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... common highway . And , since he has no monument yet set up for him , give me leave to borrow his epitaph from that of Michael Drayton the poet , as the author of Mr.Cowley's has partly done before me : " And tho ' no monument can claim ...
... common highway . And , since he has no monument yet set up for him , give me leave to borrow his epitaph from that of Michael Drayton the poet , as the author of Mr.Cowley's has partly done before me : " And tho ' no monument can claim ...
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... to be met with , this large account is given of it , that the reader may see what the Prefbyterians would have impofed , in the room of the common - prayer . Veneris , Veneris , 3 Januarii , 1644 , for the taking xxxii PREFACE .
... to be met with , this large account is given of it , that the reader may see what the Prefbyterians would have impofed , in the room of the common - prayer . Veneris , Veneris , 3 Januarii , 1644 , for the taking xxxii PREFACE .
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... Common - Prayer , for establishing and putting in execution of the Directory for the public worship of God . The Directory was drawn up by the Affem- bly of Divines , which was called by the Par- liament , to affift and advise them in ...
... Common - Prayer , for establishing and putting in execution of the Directory for the public worship of God . The Directory was drawn up by the Affem- bly of Divines , which was called by the Par- liament , to affift and advise them in ...
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... common with fome other extra- ordinary writings : I mean the fashion that has prevailed of prescribing them for the cure of distempers both in body and mind ; for in- stance , Dr. Serenus Sammonicus , a celebrated phyfican , has gravely ...
... common with fome other extra- ordinary writings : I mean the fashion that has prevailed of prescribing them for the cure of distempers both in body and mind ; for in- stance , Dr. Serenus Sammonicus , a celebrated phyfican , has gravely ...
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... Common Prayer , which they made them believe was the Mass- book in English , and nicknamed it Porridge . See Baftwick's Let- ter to Mr. Aquila Wicks ; Nalfon's Collections , vol . i . p . 503 ; Mercurius Rufticus , No. 111 , p . 100 ...
... Common Prayer , which they made them believe was the Mass- book in English , and nicknamed it Porridge . See Baftwick's Let- ter to Mr. Aquila Wicks ; Nalfon's Collections , vol . i . p . 503 ; Mercurius Rufticus , No. 111 , p . 100 ...
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Page 12 - For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth but out there flew a trope ; And when he happened to break off I...
Page 282 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 11 - twixt south, and south-west side, On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees. He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination. All this by syllogism, true In mood and figure, he would do.
Page 336 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 98 - ... whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them but that they were born and that they died. They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding names given them, for no other reason but that they may be killed, and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head. The life of these men is finely described in holy writ by "the path of an arrow," which is immediately closed...
Page 8 - t has been held by many, that As Montaigne, playing with his cat, Complains she thought him but an ass, Much more she would Sir Hudibras.
Page 206 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: Prepare the way! a God, a God appears! A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Page 295 - Of hailstones big as pullets' eggs, And puppies whelp'd with twice two legs ; A blazing-star seen in the west, By six or seven men at least. Two trumpets she does sound at once, But both of clean contrary tones ; But whether both with the same wind, Or one before, and one behind, We know not, only this can tell, The one sounds vilely, th' other well, And therefore vulgar authors name Th' one Good, th
Page 26 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 18 - WHY he had a WHEREFORE: Knew more than forty of them do, As far as words and terms could go. All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion serv'd, would quote; No matter whether right or wrong, They might be either said or sung.