English Studies: Or, Essays in English History and LiteratureJ. Murray, 1881 - 448 pages |
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Page xliii
... in the hot and thirsty land , to the valleys and green pastures , to the cedars of Libanus , to the fir - tree and the dwelling of the stork ; to the handful of corn on the top of the mountains , PSALMIST OF ISRAEL . xliii.
... in the hot and thirsty land , to the valleys and green pastures , to the cedars of Libanus , to the fir - tree and the dwelling of the stork ; to the handful of corn on the top of the mountains , PSALMIST OF ISRAEL . xliii.
Page xlvi
... land where no water is . ' Words cannot express a stronger love than this . It is not the love of one - if it deserves the name - who gazes with admiration on this marvellous frame of nature , or breaks out into admiration at the works ...
... land where no water is . ' Words cannot express a stronger love than this . It is not the love of one - if it deserves the name - who gazes with admiration on this marvellous frame of nature , or breaks out into admiration at the works ...
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... land , its forests , and its manors ; the rise and progress of its nobility and great families ; its pro- ceedings in Parliament ; its charters , its patents , its civil and criminal judicature . Whatever , in short , this kingdom has ...
... land , its forests , and its manors ; the rise and progress of its nobility and great families ; its pro- ceedings in Parliament ; its charters , its patents , its civil and criminal judicature . Whatever , in short , this kingdom has ...
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... land . ' Even as late as the reign of George III . large masses of public papers had so effectually disappeared that their very existence was forgotten . In 1763 , Mr. Edwards tells us , an officer of the Board of Trade had occasion to ...
... land . ' Even as late as the reign of George III . large masses of public papers had so effectually disappeared that their very existence was forgotten . In 1763 , Mr. Edwards tells us , an officer of the Board of Trade had occasion to ...
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... speculations . This man is in- vestigating the genealogy or ramifications of some great family ; another is inquiring into the variations of prices ; a third wishes to discover the relations of land and 14 ESSAY 1 . ENGLISH STUDIES .
... speculations . This man is in- vestigating the genealogy or ramifications of some great family ; another is inquiring into the variations of prices ; a third wishes to discover the relations of land and 14 ESSAY 1 . ENGLISH STUDIES .
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Page 243 - 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," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Page 185 - Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds: 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds : ) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath, shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Page 112 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 261 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 242 - ... ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his friends the office of their care and paine...
Page 243 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 217 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and, amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcote, near Stratford.
Page xlv - O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Page 227 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 112 - and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...