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Page 145
... published abroad a complete Bible in folio , professing to be " truly and purely translated into English by Thomas Matthew . " This was formed out of the translations of Tyndal and Coverdale , under the superintendence of John Rogers ...
... published abroad a complete Bible in folio , professing to be " truly and purely translated into English by Thomas Matthew . " This was formed out of the translations of Tyndal and Coverdale , under the superintendence of John Rogers ...
Page 146
... published at Paris in 1521 , the year in which Luther appeared at the Diet of Worms . This book , by a Scottish doctor of the Sorbonne , was not sparing in condemnation of the corruptions of the clergy and the usurpations of the court ...
... published at Paris in 1521 , the year in which Luther appeared at the Diet of Worms . This book , by a Scottish doctor of the Sorbonne , was not sparing in condemnation of the corruptions of the clergy and the usurpations of the court ...
Page 149
... published . In 1709 , his " Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britan- nicis , " edited by Anthony Hall , was published in two volumes ; and in 1715 , his " Collectanea de Rebus Britannicis , " edited by Thomas Hearne , was published in six ...
... published . In 1709 , his " Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britan- nicis , " edited by Anthony Hall , was published in two volumes ; and in 1715 , his " Collectanea de Rebus Britannicis , " edited by Thomas Hearne , was published in six ...
Page 184
... published in 1535 was called " Of Gentylnes and Nobylyte : a Dyaloge between the Marchaunt , the Knyght , and the Plowman , compiled in maner of an Enterlude , with divers Toys and Gestis added thereto to make Mery Pastyme and Disport ...
... published in 1535 was called " Of Gentylnes and Nobylyte : a Dyaloge between the Marchaunt , the Knyght , and the Plowman , compiled in maner of an Enterlude , with divers Toys and Gestis added thereto to make Mery Pastyme and Disport ...
Page 196
... published in 1581. This appeared in " Ten Books of Homer's Iliades." It was not translated from the Greek direct ... published a translation of wiother Latin invective, written by Thomas Kirchmeyer, which he called "The Popish Kingdome ...
... published in 1581. This appeared in " Ten Books of Homer's Iliades." It was not translated from the Greek direct ... published a translation of wiother Latin invective, written by Thomas Kirchmeyer, which he called "The Popish Kingdome ...
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Page 312 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 465 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
Page 317 - ... bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. These pleasures, Melancholy, give; And I with thee will choose to live.
Page 348 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 131 - I defer to speak at this time and understood at the last not only that there was no room in my lord of London's palace to translate the new testament, but also that there was no place to do it in all England, as experience doth now openly declare.
Page 425 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support...
Page 278 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time!
Page 435 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 386 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of highest wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close.
Page 123 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.