A Book of English Prose, Character and Incident 1387-1649Methuen and Company, 1905 - 395 σελίδες |
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... better shaped , than they that be here well shaped , and nowhere none worse shaped , than they that be here evil shaped . And skilfully kynd , hurt and defouled by wickedness of living , bringeth forth such foul grooms and evil shaped ...
... better shaped , than they that be here well shaped , and nowhere none worse shaped , than they that be here evil shaped . And skilfully kynd , hurt and defouled by wickedness of living , bringeth forth such foul grooms and evil shaped ...
Σελίδα 4
... better devise it . And all these robes are orfrayed all about , and dubbed full of precious stones and of great orient pearls , full richly . And they may well do so , for cloths of gold and of silk are cheaper there by much than are ...
... better devise it . And all these robes are orfrayed all about , and dubbed full of precious stones and of great orient pearls , full richly . And they may well do so , for cloths of gold and of silk are cheaper there by much than are ...
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... better it is for us to die in the field than cowardly to be put to a great rebuke and a shameful death ; moreover , considering in what peril England stands in at this hour , therefore every man help to help power for the right thereof ...
... better it is for us to die in the field than cowardly to be put to a great rebuke and a shameful death ; moreover , considering in what peril England stands in at this hour , therefore every man help to help power for the right thereof ...
Σελίδα 34
... better is peace than ever war , and the less noise the more is my worship . ' Then the Queen and her ladies went down unto the knight Sir Launcelot , that stood wroth out of measure in the inner court , to abide battle ; and ever he ...
... better is peace than ever war , and the less noise the more is my worship . ' Then the Queen and her ladies went down unto the knight Sir Launcelot , that stood wroth out of measure in the inner court , to abide battle ; and ever he ...
Σελίδα 44
... better thing as ready to your plea- sure as that . ' And therewith in all the haste he sent his servant for a mess of strawberries . The Protector set the Lords fast in commoning , and thereupon praying them to spare him for a little ...
... better thing as ready to your plea- sure as that . ' And therewith in all the haste he sent his servant for a mess of strawberries . The Protector set the Lords fast in commoning , and thereupon praying them to spare him for a little ...
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Σελίδα 343 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature...
Σελίδα 343 - ... on this side idolatry as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped. "Sufflaminandus erat," as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so, too! Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,...
Σελίδα 11 - JC Cox and A. Harvey. Second Edition. ENGLISH COSTUME. From Prehistoric Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century. George Clinch. ENGLISH MONASTIC LIFE. Abbot Gasquet. Fourth Edition. ENGLISH SEALS. J. Harvey Bloom. FOLK-LORE AS AN HISTORICAL SCIENCE. Sir GL Gomme. GiLDS AND COMPANIES OF LONDON, THE. George Unwin. •HERMITS AND ANCHORITES OF ENGLAND.
Σελίδα 362 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Σελίδα 361 - The adversary again applauds, and waits the hour. When they have branched themselves out, saith he, small enough into parties and partitions, then will be our time.
Σελίδα 362 - ... the old and wrinkled skin of corruption to outlive these pangs and wax young again, entering the glorious ways of truth and prosperous virtue destined to become great and honourable in these latter ages.
Σελίδα 174 - ... commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards, seeing in so many hours' fight and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours...
Σελίδα 174 - ... as she could never be removed out of the place. And as the matter was thus in dispute, and Sir Richard refusing to hearken to any of those reasons; the master of the Revenge (while the Captain won unto him the greater party) was convoyed aboard the General Don Alfonso Bassan.
Σελίδα 171 - Philip being in the wind of him, and coming towards him, becalmed his sails in such sort, as the ship could neither make way, nor feel the helm: so huge and high carged was the Spanish ship, being of a thousand and five hundred tons; who after laid the Revenge aboard.
Σελίδα 3 - A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG: English Folk Songs with their Traditional Melodies. Collected and arranged by S. BARING-GOULD and HF SHEPPARD. Demy 4/0. 6s. SONGS OF THE WEST: Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall. Collected from the Mouths of the People. ByS. BARING-GOULD, MA,and H.