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Page 44
... circumstances was as unavailing as his innocence . The jury , compofed of Norfolk men , amongst whom it is painful to find the names of two near relations of the devoted Clere , found him guilty . At that moment Henry the VIII . , to ...
... circumstances was as unavailing as his innocence . The jury , compofed of Norfolk men , amongst whom it is painful to find the names of two near relations of the devoted Clere , found him guilty . At that moment Henry the VIII . , to ...
Page 45
... circumstances connected with the last hours of Surrey were carefully suppressed , and the execution was conducted with as much fecrecy as poffible ; but there can be no doubt that he met his death with fortitude . His remains were ...
... circumstances connected with the last hours of Surrey were carefully suppressed , and the execution was conducted with as much fecrecy as poffible ; but there can be no doubt that he met his death with fortitude . His remains were ...
Page 142
... circumstances must be confidered . is intensely Roman Catholic . His longest poem is " Saint Peter's Complaint , " and is strongly reli- gious , though often its strength is at the expense of its verfe . It is generally harsh in its ...
... circumstances must be confidered . is intensely Roman Catholic . His longest poem is " Saint Peter's Complaint , " and is strongly reli- gious , though often its strength is at the expense of its verfe . It is generally harsh in its ...
Page 160
... circumstances in the year 1861 ! In 1625 London was vifited by the plague . Wither was a witness of its horrors , and nobly performed his part as a Chriftian during this terrible visitation . In a poem of more than 600 pages , called ...
... circumstances in the year 1861 ! In 1625 London was vifited by the plague . Wither was a witness of its horrors , and nobly performed his part as a Chriftian during this terrible visitation . In a poem of more than 600 pages , called ...
Page 178
... almost every poffible condition and circumstance in which a man can be placed during his pilgrimage on earth . Nothing can be finer either in spirit or execution than many of these devotional pieces . Poetry of 178 George Wither .
... almost every poffible condition and circumstance in which a man can be placed during his pilgrimage on earth . Nothing can be finer either in spirit or execution than many of these devotional pieces . Poetry of 178 George Wither .
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Æneid againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer beauty becauſe beſt bleffed Boëthius Bunyan cauſe Cervantes Chriftian circumſtances courſe death defire devil Don Quixote doth Engliſh eyes faid faith fame fatire fays feemed fent fentence feven fhall fing firſt fome fong foon forrow foul ftill fubject fuch fuffering genius greateſt hath heart himſelf hiſtory honour houſe itſelf John Bunyan juſtice laft laſt Leigh Hunt liberty live Lord Lovelace maſter mind moft moſt muſt myſelf never night noble paffage paffed paffions paſs perfecution perfons philofopher pleaſant pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe preſent priſon publiſhed puniſhment Purgatory of Suicides queſtion raiſe Raleigh reſpect Richard Lovelace Robert Southwell ſaid ſay ſcene ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome Southwell ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch Surrey ſweet thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſed verſe whofe whoſe wife witneſs