Library for the people. (Division 1). The wonders of nature and art. (Division 2). (A display of the arts of life and society). (Division 3). Worthies of the United Kingdom. (Division 4) [entitled] The chimney corner companion, Issue 21827 |
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... means or other the great advantage which the enemy had over him by their numbers . To this end he pitched upon a narrow piece of ground for the field of battle , with a forest behind him , that secured him from ambuscades in the rear ...
... means or other the great advantage which the enemy had over him by their numbers . To this end he pitched upon a narrow piece of ground for the field of battle , with a forest behind him , that secured him from ambuscades in the rear ...
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... means , or with the aid of the aboriginal inhabitants , who had remained discontented with the ascendancy of the Saxons , cannot be ascer- tained ; but the historians remark , that the Cornishmen , the subjects of the ancient duchy of ...
... means , or with the aid of the aboriginal inhabitants , who had remained discontented with the ascendancy of the Saxons , cannot be ascer- tained ; but the historians remark , that the Cornishmen , the subjects of the ancient duchy of ...
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... means of raising again his standard , Alfred assumed the habit of a peasant , and took refuge in a neat - herd's cottage , in the isle of Athelny , a gentle rising ground of about two acres in extent , situated in a morass not far from ...
... means of raising again his standard , Alfred assumed the habit of a peasant , and took refuge in a neat - herd's cottage , in the isle of Athelny , a gentle rising ground of about two acres in extent , situated in a morass not far from ...
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... means , but he had also to struggle against difficulties which would have extinguished the infant desire in a mind of less energy . His principal obstacle was the want of instructors . " What , " says Asser , his friend , who , happily ...
... means , but he had also to struggle against difficulties which would have extinguished the infant desire in a mind of less energy . His principal obstacle was the want of instructors . " What , " says Asser , his friend , who , happily ...
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... means of communicating this scheme to the prince , and of getting a horse of extraordinary fleetness conveyed to him . The prince , in conse- quence of this plan , feigned himself indisposed for some days , and then pretending to ...
... means of communicating this scheme to the prince , and of getting a horse of extraordinary fleetness conveyed to him . The prince , in conse- quence of this plan , feigned himself indisposed for some days , and then pretending to ...
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Page 368 - MY loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Page 284 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand!
Page 215 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 284 - Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Page 306 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 250 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 281 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London.
Page 285 - They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms: And then the whining school-boy with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school.
Page 281 - It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Page 345 - ... them; and that these primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation.