Walton's Lives, with notes. The life of dr. Donne [ed. by T.E. Tomlins].1852 |
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... lord and master ; and , was then gathering the scattered pieces of an old broken boat , to make a funeral pile to burn it , which was the custom of the Romans ) - " Who art thou , that alone hast the honour to bury the body of Pompey ...
... lord and master ; and , was then gathering the scattered pieces of an old broken boat , to make a funeral pile to burn it , which was the custom of the Romans ) - " Who art thou , that alone hast the honour to bury the body of Pompey ...
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... lord chancellor of pany ) ; and with Master Richard Chamberlayn ( Sheriff of London , 1562 , ) was appointed one of ... lords Teynham , and died in 1544. It was she , who after her parent's execution , found means to obtain possession of ...
... lord chancellor of pany ) ; and with Master Richard Chamberlayn ( Sheriff of London , 1562 , ) was appointed one of ... lords Teynham , and died in 1544. It was she , who after her parent's execution , found means to obtain possession of ...
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... lords of the sea , occasioned by the Author being in their army at Duke's Wood . " Heathen ! no more thy Neptune boast ; here see A neptune more lord of the sea than he ! Whom fruitful Holland feeds ; Holland , sea bred , And neighb ...
... lords of the sea , occasioned by the Author being in their army at Duke's Wood . " Heathen ! no more thy Neptune boast ; here see A neptune more lord of the sea than he ! Whom fruitful Holland feeds ; Holland , sea bred , And neighb ...
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... Lord High Admiral , and the earl of Essex , General of the land forces . Sacred to the liberties and the reformed religion of England , with a thankful remembrance of preservation from threatened destruction by the " invincible armada ...
... Lord High Admiral , and the earl of Essex , General of the land forces . Sacred to the liberties and the reformed religion of England , with a thankful remembrance of preservation from threatened destruction by the " invincible armada ...
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... Lord give thou thy blessed graunt . Amen . " In " her Maties letters ' wreten with her oune hande , ' to the twoo Lo : Generalls , " [ from the same depository , ] she writes : " I make this humble bill of requeste to Him yt all makes ...
... Lord give thou thy blessed graunt . Amen . " In " her Maties letters ' wreten with her oune hande , ' to the twoo Lo : Generalls , " [ from the same depository , ] she writes : " I make this humble bill of requeste to Him yt all makes ...
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Page 54 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 56 - As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say 'The breath goes now,' and some say 'No'; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears, Men reckon what it did and meant; But trepidation of the spheres, Though greater far, is innocent. Dull sublunary lovers...
Page 119 - The Lord was ready to save me : therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
Page 50 - Song Sweetest love, I do not go For weariness of thee, Nor in hope the world can show A fitter love for me...
Page 36 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 136 - Doubtless it cannot ; and yet, after some faint pauses in his zealous prayer, his strong desires enabled his weak body to discharge his memory of his preconceived meditations, which were of dying; the text being to God the Lord belong the issues from death.
Page 111 - I have the rather mentioned this hymn, for that he caused it to be set to a most grave and solemn tune, and to be often sung to the organ by the choristers of St. Paul's Church, in his own hearing ; especially at the evening service ; and at his return from his customary devotions in that place, did occasionally say to a friend, ' The words of this hymn have restored to me the same thoughts of joy that possessed my soul in my sickness, when I composed it.
Page 150 - His melting eye showed that he had a soft heart, full of noble compassion; of too brave a soul to offer injuries, and too much a Christian not to pardon them in others.
Page 107 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign ; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.
Page 15 - About the nineteenth year of his age, he, being then unresolved what religion to adhere to, and considering how much it concerned his soul to choose the most orthodox, did therefore — though his youth and health promised him a long life — to...