Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 33John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1854 - American periodicals |
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... interest . It is not enough to have died tragically ; the wise and the unwise came too often to a common end at the stake or on the scaffold : we have but to run over in our own minds the most conspicuous names of those centuries , and ...
... interest . It is not enough to have died tragically ; the wise and the unwise came too often to a common end at the stake or on the scaffold : we have but to run over in our own minds the most conspicuous names of those centuries , and ...
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... interest in the subject , enables us , though the volume is a short one , to labor to the end of it . It is satisfactory , indeed , that this book continues to be read ; but Wolsey has certainly not been fortunate in his champion ; and ...
... interest in the subject , enables us , though the volume is a short one , to labor to the end of it . It is satisfactory , indeed , that this book continues to be read ; but Wolsey has certainly not been fortunate in his champion ; and ...
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... make many sacrifices short of what seemed essential to the interest of the kingdom , to escape a sepa- ration from Rome . And then who can say and himself . It is most natural that the English 8 . [ Sept. , CARDINAL WOLSEY .
... make many sacrifices short of what seemed essential to the interest of the kingdom , to escape a sepa- ration from Rome . And then who can say and himself . It is most natural that the English 8 . [ Sept. , CARDINAL WOLSEY .
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... interest , appear to be so much cared for . The administration of Wolsey was a prospe- rous time for the people , who at that time felt no alarm about " over - legislation ; " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work was the law of the ...
... interest , appear to be so much cared for . The administration of Wolsey was a prospe- rous time for the people , who at that time felt no alarm about " over - legislation ; " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work was the law of the ...
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... interest , the primate and prime minis- ter of England would have lost rather than gained by a change to the papacy . There is nothing . for a reasonable man to do , except to believe that , for once at least , Wolsey was saying no more ...
... interest , the primate and prime minis- ter of England would have lost rather than gained by a change to the papacy . There is nothing . for a reasonable man to do , except to believe that , for once at least , Wolsey was saying no more ...
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Page 76 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Page 265 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Page 470 - if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go righ't ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; 'for' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Page 466 - The country gentleman, after staring a little at the singularity of his manner, and the oddity of the question, answered, " Yes, sir, I thank God, I remember a great deal of good weather in my time." — " That is more," said Swift, " than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 477 - I have been very miserable all night, and to-day extremely deaf and full of pain. I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I can say is, that I am not in torture ; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few ; few and miserable they must be. I am, for those few days, Yours entirely, J. SWIFT. If I do not blunder, it...
Page 477 - See, how the dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays; He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Page 113 - Here out of the window it was a most pleasant sight to see the City from one end to the other with a glory about it, so high was the light of the bonfires, and so thick round the City, and the bells rang everywhere.
Page 475 - Nor was a burden to mankind With half her course of years behind. You taught how I might youth prolong, By knowing what was right and wrong; How from my heart to bring supplies Of lustre to my fading eyes; How soon a beauteous mind repairs The loss of changed or falling hairs; How wit and virtue from within Send out a smoothness o'er the skin: Your lectures could my fancy fix, And I can please at thirty-six.
Page 80 - Wisheth her health, and joy, and equal love. Meanwhile, he smokes, and laughs at merry tale, Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. But I, whom griping penury surrounds, And Hunger, sure attendant upon Want, With scanty offals...
Page 472 - If we let these great ministers pretend too much, there will be no governing them.