Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2Frederick Warne & Company, 1866 - Authors |
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... PRINCE HENRY , THE SON OF JAMES I. , WHEN · A CHILD · 186 • THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES 194 · · DIARIES - MORAL , HISTORICAL , AND CRITICAL 206 LICENSERS OF THE PRESS 216 OF ANAGRAMS AND ECHO VERSES 229 ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER ...
... PRINCE HENRY , THE SON OF JAMES I. , WHEN · A CHILD · 186 • THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES 194 · · DIARIES - MORAL , HISTORICAL , AND CRITICAL 206 LICENSERS OF THE PRESS 216 OF ANAGRAMS AND ECHO VERSES 229 ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER ...
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... PRINCE HENRY , THE SON OF JAMES I. , WHEN A . 186 194 . 206 216 229 237 239 243 245 256 . 270 274 277 281 292 . 300 303 308 . 311 . 317 . 326 . 336 349 CHILD THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES DIARIES — MORAL , HISTORICAL , AND ...
... PRINCE HENRY , THE SON OF JAMES I. , WHEN A . 186 194 . 206 216 229 237 239 243 245 256 . 270 274 277 281 292 . 300 303 308 . 311 . 317 . 326 . 336 349 CHILD THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES DIARIES — MORAL , HISTORICAL , AND ...
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... Prince of Wales , in case of rupture , that no impediment of the marriage proceeded from the court of Rome , who , on the contrary , had expedited the dispensation . The prince's excursion to Madrid was , however , universally blamed ...
... Prince of Wales , in case of rupture , that no impediment of the marriage proceeded from the court of Rome , who , on the contrary , had expedited the dispensation . The prince's excursion to Madrid was , however , universally blamed ...
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... prince would not fail of accomplishing this union , and also the restitution of the electorate to his son - in - law the palatine . Add to this , the Earl of Bristol , the English ambassador - extraordinary at the court of Madrid ...
... prince would not fail of accomplishing this union , and also the restitution of the electorate to his son - in - law the palatine . Add to this , the Earl of Bristol , the English ambassador - extraordinary at the court of Madrid ...
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... prince might distinguish her , and as soon as she saw the prince her colour rose very high . " - Wilson informs us that " two days after this interview the prince was in- vited to run at the ring , where his fair mistress was a spec ...
... prince might distinguish her , and as soon as she saw the prince her colour rose very high . " - Wilson informs us that " two days after this interview the prince was in- vited to run at the ring , where his fair mistress was a spec ...
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Page 429 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 443 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Page 93 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Page 98 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Page 309 - I may scape, I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape, That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to beast...
Page 103 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind; Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.
Page 94 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
Page 94 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.
Page 309 - ... which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into this horn, whereto they put a stopple. Since the wars I do not remember to have seen any one of them.