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Strana 291 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Strana 289 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Strana 360 - FAMOUS BEAUTIES OF TWO REIGNS. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF SOME FAIR WOMEN OF STUART AND GEORGIAN TIMES. BY MARY CRAVEN. WITH A CHAPTER ON FASHION IN FEMININITY BY MARTIN HUME. Illustrated with 2 1 "Photogravure Portraits.
Strana 359 - HUME. THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII. AND THE PARTS THEY PLAYED IN HISTORY. By MARTIN HUME, Author of "The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth," "The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots,
Strana 30 - She took the cup of life to sip, Too bitter 'twas to drain; She meekly put it from her lip, And went to sleep again.
Strana 13 - HOW blest is he, who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk, Nor stands in sinners...
Strana 364 - ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. OLD ENGLAND: HER STORY MIRRORED IN HER SCENES. TEXT BY W. SHAW SPARROW. PICTURES BY JAMES ORROCK, RI With 80 Illustrations in Colour and Tone. Royal S PH.
Strana 360 - The book is an excellent addition to the histories of the period, and the present edition comes in a form which constitutes for it an additional recommendation to favour.
Strana 360 - We can most cordially recommend Major Hume's work as a valuable aid not only to the student of Mary Queen of Scots, but also to all those interested in a most crucial period of our own history.
Strana 30 - Over a chearful glass of nappy ale ; In harmless mirth was his supreme delight, To please his guests or friends by day or night. But no fine tale, how well soever told, Could make the tyrant Death his stroke withhold ; That fatal stroke has lain him here in dust, To rise again once more with joy we trust.