Walton's Lives of Dr. John Donne: Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert SandersonH. Washbourne, 1857 - 456 pages |
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... person represented : certain I am , it is to the advantage of the beholder , who shall here see the Author's picture in a natural dress , which ought to beget faith in what is spoken : for he that wants skill to deceive , may safely be ...
... person represented : certain I am , it is to the advantage of the beholder , who shall here see the Author's picture in a natural dress , which ought to beget faith in what is spoken : for he that wants skill to deceive , may safely be ...
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... persons who by nature had a power and superiority over my will , and others who by their learning and good life seemed to me justly to claime an interest for the guiding and rectifying of mine understanding in these matters . " promised ...
... persons who by nature had a power and superiority over my will , and others who by their learning and good life seemed to me justly to claime an interest for the guiding and rectifying of mine understanding in these matters . " promised ...
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... person and be- haviour , took him to be his chief Secretary ; supposing and intending it to be an introduction to some more weighty employment in the State ; for which , his Lord- ship did often protest , he thought him very fit . F Nor ...
... person and be- haviour , took him to be his chief Secretary ; supposing and intending it to be an introduction to some more weighty employment in the State ; for which , his Lord- ship did often protest , he thought him very fit . F Nor ...
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... person , but myself , well of my family : I have already lost half a child , and , with that mischance of hers , my ... Persons of Honour , " 1651 , 1654 , they were therefore most probably copied from the origi- nals . Dr. Zouch quotes ...
... person , but myself , well of my family : I have already lost half a child , and , with that mischance of hers , my ... Persons of Honour , " 1651 , 1654 , they were therefore most probably copied from the origi- nals . Dr. Zouch quotes ...
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... Person of Honour , and of such intimacy with him , that he knew more of the secrets of his soul , than any person then living : and I think he told me the truth ; for it was told with such circumstances , and such asseveration , that to ...
... Person of Honour , and of such intimacy with him , that he knew more of the secrets of his soul , than any person then living : and I think he told me the truth ; for it was told with such circumstances , and such asseveration , that to ...
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Page 137 - You violets that first appear. By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not designed Th' eclipse and glory of her kind.
Page 341 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Page 59 - Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 192 - ... not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it.
Page 132 - An Ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Page 146 - To another, whose earnestness exceeded his knowledge, and was still railing against the papists, he gave this advice: "Pray, sir, forbear till you have studied the points " better; for the wise Italians have this proverb: He that " understands amiss concludes worse. And take heed of " thinking, the farther you go from the church of Rome,
Page 288 - I women's eyes for crystal take? Such poor invention burns in their low mind Whose fire is wild, and doth not upward go To praise, and on thee, Lord, some ink bestow. Open the bones, and you shall nothing find In the best face but filth; when, Lord, in Thee The beauty lies in the discovery. GH...
Page 295 - These seals he gave or sent to most of those friends on which he put a value ; and at Mr. Herbert's death these verses were found wrapt up with that seal which was by the Doctor given to him : " When my dear friend could write no more, He gave this seal, and so gave o'er. " When winds and waves rise highest, I am sure ; This anchor keeps my faith, that me secure.
Page 314 - To my successor. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost.
Page 59 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.