State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution ...J. Robson, 1766 |
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... hands of a mighty man ; and happy is that old courtier that hath his quiver full of them , he shall not be afbamed when he speaks with his Enemies in the gate . The old man commends Wolfey to Hen- ry the Seventh for one fit to ferve a ...
... hands of a mighty man ; and happy is that old courtier that hath his quiver full of them , he shall not be afbamed when he speaks with his Enemies in the gate . The old man commends Wolfey to Hen- ry the Seventh for one fit to ferve a ...
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... hand he brought into danger , making the Duke of Bourbon General against the King of France to revenge himself ; and yet making an underhand peace with France ( which the Duke knew not of , till he took the inftrument of peace fealed at ...
... hand he brought into danger , making the Duke of Bourbon General against the King of France to revenge himself ; and yet making an underhand peace with France ( which the Duke knew not of , till he took the inftrument of peace fealed at ...
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... hands , fo they who failed in their fuits generally bated him : all which , though it did but exafpe- rate his ill nature , yet this good refultance followed , that it made him take the more care to be juft : whereof alfo be obtained ...
... hands , fo they who failed in their fuits generally bated him : all which , though it did but exafpe- rate his ill nature , yet this good refultance followed , that it made him take the more care to be juft : whereof alfo be obtained ...
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... hand ; and the greatest thing king H. 8. faw , he faith , was the delivery of those keys by the duke , into his hand : infomuch that defpairing of greater , the one died that year , the other the next . Queen Elizabeth being to employ a ...
... hand ; and the greatest thing king H. 8. faw , he faith , was the delivery of those keys by the duke , into his hand : infomuch that defpairing of greater , the one died that year , the other the next . Queen Elizabeth being to employ a ...
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... hands with defpair ; he calleth his council of war about him , and difcovered the affliction of his ftate , the ... hand of the enemy ) but Zeal staggereth at the refolution , and being loath to loose hope as long as hope had thread ...
... hands with defpair ; he calleth his council of war about him , and difcovered the affliction of his ftate , the ... hand of the enemy ) but Zeal staggereth at the refolution , and being loath to loose hope as long as hope had thread ...
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Page 37 - ... a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure as with poets, nor for advantage as with the merchant, but for the lie's sake.
Page 205 - ... self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business: for the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Page 43 - Instead of art and luxury in food, Let mirth and freedom make thy table good. If any cares into thy day-time creep, At night, without wine's opium, let them sleep. Let rest, which nature does to darkness wed, And not lust, recommend to thee thy bed. Be satisfied and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well the...
Page 264 - that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
Page 504 - Packington was a gentleman of no mean family, and of form and feature nowise disabled, for he was a brave gentleman, and a very fine courtier, and for the time which he stayed there, which was not lasting, very high in her grace; but he came in, and went out...
Page 385 - Armes, he soon attracted the good opinion of all men, and was so highly prized in the good opinion of the Queen, that she thought the Court deficient without him : And whereas (through the fame of his...
Page 211 - he will not die at this time, for this morning I begged his life from God in my prayers, and obtained it : " which accordingly came to pass; and he soon after, against all expectation, wonderfully recovered.
Page 522 - I gave you, and which you should not endure if you have any courage at all in you. If you consent not to meet me hereupon, I will hold you, and cause you to be generally held, for the arrantest coward, and most slanderous slave, that lives in all France. I expect your answer.
Page 399 - To him men's faces spake as much as their tongues, and their countenances were indexes of their hearts. He would so beset men with questions, and draw them on, that they discovered themselves whether they answered or were silent.
Page 43 - And let thy kitchens be a vestal flame. Thee to the town let never suit at law, And rarely, very rarely, business draw. Thy active mind in equal temper keep, In undisturbed peace, yet not in sleep. Let exercise a vigorous health maintain, Without which all the composition's vain.