The History of Christ's Hospital: From Its Foundation by King Edward the Sixth. To which are Added Memoirs of Eminent Men Educated There; and a List of the Governors |
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... poor in his sickness , as hath been already shewn . He took particular care of the suits of all poor persons , and gave Dr. Cox special charge to see that their peti- tions were speedily answered , and used to consult with him how to ...
... poor in his sickness , as hath been already shewn . He took particular care of the suits of all poor persons , and gave Dr. Cox special charge to see that their peti- tions were speedily answered , and used to consult with him how to ...
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... poor , except only Dobbs , who was then Lord Mayor of London . These sins were openly preached against by Latimer , Leaver , Brad- ford , and Knox , who did it more severely , and by others who did it plainly , though more softly . One ...
... poor , except only Dobbs , who was then Lord Mayor of London . These sins were openly preached against by Latimer , Leaver , Brad- ford , and Knox , who did it more severely , and by others who did it plainly , though more softly . One ...
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... poor , which gift was by patents . " In 1546 ( 38 Henry VIII . ) " an agreement was made between the King and Maior and Commu- nalty of London , by which the said gift of the Grey Friers church , with all the edifices and ground , the ...
... poor , which gift was by patents . " In 1546 ( 38 Henry VIII . ) " an agreement was made between the King and Maior and Commu- nalty of London , by which the said gift of the Grey Friers church , with all the edifices and ground , the ...
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... poor and needy members . In the which office and calling if you should be found negligent and unfaithful , ye shall not only declare yourselves to be the most unworthy and unthankful servants of Almighty God , being put in trust to see ...
... poor and needy members . In the which office and calling if you should be found negligent and unfaithful , ye shall not only declare yourselves to be the most unworthy and unthankful servants of Almighty God , being put in trust to see ...
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... in his death , Nov. 9 , 1623 , at his house at Chisel- hurst , in the 73d year of his age . In his last testament , after a devout introduc- tion , and bequeathing eight pounds to the poor of 152 MEMOIRS OF EMINENT BLUES .
... in his death , Nov. 9 , 1623 , at his house at Chisel- hurst , in the 73d year of his age . In his last testament , after a devout introduc- tion , and bequeathing eight pounds to the poor of 152 MEMOIRS OF EMINENT BLUES .
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Page 232 - In our own English compositions, (at least for the last three years of our school education), he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene were all an abomination to him.
Page 214 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 238 - When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore-warning?
Page 238 - A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed, And her together.
Page 241 - What gesture shall we appropriate to this ? What has the voice or the eye to do with such things ? But the play is beyond all art, as the tamperings with it shew : it is too hard and stony : it must have love-scenes, and a happy ending.
Page 227 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute: And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 227 - At a very premature age, even before my fifteenth year, I had bewildered myself in metaphysics, and in theological controversy. Nothing else pleased me. History, and particular facts, lost all interest in my mind.
Page 240 - Lear is not in corporeal dimension, but in intellectual : the explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano : they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on ; even as he himself neglects it. On the stage we see nothing but corporeal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear —...
Page 231 - He early moulded my taste to the preference of Demosthenes to Cicero, of Homer and Theocritus to Virgil, and again of Virgil to Ovid. He habituated me to compare Lucretius (in such extracts as I then read), Terence, and, above all, the chaster poems of Catullus, not only with the Roman poets of the...
Page 4 - Lord, thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee; yet for thy chosen's sake send me life and health, that I may truly serve thee. O my Lord God, bless thy people, and save thine inheritance ! O Lord God, save thy chosen people of England ! O my Lord God, defend this realm from papistry, and maintain thy true religion, that I and my people may praise thy holy name, for thy son Jesus Christ's sake...