The Retrospective Review..Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1827 |
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... third hus- band , Thomas Earl of Derby , whom she mentions as " my lord : " " my lord marquis " was probably the Marquis of Dorset ; and " my lord of York " was Henry , the king's second son , afterwards King Henry the Eighth . " To the ...
... third hus- band , Thomas Earl of Derby , whom she mentions as " my lord : " " my lord marquis " was probably the Marquis of Dorset ; and " my lord of York " was Henry , the king's second son , afterwards King Henry the Eighth . " To the ...
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... Third in Holland ; and the speeches of Lord Howard in the House of Commons , from 1660 to 1673 , and some others . Our extracts shall , however , terminate with a modern letter from a maid of honour to a fair friend who was afflicted ...
... Third in Holland ; and the speeches of Lord Howard in the House of Commons , from 1660 to 1673 , and some others . Our extracts shall , however , terminate with a modern letter from a maid of honour to a fair friend who was afflicted ...
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Henry Southern. stanzas of eight lines : the lines quoted are the third and fourth of the second stanza : " At the sight of Kirkaldy ance again , I'll cock up my bonnet and march amain . ” And the seventh and eighth of the third stanza ...
Henry Southern. stanzas of eight lines : the lines quoted are the third and fourth of the second stanza : " At the sight of Kirkaldy ance again , I'll cock up my bonnet and march amain . ” And the seventh and eighth of the third stanza ...
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... third time published , with sundrie new additions of the same author . London , imprinted for William Ponsonbie . Anno Domini 1598 . Of this edition , the noble library of Trinity College , Cam- bridge , possesses a copy in fine old red ...
... third time published , with sundrie new additions of the same author . London , imprinted for William Ponsonbie . Anno Domini 1598 . Of this edition , the noble library of Trinity College , Cam- bridge , possesses a copy in fine old red ...
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... third volume of Evans's " Old Ballads , " Lond . 1810 , p . 178 , is printed " The honour of a London ' Prentice . Being an account of his matchless manhood and brave adventures done in Turkey , and by what means he married the king's ...
... third volume of Evans's " Old Ballads , " Lond . 1810 , p . 178 , is printed " The honour of a London ' Prentice . Being an account of his matchless manhood and brave adventures done in Turkey , and by what means he married the king's ...
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Page 22 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 429 - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world ! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 525 - The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henr}' Baron Brougham and Vaux, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Page 353 - Thus would I double my life's fading space; For he that runs it well twice runs his race. And in this true delight. These unbought sports, this happy state. I would not fear, nor wish, my fate; But boldly say each night, "To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them, — I have lived to-day.
Page 448 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 523 - Shakespear; such arms being first duly exemplified, according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's Office, otherwise the said licence and permission to be void and of none effect : And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms.
Page 352 - Even when I was a very young boy at school, instead of running about on holidays and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a book, or with some one companion, if I could find any of the same temper.