The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1827 |
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... readers , of Collections of Letters illustrative of English History , we have been influenced much more by its being comparatively unknown , even by those whose studies would render them the most likely to be ac- quainted with it , than ...
... readers , of Collections of Letters illustrative of English History , we have been influenced much more by its being comparatively unknown , even by those whose studies would render them the most likely to be ac- quainted with it , than ...
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... readers ' time to dilate . They are highly estimated by all who understand their value : but they are so numerous , and , generally speaking , embrace such various periods of English history , that we flatter ourselves we shall perform ...
... readers ' time to dilate . They are highly estimated by all who understand their value : but they are so numerous , and , generally speaking , embrace such various periods of English history , that we flatter ourselves we shall perform ...
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... readers and to ourselves , to convey even an idea of its contents , excepting what may be gleaned from the fol- lowing slight account of the principal subjects . With the ex- ception of an " Epistle from Eleutherius Bishop of Rome , to ...
... readers and to ourselves , to convey even an idea of its contents , excepting what may be gleaned from the fol- lowing slight account of the principal subjects . With the ex- ception of an " Epistle from Eleutherius Bishop of Rome , to ...
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... reader ; the very pages partake of the disorder which characterizes every other part : thus , according to our copy ... readers . Not a note of the least value is to be found throughout the work , whilst of those which occur the only ...
... reader ; the very pages partake of the disorder which characterizes every other part : thus , according to our copy ... readers . Not a note of the least value is to be found throughout the work , whilst of those which occur the only ...
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... readers , for it presents a very affecting picture of the destitution to which that great man was reduced . It was evi- dently written about 1533 , and the purport was to ask whether she might approach the king , because , from the fear ...
... readers , for it presents a very affecting picture of the destitution to which that great man was reduced . It was evi- dently written about 1533 , and the purport was to ask whether she might approach the king , because , from the fear ...
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Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
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Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 376 - Tis filled wherever thou dost tread, Nature self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink and dance and sing, Happier than the happiest king! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants, belong to thee, All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice. Man for thee does sow and plow Farmer he, and landlord thou!
Page 376 - Prophet of the ripen'd year ! Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire ; Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect, happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know; But, when thou'st drunk, and danc'd, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Page 523 - Atkinson; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office...
Page 352 - As far as my memory can return back into my past life, before I knew or was capable of guessing what the world, or glories, or business of it were, the natural affections of my soul gave me a secret bent of aversion from them...
Page 358 - Gideon's miracle* was shown ; " For every tree and every herb around " With pearly dew was crown'd, " And upon all the quicken'd ground " The fruitful seed of heaven did brooding lie, " And nothing but the Muse's fleece was dry.
Page 376 - Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice.