Plays and Puritans: And Other Historical EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 271 страници Plays and Puritans.--Sir Walter Raleigh and his time.--Froude's History of England. |
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Страница 114 - 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...
Страница 126 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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Страница 68 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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Страница 81 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ; 18.
Страница 135 - French ambassador, taking leave of him, and asking his commands for France, found him employed in the exercise of the pike ; Tell your king, said he, in what occupation you left me engaged ". He had conceived great affection and esteem for the brave Sir Walter Raleigh.
Страница 84 - Carew, his keeper, for not letting him 'disguise himself, and get into a pair of oars to ease his mind but with a sight of the Queen, or his heart would break/ hypocrisy, is a very different matter.
Страница 84 - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world ! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
Страница 99 - Castellani in respect of their tyranny and oppression, and that she delivered all such nations about her, as were by them oppressed; and having freed all the coast of the northern world from their servitude, had sent me to free them also, and withal to defend the country of Guiana from their invasion and conquest.