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... months previously ; and on the 21st May he and his consort were solemnly crowned in the Abbey Church at Scone . " James found his kingdom a scene of anarchy and rapine , through the lawless conduct of the rude and turbulent barons ...
... months previously ; and on the 21st May he and his consort were solemnly crowned in the Abbey Church at Scone . " James found his kingdom a scene of anarchy and rapine , through the lawless conduct of the rude and turbulent barons ...
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... months , and was then tried for high treason , found guilty , and condemned to be beheaded . " He was conveyed back to the Tower in a barge with the axe carried before him , with its edge turned towards him , to signify his sentence ...
... months , and was then tried for high treason , found guilty , and condemned to be beheaded . " He was conveyed back to the Tower in a barge with the axe carried before him , with its edge turned towards him , to signify his sentence ...
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... month following , Tyrone's rebellion broke out , and Kilcolman was attacked by a band of rebels who sacked and burnt the house . Spenser and his wife escaped , but their new born babe was consumed in the flames . Broken in EDMUND ...
... month following , Tyrone's rebellion broke out , and Kilcolman was attacked by a band of rebels who sacked and burnt the house . Spenser and his wife escaped , but their new born babe was consumed in the flames . Broken in EDMUND ...
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... months , and among his earlier productions were : the three parts of Henry VI . , Love's Labour Lost , A Midsummer Night's Dream , The Comedy of Errors , Taming of the Shrew , Two Gentlemen of Verona , Romeo and Juliet , and the first ...
... months , and among his earlier productions were : the three parts of Henry VI . , Love's Labour Lost , A Midsummer Night's Dream , The Comedy of Errors , Taming of the Shrew , Two Gentlemen of Verona , Romeo and Juliet , and the first ...
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... month later , and Taylor dedicated his new work to the king . Charles appointed him bishop of Down and Connor , to which he was consecrated in Jan. 1661. He was shortly afterwards appointed a member of the Irish Privy Council , and , in ...
... month later , and Taylor dedicated his new work to the king . Charles appointed him bishop of Down and Connor , to which he was consecrated in Jan. 1661. He was shortly afterwards appointed a member of the Irish Privy Council , and , in ...
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Page 36 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 37 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 129 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 205 - Wordsworth on the other hand, |was to propose to himself as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us; an inexhaustible treasure, but for which, in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes, yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor...
Page 113 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Page 209 - Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native Mountains, with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary Work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own Mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him for such employment. As subsidiary to this preparation, he undertook to record, in Verse, the origin and progress of his own powers, as far as he was acquainted with them.
Page 127 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 35 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Page 205 - ... modifying colours of the imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape, appeared to represent the practicability of combining both.
Page 154 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannize Without reproach or check.