Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and PoetryLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 - 526 pages |
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... says Dr. Aikin , " more nearly to the idea of a perfect man , as well as of a perfect knight , than any character of any age or nation . " * This perfection of character is shewn by these particulars : that from his boyhood he was eager ...
... says Dr. Aikin , " more nearly to the idea of a perfect man , as well as of a perfect knight , than any character of any age or nation . " * This perfection of character is shewn by these particulars : that from his boyhood he was eager ...
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... says of him , in a letter to his second son , Robert Sidney : " Follow the advice of your most loving brother , who in loving you is comparable with me , or exceedeth me . Imitate his virtues , exercises , studies , and actions . He is ...
... says of him , in a letter to his second son , Robert Sidney : " Follow the advice of your most loving brother , who in loving you is comparable with me , or exceedeth me . Imitate his virtues , exercises , studies , and actions . He is ...
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... says , - That stately oak , Itself hath mouldered now : Zouch , in his life of Sir Philip , on the contrary , says it was cut down in 1768. It is probable that both statements are erroneous ; for the oak which tradition has called " the ...
... says , - That stately oak , Itself hath mouldered now : Zouch , in his life of Sir Philip , on the contrary , says it was cut down in 1768. It is probable that both statements are erroneous ; for the oak which tradition has called " the ...
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... , when they see Those proud , ambitious heaps , and nothing else , May say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - The Forrest , ii . The one The house now presents two principal fronts . 16 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
... , when they see Those proud , ambitious heaps , and nothing else , May say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - The Forrest , ii . The one The house now presents two principal fronts . 16 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
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... I shall have more to say anon , bears externally every mark of a very ancient building . Since the above was written the cupola and vases have been removed . The south side of the house has all the irregularity 20 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
... I shall have more to say anon , bears externally every mark of a very ancient building . Since the above was written the cupola and vases have been removed . The south side of the house has all the irregularity 20 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
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Page 258 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Page 261 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
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Page 193 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
Page 256 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.
Page 193 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.