The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the Stuarts, Beginning with the Seventeenth Century, Zväzok 1W.H. Colyer, 1843 |
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Strana viii
... plays , and much of the literature of the times , as being decidedly immoral and offensive . With respect to the inventions and discoveries of the period , they were but few , and the names of the inventors of many of them may be ...
... plays , and much of the literature of the times , as being decidedly immoral and offensive . With respect to the inventions and discoveries of the period , they were but few , and the names of the inventors of many of them may be ...
Strana 34
... plays of cockney chivalry , and used to declare that it took a Puritan two years to learn how to discharge a musket without winking . But the laugh was turned against themselves after the civil wars commenced , when the pikes and guns ...
... plays of cockney chivalry , and used to declare that it took a Puritan two years to learn how to discharge a musket without winking . But the laugh was turned against themselves after the civil wars commenced , when the pikes and guns ...
Strana 52
... play together where there's none . " In 1688 , when they had what they used to brag about , a " glorious revolution , " which merely brought a new family to reign over them , they had the Bill of Rights , which Paine describes with the ...
... play together where there's none . " In 1688 , when they had what they used to brag about , a " glorious revolution , " which merely brought a new family to reign over them , they had the Bill of Rights , which Paine describes with the ...
Strana 54
... played upon the lyra viol , which he used to touch lute - fashion upon his knees . I shall give two amusing anecdotes characteristic of these times on the circuit . The first relates to Sergeant Earle on the Norfolk circuit . He ( North ) ...
... played upon the lyra viol , which he used to touch lute - fashion upon his knees . I shall give two amusing anecdotes characteristic of these times on the circuit . The first relates to Sergeant Earle on the Norfolk circuit . He ( North ) ...
Strana 62
... play jigs upon a harpischord , having taught himself with the opportunity of an old virginal of his landlady's , but in such a manner ( not for defect , but figure ) as to see him were a jest . The king , observing him to be of a free ...
... play jigs upon a harpischord , having taught himself with the opportunity of an old virginal of his landlady's , but in such a manner ( not for defect , but figure ) as to see him were a jest . The king , observing him to be of a free ...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Zväzok 1 William Goodman Úplné zobrazenie - 1843 |
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Strana 173 - Why, thy face is valanced since I saw thee last: com'st thou to beard me in Denmark/— What, my young lady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Strana 208 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Strana 63 - It is a strange thing that, in sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter to be registered than observation: let diaries, therefore, be brought in use.
Strana 110 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Strana 306 - I rather think it was in his face. Much was the hurry and confusion — cloths and napkins were at hand to make all clean. His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba. But he fell down and humbled himself before her, and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state...
Strana 297 - Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense.
Strana 257 - Grouped their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath...
Strana 280 - Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Strana 292 - Nation, the Scripture also affords us a divine pastoral Drama in the Song of Solomon consisting of two persons and a double Chorus, as Origen rightly judges.
Strana 287 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.