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... Popery and yet no Popery , there was And indeed it now began to be the general complaint of most moderate men that many in the University , both in the schools and pulpits , approached the opinions of the Church of Rome nearer than ever ...
... Popery and yet no Popery , there was And indeed it now began to be the general complaint of most moderate men that many in the University , both in the schools and pulpits , approached the opinions of the Church of Rome nearer than ever ...
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... Popery . " The latter Committee almost at once reported to the House , to quote from Marvell's letter of the 27th of October , ' that his Majesty be desired to issue out his proclamation that all Popish priests and Jesuits , except such ...
... Popery . " The latter Committee almost at once reported to the House , to quote from Marvell's letter of the 27th of October , ' that his Majesty be desired to issue out his proclamation that all Popish priests and Jesuits , except such ...
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... Popery . " This was the state of the controversy when Marvell entered upon it with his Rehearsal Transprosed , a fantastic title he borrowed for no very good reasons Parker was a man of some taste , and I have in my small collection a ...
... Popery . " This was the state of the controversy when Marvell entered upon it with his Rehearsal Transprosed , a fantastic title he borrowed for no very good reasons Parker was a man of some taste , and I have in my small collection a ...
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... Popery , " deals after Marvell's own fashion with all three of Parker's books , the Ecclesiastical Politie , the Bramhall Preface , and the Defence of the Ecclesias- tical Politie . It is by no means so easy to give a fair notion of the ...
... Popery , " deals after Marvell's own fashion with all three of Parker's books , the Ecclesiastical Politie , the Bramhall Preface , and the Defence of the Ecclesias- tical Politie . It is by no means so easy to give a fair notion of the ...
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... Popery and Arbitrary Government in England , " printed at Amsterdam and recommended to the reading of all English Protestants , 1678 , which made a prodigious stir and ( it is sad to think ) paved the way for the " Popish Plot ...
... Popery and Arbitrary Government in England , " printed at Amsterdam and recommended to the reading of all English Protestants , 1678 , which made a prodigious stir and ( it is sad to think ) paved the way for the " Popish Plot ...
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Page 45 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 89 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 47 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near, And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Page 46 - Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews.
Page 45 - While all flowers and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose. Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, And Innocence, thy sister dear? Mistaken long, I sought you then In busy companies of men.
Page 66 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 21 - Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 44 - Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines ; Curl me about, ye gadding vines ; And oh so close your circles lace, That I may never leave this place : But lest your fetters prove too weak, Ere I your silken bondage break, Do you, O brambles, chain me too, And, courteous briars, nail me through.
Page 74 - I saw him dead : a leaden slumber lies, And mortal sleep over those wakeful eyes ; Those gentle rays under the lids were fled, Which through his looks that piercing sweetness shed ; That port, which so majestic was and strong, Loose, and deprived of vigour, stretched along ; All withered, all...
Page 228 - Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and combs its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light.