Retrospective Review, Volume 7Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1823 - Bibliography |
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... person he aimed at in the question ) , and made the same demand about him . The King of England de- sired he would not attempt any thing against the Duke of Bretagne , for in his distress he never found so true and faithful a friend ...
... person he aimed at in the question ) , and made the same demand about him . The King of England de- sired he would not attempt any thing against the Duke of Bretagne , for in his distress he never found so true and faithful a friend ...
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... persons unac- quainted with adversity , who never seek the true remedy for their misfortunes , especially princes who are naturally haughty ; for in such cases our best method is to have recourse to God , to reflect on the many vile ...
... persons unac- quainted with adversity , who never seek the true remedy for their misfortunes , especially princes who are naturally haughty ; for in such cases our best method is to have recourse to God , to reflect on the many vile ...
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... person . An only daughter was the heir of this great prince , and she appears to have experienced , at a very early period , all those evils his ambition had prepared for her . The enemies he had humbled , particularly the King of ...
... person . An only daughter was the heir of this great prince , and she appears to have experienced , at a very early period , all those evils his ambition had prepared for her . The enemies he had humbled , particularly the King of ...
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... persons in whom she chiefly confided . " After the Gantois had committed this horrid piece of villany , they removed ... person , of his time , " so that it ap- pears the unhappy lady was obliged to supply him with money , and a retinue ...
... persons in whom she chiefly confided . " After the Gantois had committed this horrid piece of villany , they removed ... person , of his time , " so that it ap- pears the unhappy lady was obliged to supply him with money , and a retinue ...
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... person of great honour , affable and generous to all people , and more beloved and respected by her subjects than her husband , as being sovereign of their country . She was a tender and passionate lover of her husband , and of singular ...
... person of great honour , affable and generous to all people , and more beloved and respected by her subjects than her husband , as being sovereign of their country . She was a tender and passionate lover of her husband , and of singular ...
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Page 403 - 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 395 - 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 396 - 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 392 - 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 404 - 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 396 - 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: Even so my sun one early morn did shine, With all triumphant splendour on my brow; But out! alack! he was but one hour mine, The region cloud hath mask'd him from me now. Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth; Suns of the world may stain when...
Page 394 - 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 383 - 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.
Page 6 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
Page 384 - Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide: Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.