The Journal of English Studies, Volume 2H. Marshall & Son., 1913 |
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... author of the Anatomy of Melancholy . Laurence Nowell is not one of our acknowledged literary heroes , but he is , nevertheless , not unworthy of mention , for , to quote Archdeacon Churton , " he had this peculiar merit , that he ...
... author of the Anatomy of Melancholy . Laurence Nowell is not one of our acknowledged literary heroes , but he is , nevertheless , not unworthy of mention , for , to quote Archdeacon Churton , " he had this peculiar merit , that he ...
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... author . " Robert Nowell , the second brother of Alexander , was Lent Reader of Gray's Inn , and in 1561 , was Attorney- General of the Court of Wards . He died in 1569 , having put together a large fortune . Alexander Nowell , by this ...
... author . " Robert Nowell , the second brother of Alexander , was Lent Reader of Gray's Inn , and in 1561 , was Attorney- General of the Court of Wards . He died in 1569 , having put together a large fortune . Alexander Nowell , by this ...
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... author of the Ecclesias- tical Polity ; Launcelot Andrewes , the writer of a folio volume of distinctive sermons ; and Richard Hakluyt , the great recorder of voyages of discovery and naval history . An undated entry notes xxs . given ...
... author of the Ecclesias- tical Polity ; Launcelot Andrewes , the writer of a folio volume of distinctive sermons ; and Richard Hakluyt , the great recorder of voyages of discovery and naval history . An undated entry notes xxs . given ...
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... Authors as one of those unfortunate men who have written poetry all their days , and lived a long life to complete ... author , who with * Quoted by Grosart . the rest of the twelve , are styled in the 6 THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES.
... Authors as one of those unfortunate men who have written poetry all their days , and lived a long life to complete ... author , who with * Quoted by Grosart . the rest of the twelve , are styled in the 6 THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES.
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... author of the Catechism , but it may be noted his Short Catechism is a good deal longer than the Prayer Book Catechism . Without regarding the question as definitely and fully settled in 8 THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES.
... author of the Catechism , but it may be noted his Short Catechism is a good deal longer than the Prayer Book Catechism . Without regarding the question as definitely and fully settled in 8 THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES.
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Page 104 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 96 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Page 92 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Page 95 - His scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, That no air can come between them. They are joined one to another, They stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Page 103 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 171 - Now if Nature should intermit her course, and leave altogether, though it were but for a while, the observation of her own laws; if those principal and mother elements of the world, whereof all things in this lower world are made, should lose the qualities which...
Page 171 - ... if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way which it might happen ; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should as it were through a languishing faintness begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp...
Page 168 - He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margent with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness; but he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
Page 125 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 125 - UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE' UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...