Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 31837 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page 2
... respect of the French court , and , in a moment of spleen , he retired to Cologne , where he continued to relieve the tediousness of exile in no very dignified manner . In a letter to his aunt , the queen of Bohemia , written during the ...
... respect of the French court , and , in a moment of spleen , he retired to Cologne , where he continued to relieve the tediousness of exile in no very dignified manner . In a letter to his aunt , the queen of Bohemia , written during the ...
Page 3
... respect which he bore for the power and authority of parliament was evinced in his speech at the opening of the session of 1664 , in which he vehemently urged the re- peal of the triennial act , and spoke of his never suffering a ...
... respect which he bore for the power and authority of parliament was evinced in his speech at the opening of the session of 1664 , in which he vehemently urged the re- peal of the triennial act , and spoke of his never suffering a ...
Page 9
... respect by the Swedes , and remained in this service till the death of Gustavus in 1663 . Returning home , soon after the Restoration , he was appointed one of the commissioners of the navy , and on the breaking out of the Dutch war in ...
... respect by the Swedes , and remained in this service till the death of Gustavus in 1663 . Returning home , soon after the Restoration , he was appointed one of the commissioners of the navy , and on the breaking out of the Dutch war in ...
Page 11
... respect and admiration . Hallam is cautious and guarded in his praise . Agar Ellis unhesitatingly pronounces him an unprincipled man of talent . The subject of these conflicting opinions was born at Dinton in Wiltshire , in February ...
... respect and admiration . Hallam is cautious and guarded in his praise . Agar Ellis unhesitatingly pronounces him an unprincipled man of talent . The subject of these conflicting opinions was born at Dinton in Wiltshire , in February ...
Page 15
... respect to the corruption of the chancellor upon the subject of Dunkirk , the question of whether he erected his house with the money so received is not or much importance in any way to either his fame or his character . " Pepys , who ...
... respect to the corruption of the chancellor upon the subject of Dunkirk , the question of whether he erected his house with the money so received is not or much importance in any way to either his fame or his character . " Pepys , who ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiral affairs afterwards allies appeared appointed archbishop army attention became Ben Jonson bishop BORN A. D. Cambridge cause character Charles church church of England commons council court Cromwell death declared died divine duke duke of Marlborough duke of Savoy Dutch earl elector of Bavaria eminent endeavoured enemies England English father favour fleet France French friends genius Holland honour Ireland James Jonson king king of France king's kingdom labours learning letter lived London long parliament Lord majesty Marlborough measure ment Merton college Milton mind minister ministry nation Oxford parliament party passed period person poet political preached prince proceedings protestant published queen received reign religion restoration retired royal says Scotland Selden sent sermons Shakspeare soon Spain spirit St John's college success thing tion took tory treaty troops university of Oxford whigs whole writings
Popular passages
Page 316 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Page 316 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Page 188 - AUTHOR'S APOLOGY FOR HIS BOOK. WHEN at the first I took my pen in hand, Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode : Nay, I had undertook To make another ; which when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun. And thus it was : I, writing of the way And race of saints in this our gospel-day, Fell suddenly into an allegory About their journey, and the way to glory...
Page 292 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Page 188 - I show'd them others, that I might see whether They would condemn them, or them justify : And some said, Let them live ; some, Let them die; Some said, John, print it ; others said, Not so ; Some said, It might do good ; others said, No.
Page 268 - O, thou undaunted daughter of desires! By all thy dower of lights and fires, By all the eagle in thee, all the dove, By all thy lives and deaths of love, By thy large draughts of intellectual day, And by thy thirsts of love more large than they; By all thy...
Page 334 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 335 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 242 - He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign ; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love.
Page 242 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.