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... sent this letter to the prince of the Saracens ; and gloried very much in refufing to take advantage of a traitor's perfidy , and in having the generofity to discover to the caliph the treafon of one of his fubjects . The caliph ...
... sent this letter to the prince of the Saracens ; and gloried very much in refufing to take advantage of a traitor's perfidy , and in having the generofity to discover to the caliph the treafon of one of his fubjects . The caliph ...
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... sent to adopt children worthy of that king- " dom ; and to reftore Ifrael , not by death , as Chrift , but " by grace . " With the Sadducees , he denied eternal life , the refurrection , and the laft judgment : with the Adamites , he ...
... sent to adopt children worthy of that king- " dom ; and to reftore Ifrael , not by death , as Chrift , but " by grace . " With the Sadducees , he denied eternal life , the refurrection , and the laft judgment : with the Adamites , he ...
Sida 101
... sent fir Edward Carey to countermand it ; but , as Camden fays , confidering afterwards his obftinacy in refufing to afk her par- don , fhe countermanded those orders , and directed that he fhould die . There is an odd ftory current in ...
... sent fir Edward Carey to countermand it ; but , as Camden fays , confidering afterwards his obftinacy in refufing to afk her par- don , fhe countermanded those orders , and directed that he fhould die . There is an odd ftory current in ...
Sida 112
... sent for him to court . The young man modesty excused himself , decla- ring , that he defigned to fatisfy his confcience in the exercise of his miniftry , and to cenfure freely what he should find de- ferved cenfure : a liberty , he ...
... sent for him to court . The young man modesty excused himself , decla- ring , that he defigned to fatisfy his confcience in the exercise of his miniftry , and to cenfure freely what he should find de- ferved cenfure : a liberty , he ...
Sida 172
... sent to the univerfity of Oxford : where it was obferved of him , as formerly of the famous Picus Mirandula , that he was rather born wife than made fo by ftudy . " He was a commoner of that hall ; but declined ta- king his first degree ...
... sent to the univerfity of Oxford : where it was obferved of him , as formerly of the famous Picus Mirandula , that he was rather born wife than made fo by ftudy . " He was a commoner of that hall ; but declined ta- king his first degree ...
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Populära avsnitt
Sida 414 - Terra : a philosophical discourse of earth, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, &c.
Sida 238 - When men were outlawed in personal actions, they would not permit them to purchase their charters of pardon, except they paid great and intolerable sums ; standing upon the strict point of law, which upon outlawries giveth forfeiture of goods; nay, contrary to all law and colour, they maintained the king ought to have the half of men's lands and rents, during the space of full two years, for a pain in case of outlawry.
Sida 175 - Donne very sad, and sick in her bed; and that after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day, and about the very hour, that Mr Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Sida 176 - His first motion from his house was to preach where his beloved wife lay buried, in St. Clement's Church, near Temple Bar, London ; and his text was a part of the prophet Jeremy's Lamentation : " Lo, I am the man that have seen affliction.
Sida 177 - Dr Donne, I have invited you to dinner; and, though you sit not down with me, yet I will carve to you of a dish that I know you love well; for, knowing you love London, I do therefore make you Dean of St Paul's; and, when I have dined, then do you take your beloved dish home to your study, say grace there to yourself, and much good may it do you.
Sida 178 - He was of stature moderately tall; of a straight and equallyproportioned body, to which all his words and actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other, and made his company one of the delights of mankind.
Sida 189 - She likewise gave directions for the preservation of his ship, that it might remain a monument of his own and his country's glory.
Sida 179 - Characters, written by Dr. Donne, Dean of Pauls ; to which is added a Book of Epigrams, written in Latin by the same author ; translated into English by J. Maine, DD ; and also Ignatius his Conclave, a Satyr, translated out of the original copy, written in Latin by the same author ; found lately amongst his own papers.
Sida 443 - Who shall have it But I, the true laureate, to whom the king gave it? Apollo begg'd pardon, and granted his claim, But vow'd that till then he ne'er heard of his name.
Sida 45 - ... writ in verse, and performed in recitative music. The original of this music, and of the scenes which adorned his work, he had from the Italian operas ; but he heightened his characters (as I may probably imagine) from the example of Corneille and some French poets. In this condition did this part of poetry remain at his Majesty's return; when, growing bolder, as being now owned by a public authority, he reviewed his Siege of Rhodes, and caused it be acted as a just drama.