The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by William Oldys. The life of Sir Walter Ralegh, by Tho. Birch

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The University Press, 1829
 

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Σελίδα 123 - bight ? himself he did ycleep The shepherd of the ocean by name, And said, he came far from the main-sea deep. He sitting me beside in that same shade, , Provoked me to play some pleasant fit; And when he heard the musick which I made, He found himself full greatly pleas'd at it: Yet
Σελίδα 108 - great many malignant fools were, " that found fault with his demeanour. " The Spaniards had an army aboard " them, and he had none; they had " more ships than he had, and of " higher building and charging ; so " that had he entangled himself with " those great and powerful vessels,
Σελίδα 123 - There a strange shepherd chanc'd to find me out, Whether allured with my pipe's delight, Whose pleasing sound yshrilled far about, Or thither led by chance, I knew not right, Whom when I asked from what place he came, And how he bight ? himself he did ycleep The shepherd of the ocean by name, And said, he came far from the
Σελίδα 687 - my salvation, I never practised with Spain by your pro" curement; God so comfort me in this my affliction, as you " are a true subject for any thing that I know. I will say " as Daniel, Purus sum a sanguine hujus. So God have " mercy on my soul, as I know no treason by you.
Σελίδα 46 - author knew not, but says) he had much " the better in telling of his tale ; and so much, that the " queen and the lords took no slight mark of the man and " his parts; for from thence he came to be known, and to " have access to the queen and the lords'.
Σελίδα 673 - chief justice. There must not such a gap be opened for the destruction of the king, as would be if we should grant this. You plead hard for yourself, but the laws plead as hard for the king. I did never hear that course to be taken in a case of treason, as to write
Σελίδα 22 - own. Though sundry minds in sundry sort do deem, Yet worthiest wights yield praise to every pain ; But envious brains do nought or light esteem Such stately steps as they cannot attain: For whoso reaps renown above the rest, With heaps of hate shall surely be oppress'd. sense he .Lastly, As to the
Σελίδα 491 - still lived among them; here they feed me with fresh " meat, and all that the country yields; all offer to obey " me 11 ." At this time also, a gentleman of his company having drawn up a discourse in praise of Guiana, and in honour of this adventure, especially of the principal discoverer Ralegh himself; it being dated from
Σελίδα 683 - et probata. I appeal to God and the king in this point, whether Cobham's accusation be sufficient to condemn me. Attorney. The king's safety and your clearing cannot agree. I protest before God I never knew a clearer treason. Ralegh. I never had intelligence with Cobham since I came to the Tower.
Σελίδα 516 - their throats, when they had traded with them a " whole month, and came to them on the land without so " much as one sword ; and it may not be lawful for your " majesty's subjects, being charged first by them, to repel " force by force ; we may justly say, O miserable English !

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