English Prose: Seventeenth centurySir Henry Craik Macmillan, 1917 |
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... whose reputation in his own day was far higher than his fame or influence have since proved to be . His treatises are models of elegant , dignified , —sometimes even eloquent - prose ; but none the less they are JOHN EVELYN.
... whose reputation in his own day was far higher than his fame or influence have since proved to be . His treatises are models of elegant , dignified , —sometimes even eloquent - prose ; but none the less they are JOHN EVELYN.
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... sometimes happens in woods and forests , through the inclusion of the air within the cavities of the timber , and something of this kind , perhaps , was heretofore the occasion of the fabulous Dodonean oracle . But , however this were ...
... sometimes happens in woods and forests , through the inclusion of the air within the cavities of the timber , and something of this kind , perhaps , was heretofore the occasion of the fabulous Dodonean oracle . But , however this were ...
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... sometimes vigorous enough , with a spirit unlike that of his contemplative youth . His remarkable prose essays were written in answer to certain pieces of ecclesiastical theory which seemed to Marvell to make too great pretentions . The ...
... sometimes vigorous enough , with a spirit unlike that of his contemplative youth . His remarkable prose essays were written in answer to certain pieces of ecclesiastical theory which seemed to Marvell to make too great pretentions . The ...
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... sometimes Marvell lets " Bayes " alone , and argues more gravely than usual : : - " But you , not content to have said that the ' magistrate hath power to make that a particular of the Divine Law which God hath not made so , ' do ...
... sometimes Marvell lets " Bayes " alone , and argues more gravely than usual : : - " But you , not content to have said that the ' magistrate hath power to make that a particular of the Divine Law which God hath not made so , ' do ...
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... sometimes speaks Greek and Latin , that no man but would swear he is bewitched . " There is great comfort also in the allusion to " the primitive times , " " when the Defenders of the Faith were all heathens , ' and most of them ...
... sometimes speaks Greek and Latin , that no man but would swear he is bewitched . " There is great comfort also in the allusion to " the primitive times , " " when the Defenders of the Faith were all heathens , ' and most of them ...
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Page 152 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul, All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Page 322 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 161 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 550 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 90 - Then went the jury out, whose names were, Mr Blind-man, Mr No-good, Mr Malice, Mr Love-lust, Mr Live-loose, Mr Heady, Mr High-mind, Mr Enmity, Mr Liar, Mr Cruelty, Mr Hate-light, and Mr Implacable; who every one gave in his private verdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the Judge. And first, among themselves, Mr Blind-man, the foreman, said, I see clearly that this man is a heretic. Then said Mr No-good, Away with such a fellow from...
Page 523 - Bagdat. in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, "Surely," said I, "man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 526 - The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for Eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Page 521 - Knowing that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last...
Page 282 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying with a loud voice ; Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.
Page 525 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.