The Retrospective Review, Volume 7Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 |
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... observe the monthly fast ; and in my passage , with a thankful heart I shall ever acknowledge it , I was guarded by a convoy of sixteen soldiers , who faced about two hundred of the enemies forces , and put them all to flight . Upon the ...
... observe the monthly fast ; and in my passage , with a thankful heart I shall ever acknowledge it , I was guarded by a convoy of sixteen soldiers , who faced about two hundred of the enemies forces , and put them all to flight . Upon the ...
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... observe , that many a parliament- soldier hath been more chearful in a prison , than this discoursing engineer , and learned captive was in a palace . Believe it , reader , believe it , that neither gifts , nor parts , nor profession ...
... observe , that many a parliament- soldier hath been more chearful in a prison , than this discoursing engineer , and learned captive was in a palace . Believe it , reader , believe it , that neither gifts , nor parts , nor profession ...
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... Observations . And lastly , the Secret His- tory of Lewis XI . out of a book called The Scandalous Chroni- cle , and the Life of the Author prefixed to the whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from ...
... Observations . And lastly , the Secret His- tory of Lewis XI . out of a book called The Scandalous Chroni- cle , and the Life of the Author prefixed to the whole , with Notes upon it , by the famous Sleidan . Faithfully translated from ...
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... observe the contents of the truce , which was , that it should stand firm and good for nine years complete ; that the allies on both sides should be comprehended ; and that the marriage between their children should be consummated as ...
... observe the contents of the truce , which was , that it should stand firm and good for nine years complete ; that the allies on both sides should be comprehended ; and that the marriage between their children should be consummated as ...
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... observations , evinces pro- found reflection and rational piety . The fifth book of these memoirs commences with the Duke of Burgundy's making war upon the Swiss , from whom he experienced his first material defeat , which was soon fol ...
... observations , evinces pro- found reflection and rational piety . The fifth book of these memoirs commences with the Duke of Burgundy's making war upon the Swiss , from whom he experienced his first material defeat , which was soon fol ...
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Page 403 - As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring...
Page 395 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...
Page 396 - When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth.
Page 392 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 396 - I'll read, his for his love." XXXIII Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace.
Page 404 - He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need : If thou sorrow, he will weep ; If thou wake, he cannot sleep ; Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 394 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Page 6 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
Page 383 - In limning out a well-proportion'd steed, His art with nature's workmanship at strife, As if the dead the living should exceed; So did this horse excel a common one In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone.
Page 399 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.