Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip SidneyThomas Wilson and Son, 1809 - 400 pages |
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... virtuous man , lose their edge , and fall upon him blunted and despoiled of their force . The complexion of Sir Philip Sidney's conduct through life , was without a stain or a blemish . He admitted none into his friendship but good and ...
... virtuous man , lose their edge , and fall upon him blunted and despoiled of their force . The complexion of Sir Philip Sidney's conduct through life , was without a stain or a blemish . He admitted none into his friendship but good and ...
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... virtuous employment . THE annals of modern history present us with many instances of eminent persons , who by the wonderful en- ergy of their natural powers , have arrived at an uncommon proficiency in science , during the earliest ...
... virtuous employment . THE annals of modern history present us with many instances of eminent persons , who by the wonderful en- ergy of their natural powers , have arrived at an uncommon proficiency in science , during the earliest ...
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... virtuous and accomplished English Nobleman in the 17th century gave his last advice to his only son , the day before he suffered death : " Serve God diligently , morning and evening , and recommend yourself unto " him , and have him ...
... virtuous and accomplished English Nobleman in the 17th century gave his last advice to his only son , the day before he suffered death : " Serve God diligently , morning and evening , and recommend yourself unto " him , and have him ...
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... virtuous Frenchman was ordered by his sovereign , Charles IX . to explain to the Queen of England the reasons they had for permitting . this horrid transaction : " I should , " said he , " Sire , make myself an accom-- 66 plice in that ...
... virtuous Frenchman was ordered by his sovereign , Charles IX . to explain to the Queen of England the reasons they had for permitting . this horrid transaction : " I should , " said he , " Sire , make myself an accom-- 66 plice in that ...
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... virtuous and most learned of his contemporaries . Lord Clarendon hath somewhere remarked , that " in the " whole course of his life he never knew one inan , of what condition soever , arrive to any degree of reputation 36 " in ( 4 ) The ...
... virtuous and most learned of his contemporaries . Lord Clarendon hath somewhere remarked , that " in the " whole course of his life he never knew one inan , of what condition soever , arrive to any degree of reputation 36 " in ( 4 ) The ...
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Page 200 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Page 337 - O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heav'nly breath.
Page 19 - I will report no other wonder than this, that, though I lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man ; with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years ; his talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind...
Page 266 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Page 385 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it.
Page 277 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : — O God, forgive him ! War.
Page 135 - Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by the judgment of the English eyes And of some sent from that sweet enemy, France...
Page 205 - Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While, in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Page 149 - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Page 337 - Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust, And thou my mind aspire to higher things: Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: What ever fades, but fading pleasure brings.