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admiral afterwards ancient appears appointed army became born brother brought called cardinal caused celebrated character Charles Charles IX church civil collection command continued court crown daughter death died distinguished duke earl edition educated Elizabeth employed England English entered entitled esteemed father favour folio France French gave Greek Henry honour Italian Italy James jesuit John king king's lady languages Latin learned length letters lived London lord married Mary master native natural noble obliged obtained occasion Oxford Paris parliament passed person Philip philosophy pieces poems poet political possessed prince principal printed professor protestant published queen received reign religion reputation retired Rome says sent soon Spain Spanish studied subjects success Thomas tion took translated verse vols writer wrote
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Stran 489 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation. He was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there.
Stran 12 - He resolved to celebrate his own obsequies before his death. He ordered his tomb to be erected in the chapel of the monastery. His domestics marched thither in funeral procession, with black tapers in their hands. He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating...
Stran 724 - De veritate; if it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Stran 12 - ... chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire.
Stran 486 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow by his ears but with asses to mate, If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it.
Stran 713 - Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months' Travels in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia, Helvetia, some parts of High Germany, and the Netherlands, 1611," 4to; reprinted in 1776, 3 vols., 8vo.
Stran 505 - WOULD'ST thou hear what man can say In a little ? reader, stay. Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die : Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth live. If at all she had a fault. Leave it buried in this vault. One name was ELIZABETH, The other let it sleep with death : Fitter, where it died, to tell, Than that it lived at all. Farewell 1 SONG.
Stran 199 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Stran 745 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Stran 476 - was a person of most reverend aspect, religious and temperate, qualities rarely meeting in a poet.
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| Naslov | A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Količina 5 A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, John Platts |
| Avtor | John Platts |
| Založnik | Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1826 |
| Vir izvirnika | Univerza v Michiganu |
| Pretvorjeno v digitalni zapis | 30 avg 2007 |
| Izvozi navedbo | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |