The Retrospective Review, Volume 12Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1825 - Books |
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... once in the University , you say ? Pol . That did I , my Lord ; and was accounted a good actor . * See Masters's Hist . of Corpus Christi Coll . p . 5 . 1 Haml . And what did you enact ? Pol University of Cambridge . 7.
... once in the University , you say ? Pol . That did I , my Lord ; and was accounted a good actor . * See Masters's Hist . of Corpus Christi Coll . p . 5 . 1 Haml . And what did you enact ? Pol University of Cambridge . 7.
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... . Speaking upon this play , Dr. Johnson says , in his Life of Milton , " That he once heard Mr. Hampton , the translator of Polybius , remark , that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the revival of 18 Latin Plays acted before the.
... . Speaking upon this play , Dr. Johnson says , in his Life of Milton , " That he once heard Mr. Hampton , the translator of Polybius , remark , that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the revival of 18 Latin Plays acted before the.
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... once in three or four yeares , ) and that by the particular statutes of those houses , made in times of popéry , which require some Latine comedies , for learning - sake onely , to bee acted now and then ; which playes , as they are ...
... once in three or four yeares , ) and that by the particular statutes of those houses , made in times of popéry , which require some Latine comedies , for learning - sake onely , to bee acted now and then ; which playes , as they are ...
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... spirit could have been at once so intimately mingled with the body , on first entering this state . He , therefore , concludes that the soul hath always a tenuous and subtle body , though we know not its Two Choice and Useful Treatises .
... spirit could have been at once so intimately mingled with the body , on first entering this state . He , therefore , concludes that the soul hath always a tenuous and subtle body , though we know not its Two Choice and Useful Treatises .
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... once removed ; here is the difference - one applauds the grinder , the other the grist . Never , till now , could I verify the poet's description , that the ravenous harpy had a human visage . Death himself cannot quit scores with him ...
... once removed ; here is the difference - one applauds the grinder , the other the grist . Never , till now , could I verify the poet's description , that the ravenous harpy had a human visage . Death himself cannot quit scores with him ...
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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 247 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs; and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...