The Retrospective Review, Volume 12Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1825 - Books |
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... reason , ) all well - regulated States have judged it proper , both in a political and moral sense , to have some public exhibitions , for the entertainment of the people . In tracing the rise and progress of the drama , the purposes to ...
... reason , ) all well - regulated States have judged it proper , both in a political and moral sense , to have some public exhibitions , for the entertainment of the people . In tracing the rise and progress of the drama , the purposes to ...
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... reason to suppose ) acted in the different Colleges . The most celebrated actors were the men of Trinity , St. John's , and King's Colleges : with the exceptions of two Plays at Christ's , [ Pammachius , and Gammer Gurton's Needle ...
... reason to suppose ) acted in the different Colleges . The most celebrated actors were the men of Trinity , St. John's , and King's Colleges : with the exceptions of two Plays at Christ's , [ Pammachius , and Gammer Gurton's Needle ...
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... reason to be surprised at this circumstance ; particularly when we know , that she not only witnessed a Play of Plautus in King's College Chapel , on a Sunday , but did not scruple to be present at that of Marcus Geminus , on the same ...
... reason to be surprised at this circumstance ; particularly when we know , that she not only witnessed a Play of Plautus in King's College Chapel , on a Sunday , but did not scruple to be present at that of Marcus Geminus , on the same ...
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amongst the crowds the night following , and thereat he gave this reason ; -that their skulls , by the appointment of some of their fellows , had gathered and layd up in the tower as many stones as would fill a large studye . The ...
amongst the crowds the night following , and thereat he gave this reason ; -that their skulls , by the appointment of some of their fellows , had gathered and layd up in the tower as many stones as would fill a large studye . The ...
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... reasons and arguments against painting , spots , naked backs , breasts , arms , & c . See Much Ado about Nothing , Actii . , Scene 3. “ And her hair shall be of what colour it please God ; " and Act iii . , Scene iv .; and the variorum ...
... reasons and arguments against painting , spots , naked backs , breasts , arms , & c . See Much Ado about Nothing , Actii . , Scene 3. “ And her hair shall be of what colour it please God ; " and Act iii . , Scene iv .; and the variorum ...
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Page 81 - Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 99 - I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me! I am myself alone.
Page 84 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 160 - Why stand ye still ye virgins in amaze, Upon her so to gaze, Whiles ye forget your former lay to sing, To which the woods did answer, and your eccho ring?
Page 150 - 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 to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 164 - And each one had a little wicker basket, Made of fine twigs, entrailed curiously, In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket, And with fine fingers cropt full feateously The tender stalks on high.
Page 82 - GLORY be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
Page 18 - Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year, by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment. I once heard Mr Hampton, the translator of Polybius, remark, what I think is true, that Milton was the first Englishman who, after the revival of letters, wrote Latin verses with classic elegance.
Page 281 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 73 - Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum Odit uterque locus, quum solos credat habendos Esse Deos, quos ipse colit.