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... France , is said to have been the disciple of St Paul , and the first who preached the gospel to the French . The legend concerning him affirms , that after he was be- headed , near Paris , he walked four miles with his head in his ...
... France , is said to have been the disciple of St Paul , and the first who preached the gospel to the French . The legend concerning him affirms , that after he was be- headed , near Paris , he walked four miles with his head in his ...
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... France ; and died in prison at An- glerye , in the province of Lombardy , where a large church was built in honour of him . Aurea , p . 238 . 44 Assuredly - surely , 1st edit . See Legenda 43 Obtain - obtaye , 1st edit . 45 Their - thy ...
... France ; and died in prison at An- glerye , in the province of Lombardy , where a large church was built in honour of him . Aurea , p . 238 . 44 Assuredly - surely , 1st edit . See Legenda 43 Obtain - obtaye , 1st edit . 45 Their - thy ...
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... France and Italy ; and , at the early period of his life only , he was , as Mr Spence observes , what perhaps all persons of his birth ought to be , a poet . His father , dying in 1566 , left him a large fortune , the greatest part of ...
... France and Italy ; and , at the early period of his life only , he was , as Mr Spence observes , what perhaps all persons of his birth ought to be , a poet . His father , dying in 1566 , left him a large fortune , the greatest part of ...
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... France , 1656 , p . 193 . 39 With the three kings of Kullaine - The three kings of Coloyn are supposed to have been the wise men who travelled unto our Saviour by the direction of the star . To these kings , several writers have given ...
... France , 1656 , p . 193 . 39 With the three kings of Kullaine - The three kings of Coloyn are supposed to have been the wise men who travelled unto our Saviour by the direction of the star . To these kings , several writers have given ...
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... France , And , like Leander , gasped upon the sand , So thou wouldst smile , and take me in thine arms . The sight of London to my exil'd eyes , Is as Elysium to a new - come soul ; Not that I love the city , or the men , But that it ...
... France , And , like Leander , gasped upon the sand , So thou wouldst smile , and take me in thine arms . The sight of London to my exil'd eyes , Is as Elysium to a new - come soul ; Not that I love the city , or the men , But that it ...
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Page 263 - I filled the jails with bankrupts in a year, And with young orphans planted hospitals, And every moon made some or other mad, And now and then one hang himself for grief, Pinning upon his breast a long great scroll How I with interest tormented him.
Page 191 - Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me if I sleep I never wake; This fear is that which makes me tremble thus. And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come ? Light.
Page 544 - False colours last after the true be dead. Of all the roses grafted on her cheeks, Of all the graces dancing in her eyes, Of all the music set upon her tongue, Of all that was past woman's excellence, In her white bosom ; look, a painted board Circumscribes all...
Page 167 - This which I urge is of a burning zeal To mend the king and do our country good. Know you not Gaveston hath store of gold, Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends As he will front the mightiest of us all?
Page 186 - I might ! but heavens and earth conspire To make me miserable. Here, receive my crown. Receive it ? no, these innocent hands of mine Shall not be guilty of so foul a crime...
Page 178 - Treacherous Warwick ! traitorous Mortimer ! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore Your headless trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same...
Page 178 - By earth, the common mother of us all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, And all the honours 'longing to my crown, I will have heads, and lives for him, as many As I have manors, castles, towns, and towers!
Page 263 - As for myself, I walk abroad a-nights, And kill sick people groaning under walls : Sometimes I go about, and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'm go pinioned along by my door.
Page 167 - He's gone, and for his absence thus I mourn. Did never sorrow go so near my heart As doth the want of my sweet Gaveston ; And could my crown's revenue bring him back, I would freely give it to his enemies, And think I gain'd, having bought so dear a friend.
Page 190 - To murder you, my most gracious lord ! Far is it from my heart to do you harm. The queen sent me to see how you were...