Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 95
... labours of public men , how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed , sometimes a martyrdom , and if it extend to the whole impression , a kind of ...
... labours of public men , how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed , sometimes a martyrdom , and if it extend to the whole impression , a kind of ...
Page 195
... labours of government . Marcus , on the other hand , revered the character of his benefactor , loved him as a parent , obeyed him as a sovereign , and , after he was no more , regulated his own administration by the example and maxims ...
... labours of government . Marcus , on the other hand , revered the character of his benefactor , loved him as a parent , obeyed him as a sovereign , and , after he was no more , regulated his own administration by the example and maxims ...
Page 196
... of enjoying a rational freedom . The labours of these monarchs were over - paid by the immense reward that inseparably waited on their success ; by the honest pride of virtue , and by the 196 SELECTIONS FROM ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... of enjoying a rational freedom . The labours of these monarchs were over - paid by the immense reward that inseparably waited on their success ; by the honest pride of virtue , and by the 196 SELECTIONS FROM ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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