The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Present Time. Including a Complete History of England from that Area, 2. kötetCharles Dilly, 1791 |
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7. oldal
... court , continued in his ftation of Latin fecictary , and allowed the fame falary as in the late reign , which was only twenty pounds per annum ; and though he was admitted to a degree of familiarity with the queen , fome- times ...
... court , continued in his ftation of Latin fecictary , and allowed the fame falary as in the late reign , which was only twenty pounds per annum ; and though he was admitted to a degree of familiarity with the queen , fome- times ...
15. oldal
... court , and by infpecting the lives of the private clergy , he pro- duced a great reformation , and delivered the people from the fhameful extortions of the ftewards , and the inferior officers of the ecclefiaftical court . His humane ...
... court , and by infpecting the lives of the private clergy , he pro- duced a great reformation , and delivered the people from the fhameful extortions of the ftewards , and the inferior officers of the ecclefiaftical court . His humane ...
22. oldal
... court , but to be itinerary preachers of the Proteftant religion all over the kingdom , and , the enfuing year , he had the grant of forty pounds per annum , till fome benefice in the church fhould be be conferred on him . The fame year ...
... court , but to be itinerary preachers of the Proteftant religion all over the kingdom , and , the enfuing year , he had the grant of forty pounds per annum , till fome benefice in the church fhould be be conferred on him . The fame year ...
23. oldal
... court , for his zealous preaching against the errors of the Romish church , he was appointed to preach before the king and council at Weftminfter ; and in his fer- mon he levelled fome fevere ftrokes , with honeft freedom , against fome ...
... court , for his zealous preaching against the errors of the Romish church , he was appointed to preach before the king and council at Weftminfter ; and in his fer- mon he levelled fome fevere ftrokes , with honeft freedom , against fome ...
31. oldal
... court ; and Knox , with his accuf tomed freedom and boldnefs , declared from the pulpit , that , " One mafs was more frightful to · ་ him , than ten thousand armed n mies landed " in the kingdom . " And the animofity of the people ...
... court ; and Knox , with his accuf tomed freedom and boldnefs , declared from the pulpit , that , " One mafs was more frightful to · ་ him , than ten thousand armed n mies landed " in the kingdom . " And the animofity of the people ...
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283. oldal - There is, however, proof enough that he was a very diligent reader, nor was our language then so indigent of books, but that he might very liberally indulge his curiosity without excursion into foreign literature.
38. oldal - Those very qualities, however, which now render his character less amiable, fitted him to be the instrument of Providence for advancing the reformation among a fierce people, and enabled him to face dangers and to surmount opposition, from which a person of a more gentle spirit would have been apt to shrink back.
284. oldal - Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world...
285. oldal - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
272. oldal - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
283. oldal - Latin sufficiently to make him acquainted with construction, but that he never advanced to an easy perusal of the Roman authors. Concerning his skill in modern languages, I can find no sufficient...
272. oldal - The original of every knight was then living in the court of Queen Elizabeth, and he attributed to each of them that virtue which he thought was most conspicuous in them - an ingenious piece of flattery, though it turned not much to his account.
259. oldal - Not many years after, Buchanan undertook the same work ; and if his accuracy and impartiality had been, in any degree, equal to the elegance of his taste, and to the purity and vigour of his style, his history might be placed on a level with the most admired compositions of the ancients. But, instead of rejecting the improbable tales of chronicle writers, he was at the utmost pains to adorn them ; and hath clothed, with all the beauties and graces...
268. oldal - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
267. oldal - King-street, [DaWin,] by absolute want of bread ; and that he refused twenty pieces sent him by the Earl of Essex, and gave this answer to the person who brought them, That he was sure he had no time to spend them.