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... James in the ffeeldes on saynt Nicholas day and Innocents day this yeare nowe present , by the chylde bysshope of Poules churche with his company . " London . 1555 . This was evidently a revival of the festival of the boy- bishop.45 ...
... James in the ffeeldes on saynt Nicholas day and Innocents day this yeare nowe present , by the chylde bysshope of Poules churche with his company . " London . 1555 . This was evidently a revival of the festival of the boy- bishop.45 ...
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... James I.77 " Two godly and fruitfull sermons " entitled , Remember Lot's Wife ( 1588 ) , were , singularly enough , dedicated to Mary , wife of Bishop Woolton . His son , NATHANAEL CARPENTER ( 1589-1628 ? ) , born at Northleigh , 78 one ...
... James I.77 " Two godly and fruitfull sermons " entitled , Remember Lot's Wife ( 1588 ) , were , singularly enough , dedicated to Mary , wife of Bishop Woolton . His son , NATHANAEL CARPENTER ( 1589-1628 ? ) , born at Northleigh , 78 one ...
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... James I. in his Apology for the Oath of Allegiance , " & c . ( Prince , 736. ) The other , JOHN REYNOLDS ( f . 1620 ) , born in Exeter , and a merchant there , was the author of The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the crying and ...
... James I. in his Apology for the Oath of Allegiance , " & c . ( Prince , 736. ) The other , JOHN REYNOLDS ( f . 1620 ) , born in Exeter , and a merchant there , was the author of The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the crying and ...
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... James I. Edmund Gosse declares it to be " the most extraordinary and most brilliant of his poems . " It commences thus- " Give me my scallop - shell of quiet , My staff of faith to walk upon , My scrip of joy immortal diet , My bottle ...
... James I. Edmund Gosse declares it to be " the most extraordinary and most brilliant of his poems . " It commences thus- " Give me my scallop - shell of quiet , My staff of faith to walk upon , My scrip of joy immortal diet , My bottle ...
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... James had so far to succumb to the Commons , as in the end to issue a proclamation ( on March 26th ) , suppressing the work . Spelman ( Glossarium , sub " Tenura " ) , affirms that the books were ordered to be publicly burnt ( libri ...
... James had so far to succumb to the Commons , as in the end to issue a proclamation ( on March 26th ) , suppressing the work . Spelman ( Glossarium , sub " Tenura " ) , affirms that the books were ordered to be publicly burnt ( libri ...
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Page 71 - A Report of the truth of the fight about the Isles of Azores, this last Sommer.
Page 92 - BRACTON'S NOTE BOOK. A Collection of Cases decided in the King's Courts during the reign of Henry the Third, annotated by a Lawyer of that time, seemingly by Henry of Bratton. Edited by FW MAITLAND of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law, Downing Professor of the Laws of England.
Page 1 - In Books lies the soul of the whole Past Time ; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.
Page 36 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Page 34 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret lets and difficulties, which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider.
Page 106 - Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb; So, when affections yield discourse, it seems The bottom is but shallow whence they come. They that are rich in words, in words discover That they are poor in that which makes a lover.
Page 85 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath...
Page 42 - UPON A CHILD. • HERE a pretty baby lies Sung asleep with lullabies ; Pray be silent, and not stirre Th
Page 32 - What a world of wit is here packed up together ! I know not whether this sight doth more dismay or comfort me. It dismays me to think, that here is so much that I cannot know: it comforts me to think, that this variety yields so good helps to know what I should. There is no truer word than that of Solomon : " There is no end of making many books.
Page 87 - Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.