The Retrospective Review, Volume 7Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 - Books |
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... poor Chillingworth during this his last sickness . It must be confessed , that in some of them the advantage appears to be on the side of Cheynell , but we re- collect the Lion and the Sculptor , and the wonder ceases . But , even if we ...
... poor Chillingworth during this his last sickness . It must be confessed , that in some of them the advantage appears to be on the side of Cheynell , but we re- collect the Lion and the Sculptor , and the wonder ceases . But , even if we ...
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... poor young princess , and well may she be called poor , not only in respect of her great loss of the several towns which had been taken from her , which were irrecoverable by force , by reason of the great power and strength of the king ...
... poor young princess , and well may she be called poor , not only in respect of her great loss of the several towns which had been taken from her , which were irrecoverable by force , by reason of the great power and strength of the king ...
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... poor inhabitants were reduced to extreme want and necessity , and abundance of young women were forced to betake themselves to a vile and shameful way of living . " On Tuesday the first of September , ( A. D. 1467 , ) the Queen also ...
... poor inhabitants were reduced to extreme want and necessity , and abundance of young women were forced to betake themselves to a vile and shameful way of living . " On Tuesday the first of September , ( A. D. 1467 , ) the Queen also ...
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... poor young Prince of Wales , who was a lovely youth , was barbarously murdered after the action was over , and the valiant Earl of Warwick , finding himself betrayed , and scorning to fly , rushed violently into the thickest of his ...
... poor young Prince of Wales , who was a lovely youth , was barbarously murdered after the action was over , and the valiant Earl of Warwick , finding himself betrayed , and scorning to fly , rushed violently into the thickest of his ...
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... poor and plain a trick of state ; and Salisbury in this had a double benefit - first , in ridding himself of such as he feared would have been thorns in his sides - secondly , by endearing himself to the king by showing his diligence ...
... poor and plain a trick of state ; and Salisbury in this had a double benefit - first , in ridding himself of such as he feared would have been thorns in his sides - secondly , by endearing himself to the king by showing his diligence ...
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Page 400 - s not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come ; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Page 396 - And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight. Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Page 404 - 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 396 - 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 397 - 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 393 - 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 397 - 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 405 - 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 395 - 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 384 - 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.