bellay , bishop of Paris , going to ...
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... and fifter to the famous George and Paul Peliffon this lady , after having been confined a good while H 4 $ while to a convent , was at last sent by RAPIN . 103 nova doctrina, feu Evangelium Janfeniftarum. He had a ...
... and fifter to the famous George and Paul Peliffon this lady , after having been confined a good while H 4 $ while to a convent , was at last sent by RAPIN . 103 nova doctrina, feu Evangelium Janfeniftarum. He had a ...
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New and general biographical dictionary. while to a convent , was at last sent by the king's order to Geneva , where fhe died in the year 1705 . Mr. Rapin the hiftorian was their youngest fon . He was educated at firft under a tutor in ...
New and general biographical dictionary. while to a convent , was at last sent by the king's order to Geneva , where fhe died in the year 1705 . Mr. Rapin the hiftorian was their youngest fon . He was educated at firft under a tutor in ...
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... last marriage , had retired to a farm called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; and there fir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper education at Oxon.vol.1 . fchool , he was fent to Oriel college in Oxford about 1568 , where he foon ...
... last marriage , had retired to a farm called Hayes , in the parish of Budley ; and there fir Walter was born in 1552. After a proper education at Oxon.vol.1 . fchool , he was fent to Oriel college in Oxford about 1568 , where he foon ...
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... last part of them was thought both bar- " barous and illegal . " And a little farther : " the firft con- " demnation of him was very black ; but the executing him . " after fo many years , and after an employment that had way I 2 age ...
... last part of them was thought both bar- " barous and illegal . " And a little farther : " the firft con- " demnation of him was very black ; but the executing him . " after fo many years , and after an employment that had way I 2 age ...
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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.