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Page 74
... prince of Cumberland , thought , says the historian , that he had a just quarrel to endeavour after the crown . The sense therefore is fortune smiling on his ex- ecrable cause , & c . NOTE III . IF I say sooth , I must report they were ...
... prince of Cumberland , thought , says the historian , that he had a just quarrel to endeavour after the crown . The sense therefore is fortune smiling on his ex- ecrable cause , & c . NOTE III . IF I say sooth , I must report they were ...
Page 207
... prince , who is the hero both of the comick and tragick part , is a young man of great abilities and violent passions , whose sentiments are right , though his actions are wrong ; whose virtues are obscured by negligence , and whose ...
... prince , who is the hero both of the comick and tragick part , is a young man of great abilities and violent passions , whose sentiments are right , though his actions are wrong ; whose virtues are obscured by negligence , and whose ...
Page 208
... prince only as an agent of vice , but of this familiarity he is so proud , as not only to be supercilious and haughty with common men , but to think his interest of importance to the duke of Lancaster . Yet the man thus corrupt , thus ...
... prince only as an agent of vice , but of this familiarity he is so proud , as not only to be supercilious and haughty with common men , but to think his interest of importance to the duke of Lancaster . Yet the man thus corrupt , thus ...
Page 219
... prince of Guinea or Madagascar . Shakespeare , indeed , by the mention of his earls and dukes , has given us the idea of times more civilized and of life regulated by softer manners ; and the truth is , that though he so nicely ...
... prince of Guinea or Madagascar . Shakespeare , indeed , by the mention of his earls and dukes , has given us the idea of times more civilized and of life regulated by softer manners ; and the truth is , that though he so nicely ...
Page 266
... prince was desirous to know something of the countries that lay beyond this formidable cape , and sent two commanders , named John Gonzales Zarco , and Tristan Vaz , in 1418 , to pass beyond 1 . Bajador , perhaps to Bajador , and survey ...
... prince was desirous to know something of the countries that lay beyond this formidable cape , and sent two commanders , named John Gonzales Zarco , and Tristan Vaz , in 1418 , to pass beyond 1 . Bajador , perhaps to Bajador , and survey ...
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