A View of the State of Ireland as it was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Written by Way of Dialogue Between Eudoxus and Ireneus |
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... Enemy the Lord Bur- leigh , which was in 1598. He was buried in Westminster Abby , near the famous Geoffry Chaucer , as he had defired . His Obfequies were attended by the Poets of that Time , and others , who paid the laft Honours to ...
... Enemy the Lord Bur- leigh , which was in 1598. He was buried in Westminster Abby , near the famous Geoffry Chaucer , as he had defired . His Obfequies were attended by the Poets of that Time , and others , who paid the laft Honours to ...
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... Enemy was able to hold up head against his Power in which their Weakness he brought in . his Laws , and fettled them as now they there remain , like as William the Conquerour did ; fo as in thus much they agree , but in the reft ,. that ...
... Enemy was able to hold up head against his Power in which their Weakness he brought in . his Laws , and fettled them as now they there remain , like as William the Conquerour did ; fo as in thus much they agree , but in the reft ,. that ...
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... which they are run , or Difcontent of the prefent Government , fled beyond the Seas , where they live under Princes which are her Majesty's profess- ed Enemies live STATE of IRELAND . 43 nefs; and were it to be paffed again, ...
... which they are run , or Difcontent of the prefent Government , fled beyond the Seas , where they live under Princes which are her Majesty's profess- ed Enemies live STATE of IRELAND . 43 nefs; and were it to be paffed again, ...
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... Enemies ; and converfe , and are Confederates with other Traytors and Fugitives which are there abiding . The which nevertheless have the Bene- fits and Profits of their Lands here , by Pretence of fuch colourable Conveyances thereof ...
... Enemies ; and converfe , and are Confederates with other Traytors and Fugitives which are there abiding . The which nevertheless have the Bene- fits and Profits of their Lands here , by Pretence of fuch colourable Conveyances thereof ...
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... Enemies , why should fuch Privileges be any more continued ? Eudox , I would gladly know what you call a County Palatine , and whence it is fo called . Iren . It was ( I fuppofe ) first named Palatine of a Pale , as it were a Pale and ...
... Enemies , why should fuch Privileges be any more continued ? Eudox , I would gladly know what you call a County Palatine , and whence it is fo called . Iren . It was ( I fuppofe ) first named Palatine of a Pale , as it were a Pale and ...
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Page 158 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 115 - ... to their lovers; that his music was not the harp nor lays of love, but the cries of people and clashing of armour; and finally, that he died not bewailed of many, but made many wail when he died, that dearly bought his death.
Page 80 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Page 241 - Gospel; for they spare not to come out of Spain, from Rome, and from Rheims, by long toil and dangerous travelling hither, where they know peril of death awaiteth them, and no reward or riches is to be found, only to draw the people unto the Church of Rome...
Page 80 - When it raineth, it is his penthouse; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close; at all times he can use it; never heavy, never cumbersome.
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Page viii - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
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