State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution ...J. Robson, 1766 - Favorites, Royal |
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... eminent ; though , for being employed wholly in ambitious ways , they became dangerous inftruments of power , in active and mutable times . By * I and my King . By thefe arts yet be found means to govern not 32 Obfervations on the Life.
... eminent ; though , for being employed wholly in ambitious ways , they became dangerous inftruments of power , in active and mutable times . By * I and my King . By thefe arts yet be found means to govern not 32 Obfervations on the Life.
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... eminent men in the council in his time , had two different , but unhappy , qualities : the one a well - fpoken man , had fuch a humour , that he pretended he understood hardly any body ; the other a perfon of an excellent judgment , but ...
... eminent men in the council in his time , had two different , but unhappy , qualities : the one a well - fpoken man , had fuch a humour , that he pretended he understood hardly any body ; the other a perfon of an excellent judgment , but ...
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... eminent at Cranmer's - hall in Lincolnshire , than he was at Lambeth in Surry . They came in with the con- queft , ( as one Cranmer a French ambassadour in Henry the eighth's time , at the archbishop's table , made it evident ) and he ...
... eminent at Cranmer's - hall in Lincolnshire , than he was at Lambeth in Surry . They came in with the con- queft , ( as one Cranmer a French ambassadour in Henry the eighth's time , at the archbishop's table , made it evident ) and he ...
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... eminent for his epigrams : his Antilucian oration com- mended by all men but Brixius , for pure , ge- nuine and flowing : at 18 his wifdom in over- coming his antagonist Brixius with kindness , and himself with mortifications . His ...
... eminent for his epigrams : his Antilucian oration com- mended by all men but Brixius , for pure , ge- nuine and flowing : at 18 his wifdom in over- coming his antagonist Brixius with kindness , and himself with mortifications . His ...
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... eminent ; his determinations in the fheriffs court , his ac- tivity for the stilyard , his practice in the courts • He married mr . Colt's daughter of New - hall . Whereby he was double reader . of of justice , raised him to a place in ...
... eminent ; his determinations in the fheriffs court , his ac- tivity for the stilyard , his practice in the courts • He married mr . Colt's daughter of New - hall . Whereby he was double reader . of of justice , raised him to a place in ...
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Page 37 - ... a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage as with the merchant, but for the lie's sake.
Page 205 - ... self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business: for the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Page 43 - Instead of art and luxury in food, Let mirth and freedom make thy table good. If any cares into thy day-time creep, At night, without wine's opium, let them sleep. Let rest, which nature does to darkness wed, And not lust, recommend to thee thy bed. Be satisfied and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well the...
Page 264 - that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
Page 504 - Packington was a gentleman of no mean family, and of form and feature nowise disabled, for he was a brave gentleman, and a very fine courtier, and for the time which he stayed there, which was not lasting, very high in her grace; but he came in, and went out...
Page 385 - Armes, he soon attracted the good opinion of all men, and was so highly prized in the good opinion of the Queen, that she thought the Court deficient without him : And whereas (through the fame of his...
Page 211 - he will not die at this time, for this morning I begged his life from God in my prayers, and obtained it : " which accordingly came to pass; and he soon after, against all expectation, wonderfully recovered.
Page 522 - I gave you, and which you should not endure if you have any courage at all in you. If you consent not to meet me hereupon, I will hold you, and cause you to be generally held, for the arrantest coward, and most slanderous slave, that lives in all France. I expect your answer.
Page 399 - To him men's faces spake as much as their tongues, and their countenances were indexes of their hearts. He would so beset men with questions, and draw them on, that they discovered themselves whether they answered or were silent.
Page 43 - And let thy kitchens be a vestal flame. Thee to the town let never suit at law, And rarely, very rarely, business draw. Thy active mind in equal temper keep, In undisturbed peace, yet not in sleep. Let exercise a vigorous health maintain, Without which all the composition's vain.