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... England . ( From the Great Seal of the Commonwealth ) 132 1 7 . John Selden . ( From the Engraving in his “ Janus " ) Lambeth Palace . ( From an Engraving by Hollar , 138 A Paston Letter of the Reign of Henry VI . ( From Sir John Fenn ) ...
... England . ( From the Great Seal of the Commonwealth ) 132 1 7 . John Selden . ( From the Engraving in his “ Janus " ) Lambeth Palace . ( From an Engraving by Hollar , 138 A Paston Letter of the Reign of Henry VI . ( From Sir John Fenn ) ...
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... England . In 1468 , Caxton was in the service of Edward IV.'s sister Margaret at Bruges . At that time , Caxton was translating from Raoul le Fevre a " Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye , " and afterwards he says that he learnt the art ...
... England . In 1468 , Caxton was in the service of Edward IV.'s sister Margaret at Bruges . At that time , Caxton was translating from Raoul le Fevre a " Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye , " and afterwards he says that he learnt the art ...
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... England.1 Each of the Merry Tales has a short added moral , and the usual butts of their wit are women and Welshmen ; but there is considerable variety of matter , and a vein of earnestness often distinct enough , that gives some worth ...
... England.1 Each of the Merry Tales has a short added moral , and the usual butts of their wit are women and Welshmen ; but there is considerable variety of matter , and a vein of earnestness often distinct enough , that gives some worth ...
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... England . In 1539 , Hugh Latimer was deprived of his bishopric of Worcester , for conscientious dissent from the King's Act for abolishing Diversity of Opinion , by enforcing with penalties against his subjects Roman Catholic opinion ...
... England . In 1539 , Hugh Latimer was deprived of his bishopric of Worcester , for conscientious dissent from the King's Act for abolishing Diversity of Opinion , by enforcing with penalties against his subjects Roman Catholic opinion ...
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... England in refusing the Holy Father of Rome to be head of the Catholic Church . How say ye , are ye content to unite , and knit yourself to the faith of the Catholic Church , with us , in the state in which it is now in England : will ...
... England in refusing the Holy Father of Rome to be head of the Catholic Church . How say ye , are ye content to unite , and knit yourself to the faith of the Catholic Church , with us , in the state in which it is now in England : will ...
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Page 283 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 115 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Page 146 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 113 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 114 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring: for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 146 - Behold now this vast city ; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with his protection. The shop of war hath not there more anvils and hammers waking, to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleaguerd truth, than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas...
Page 76 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Page 114 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 236 - As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes, that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from anything I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Page 76 - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the human conceit), is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way as will entice any man to enter into it...