The Retrospective Review, Volume 7Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 - Books |
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... whole of which is redolent of that mixture of compassion and self - satisfaction of which we have already spoken . " You that were his patrons and encouragers , as he acknowledged ever , when he was in the height of his rebellion , do ...
... whole of which is redolent of that mixture of compassion and self - satisfaction of which we have already spoken . " You that were his patrons and encouragers , as he acknowledged ever , when he was in the height of his rebellion , do ...
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... whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from the Edition of Monsieur Godefroy , Historiographer Royal of France . To which are added , Remarks on all the Occurrences relating to England . By Mr ...
... whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from the Edition of Monsieur Godefroy , Historiographer Royal of France . To which are added , Remarks on all the Occurrences relating to England . By Mr ...
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... whole world I do not know any people so desolate and miserable as they are . " After this war had been carried on with such alternate success , as to leave no increase of power on either side , and to no apparent end , save to prove the ...
... whole world I do not know any people so desolate and miserable as they are . " After this war had been carried on with such alternate success , as to leave no increase of power on either side , and to no apparent end , save to prove the ...
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... whole course of his illness , and spared no pains that might contribute to his recovery ; and it was by your per- suasion that the duke was prevailed upon to cut his beard , which was of a prodigious length . In my opinion , his ...
... whole course of his illness , and spared no pains that might contribute to his recovery ; and it was by your per- suasion that the duke was prevailed upon to cut his beard , which was of a prodigious length . In my opinion , his ...
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... whole army , and being a little indisposed , was carried in a litter ; commanding his son the Count de Charolois , with all the nobles and officers that were with him , to march forward with a strong detachment to invest Dinant , and ...
... whole army , and being a little indisposed , was carried in a litter ; commanding his son the Count de Charolois , with all the nobles and officers that were with him , to march forward with a strong detachment to invest Dinant , and ...
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Page 403 - As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring...
Page 395 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Page 396 - When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth.
Page 392 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 396 - I'll read, his for his love." XXXIII Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace.
Page 404 - He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need : If thou sorrow, he will weep ; If thou wake, he cannot sleep ; Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 394 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Page 6 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
Page 383 - In limning out a well-proportion'd steed, His art with nature's workmanship at strife, As if the dead the living should exceed; So did this horse excel a common one In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone.
Page 399 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.