A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3A. Fullarton, 1853 - Great Britain |
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... Ireland , as lieutenant - general of the horse ; and was , at the same time , appointed one of the commissioners for the administration of civil affairs in that island . He was present at the siege of Limerick , and assisted in reducing ...
... Ireland , as lieutenant - general of the horse ; and was , at the same time , appointed one of the commissioners for the administration of civil affairs in that island . He was present at the siege of Limerick , and assisted in reducing ...
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... Ireland , he took the employment only under the condition that when he had restored that country to tranquillity , he should be at liber- ty to return to England . He remained , however , for some time in Lon- don , busily engaged in ...
... Ireland , he took the employment only under the condition that when he had restored that country to tranquillity , he should be at liber- ty to return to England . He remained , however , for some time in Lon- don , busily engaged in ...
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... Ireland : but , before leaving London , he had the satisfaction of learning the intention of the officers again to call together the long parliament . In Ireland , however , he met with a gloomy enough reception . He could not land at ...
... Ireland : but , before leaving London , he had the satisfaction of learning the intention of the officers again to call together the long parliament . In Ireland , however , he met with a gloomy enough reception . He could not land at ...
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... Ireland , in the reign of Charles II . , and the grandson of the first Sir William Temple , secretary to the earl of Essex in the reign of Elizabeth . His father , early perceiving an eager thirst for knowledge , and indications of ...
... Ireland , in the reign of Charles II . , and the grandson of the first Sir William Temple , secretary to the earl of Essex in the reign of Elizabeth . His father , early perceiving an eager thirst for knowledge , and indications of ...
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... Ireland and Scotland - by these , and other infatuated acts , he effectually succeeded in estranging the affections of the nation from his person and government . All parties now looked towards the prince of Orange to aid them in the ...
... Ireland and Scotland - by these , and other infatuated acts , he effectually succeeded in estranging the affections of the nation from his person and government . All parties now looked towards the prince of Orange to aid them in the ...
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Page 211 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 333 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 37 - Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient Rights in vain But those do hold or break As men are strong or weak. Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room Where greater spirits come.
Page 317 - They are powerful, not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime, works with which his genius has enriched our literature, 'but the zeal with which . he...
Page 188 - I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode ; nay, I had undertook To make another ; which, when almost done, Before I was aware I this begun.
Page 275 - First, for the scene, was drawn a Umtifadjap (landscape) consisting of small woods, and here and there a void place filled with huntings ; which falling, an artificial sea was seen to shoot forth, as if it flowed to the land, raised with waves which seemed to move, and in some places the billows to break, as imitating that orderly disorder which is common in nature.
Page 337 - Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook ; There sit by him, and eat my meat ; There see the sun both rise and set ; There bid good morning to next day ; There meditate my time away ; And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Page 253 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 144 - Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
Page 113 - the Bible, and the Bible only, is the religion of Protestants.