New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and Epistolary Writers ...C.& C. Whittingham, 1827 |
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... person , pursuing no pleasures but those which his hawks and hounds afforded , he was content with the patrimonial desmesnes of the crown ; and was able to assert , even after the abolition of that fruitful source of revenue , the ...
... person , pursuing no pleasures but those which his hawks and hounds afforded , he was content with the patrimonial desmesnes of the crown ; and was able to assert , even after the abolition of that fruitful source of revenue , the ...
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... person he was short and cor- pulent , with flaxen hair , and a ruddy complexion : from which last circumstance he derived the name of Rufus , or the red . In ordinary conver- sation his utterance was slow and embarrassed ; in the hurry ...
... person he was short and cor- pulent , with flaxen hair , and a ruddy complexion : from which last circumstance he derived the name of Rufus , or the red . In ordinary conver- sation his utterance was slow and embarrassed ; in the hurry ...
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... persons have equalled him in abstemiousness , none perhaps in activity . He was perpetually in motion , on foot or on ... person whom he had previously seen . He was eloquent , affable , facetious ; uniting with the dignity of the prince ...
... persons have equalled him in abstemiousness , none perhaps in activity . He was perpetually in motion , on foot or on ... person whom he had previously seen . He was eloquent , affable , facetious ; uniting with the dignity of the prince ...
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... person . He was jealous of every species of authority which did not emanate from himself , and which was not subservient to his will . His pride delighted in confounding the most haughty of his nobles , and depressing the most powerful ...
... person . He was jealous of every species of authority which did not emanate from himself , and which was not subservient to his will . His pride delighted in confounding the most haughty of his nobles , and depressing the most powerful ...
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... person he was tall , but well proportioned : the length of his arm gave additional force to his stroke ; and when he was once placed in his saddle , no struggle of his horse , no violence of the enemy could dislodge him from his seat ...
... person he was tall , but well proportioned : the length of his arm gave additional force to his stroke ; and when he was once placed in his saddle , no struggle of his horse , no violence of the enemy could dislodge him from his seat ...
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285 페이지 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
277 페이지 - ... human nature at one glance, and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion, That the philosopher, and even the man of the world, may be born, as well as the poet.
171 페이지 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
276 페이지 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her.
169 페이지 - I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them....
216 페이지 - He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested.
275 페이지 - He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul.
103 페이지 - He was not a man of blood, and totally declined Machiavel's method, which prescribes, upon any alteration of government, as a thing absolutely necessary, to cut off all the heads of those, and extirpate their families, who are friends to the old one. It was confidently reported that, in the council of officers, it was more than once proposed, " that there might be a general massacre of all the royal party, as " the only expedient to secure the government " : but that Cromwell would never consent...
99 페이지 - But his greatness at home was but a shadow of the glory he had abroad. It was hard to discover which feared him most, France, Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it.
338 페이지 - Mahomet must have been gradually stained: and the influence of such pernicious habits would be poorly compensated by the practice of the personal and social virtues which are necessary to maintain the reputation of a prophet among his sectaries and friends. Of his last years, ambition was the ruling passion; and a politician will suspect that he secretly smiled (the victorious impostor!) at the enthusiasm of his youth and the credulity of his proselytes.