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... perhaps at firft only neglected Spenser , conceiv'd afterwards a Hatred of him for fome Reflections , which he apprehended were made on him in his Mother Hubberd's Tale . In this Poem the Author has indeed in the moft live- ly manner ...
... perhaps at firft only neglected Spenser , conceiv'd afterwards a Hatred of him for fome Reflections , which he apprehended were made on him in his Mother Hubberd's Tale . In this Poem the Author has indeed in the moft live- ly manner ...
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... perhaps was repair'd , and is wholly different from the Original one ; which indeed is mentioned by Dr. Ful- ler , and others * , to have been in Latin . In a little Latin Treatife , defcribing the Monuments of Westminster in the Year ...
... perhaps was repair'd , and is wholly different from the Original one ; which indeed is mentioned by Dr. Ful- ler , and others * , to have been in Latin . In a little Latin Treatife , defcribing the Monuments of Westminster in the Year ...
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... perhaps of itself appear some reasona- ble way to fettle a found and perfect Rule of Government , by fhunning the former Evils , and following the offered Good . The which Me- thod we may learn of the wife Physicians , which first ...
... perhaps of itself appear some reasona- ble way to fettle a found and perfect Rule of Government , by fhunning the former Evils , and following the offered Good . The which Me- thod we may learn of the wife Physicians , which first ...
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... perhaps it fitted well with the State of England then being , and was readily obeyed through the power of the Commander , which had before fubdued the People unto him , and made , eafie way to the fettling of his Will ; yet with the ...
... perhaps it fitted well with the State of England then being , and was readily obeyed through the power of the Commander , which had before fubdued the People unto him , and made , eafie way to the fettling of his Will ; yet with the ...
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... perhaps an Infant , another peradventure would ftep in between , or thruft him out by ftrong hand , being then unable to defend his Right , or to withstand the Force of a . Foreigner ; and therefore they do appoint the e'deft : eldeft ...
... perhaps an Infant , another peradventure would ftep in between , or thruft him out by ftrong hand , being then unable to defend his Right , or to withstand the Force of a . Foreigner ; and therefore they do appoint the e'deft : eldeft ...
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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.
Page 81 - ... in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or...
Page 7 - It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another, in which oftentimes there appeareth great shew of equity, in determining the right between party and party, but in many things repugning quite both to God's law and man's...
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...
Page 29 - ... so commodiously, as that, if some princes in the world had them, they would soon hope to be lords of all the seas, and ere long of all the world.
Page 29 - ... and ere long of all the world : also full of very good ports and havens opening upon England, as inviting us to come unto them, to see what excellent commodities that country can afford; besides, the soil itself most fertile, fit to yield all kind of fruit that shall be committed thereunto.