I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie... Typical Elizabethan Plays - Page 574edited by - 1926 - 793 pagesFull view - About this book
| Geography - 1867 - 878 pages
...largely to it, They thought it should have canopied their boues Till Doomsday. But all things havo their end : Churches and cities, which have diseases like to men, Must have like death that we bave." But in pnro tragedy Webster is a consummate master. He can ransack nature and the supernatural... | |
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 614 pages
...well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopide their bones Till doombs-dny : but all things have their end : Churches and cities...like to \ men) Must have like death that we have. Ecc. Like death that we have. Del. Now the Eccho hath caught you. Ant. It groan'd (me thought), and... | |
| Thomas Hinderwell - Scarborough (England) - 1811 - 458 pages
...injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd, Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones ""...end, Churches and cities (which have diseases like men), Must have like death that we have." ABMSTRONG. CASTLE-HOWARD, the seat of the Earl of Carlisle,... | |
| William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...so well and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till dombesday : but all things have their end; Churches and cities...diseases like to men) Must have like death that we have. This sober shade Lets fall a serious gloom upon the mind That checks but not appals. Such are the haunts... | |
| English literature - 1834 - 580 pages
...injuries Of stormy weather) some lie interred, Loved the church so well, and gave so largely to it, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till...diseases like to men) Must have like death that we have." Webster — Duchess ofMalfy. If such were the inducements that first attracted M. l'Abbé de Villaret,... | |
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 334 pages
...injuries Of stormy weather) some men lie interr'ef; Loved the Church so well, and gave so largely to it, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till...which have diseases like to men, Must have like death which we have. Duchess of Malfy. THE ruinous church of Saint Ninian's had, in its time, enjoyed great... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1822 - 356 pages
...so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till dombesday : but all things have their end ; Churches and cities,...diseases like to men, Must have like death that we have. * WEBSTER. THE morning rose serene and lovely, nor was it long after the sun had begun to unmask the... | |
| Thomas Langdale - Yorkshire (England) - 1822 - 516 pages
...architecture, which makes one lament that more of this beautiful structure ha« not been preserved. " but all things have their end ; " Churches and cities...like to men,) " Must have like death that we have." The founder died in 1 141, and was buried in this monastery, as were mnny of hie successors ; it was... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - Orkney (Scotland) - 1822 - 344 pages
...well, and gave so largely to it, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till dooms-day;—but all things have their end— Churches and cities,...which have diseases like to men, Must have like death which we have. Duchess ofMalfy. THE ruinous church of Saint Ninian's had, in its time, enjoyed great... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...injuries Of stormy weather,) some lie interr'd, Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till...diseases like to men) Must have like death that we have. Ec. Like death that we have. Del. Now the echo hath caught you. Ant. It groan'd (methought), and gave... | |
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