 These bountiful beginnings raise all men's spirits, and put them in great hopes, insomuch that not only Protestants, but Papists, and Puritans, and the very poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour, so that to satisfy...  The Scottish Historical Review - Page 1131909Full view - About this book
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 700 pages
...spirits, and put them in great hopes, insomuch that not only Protestants, but Papists and Puritans, and the very Poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour; so that to justify and please all, hie labor, hoc opus est; and would be more than a man's work. The... | |
 | Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams - 1848 - 526 pages
...spirits, and put them in great hopes, insomuch that not only Protestants, but Papists, and Puritans, and the very poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour, so that to satisfy or please all, hie labor, hoc opus est, and would be more than a man's work. The... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1848 - 506 pages
...spirits, and put them in great hopes, insomuch that not only Protestants, but Papists, and Puritans, and the very poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour, so that to satisfy or please all, hie labor, hoc opus est, and would be more than a man's work. The... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 690 pages
...spirits, and put them in great hopes, insomuch that not only Protestants, but Papists and Puritans, and the very Poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour; so that to justify and please all, hie labor, hoc opus est ; and would be more than a man's work. The... | |
 | David Loewenstein, Janel M. Mueller - 2002 - 1064 pages
...gave poets hope that they would enjoy new prominence and esteem. John Chamberlain cynically observed, 'the very poets, with their idle pamphlets, promise themselves great part in his favour'.5 In the first years after his accession, there were from three to seven times as many books... | |
 | James Doelman - 2000 - 204 pages
...stirred many men to rush north to meet the new king. Among these were men with poetic inclinations: "the very poets with their idle pamphlets promise themselves great part in his favor", wrote John Chamberlain.4 Early on, James confirmed his reputation for generosity, already knighting... | |
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