Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Band 31837 |
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... fleet , after a tremendous en- gagement off Lowestoffe , on the 3d of June 1665 ; but the breaking out of the plague in London so depressed the public mind that the intelli- gence of the triumphant success of the national arms was ...
... fleet , after a tremendous en- gagement off Lowestoffe , on the 3d of June 1665 ; but the breaking out of the plague in London so depressed the public mind that the intelli- gence of the triumphant success of the national arms was ...
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... fleet of 40 men - of - war in the west , was ordered to stretch over the channel to hinder , or at least dispute the passage of the Dutch fleet ; that the two fleets came to close quarters about four in the afternoon , and that the ...
... fleet of 40 men - of - war in the west , was ordered to stretch over the channel to hinder , or at least dispute the passage of the Dutch fleet ; that the two fleets came to close quarters about four in the afternoon , and that the ...
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... fleet of Charles Gustavus of Sweden , then threatened by the Danes and Dutch . Sir George was received with great respect by the Swedes , and remained in this service till the death of Gustavus in 1663 . Returning home , soon after the ...
... fleet of Charles Gustavus of Sweden , then threatened by the Danes and Dutch . Sir George was received with great respect by the Swedes , and remained in this service till the death of Gustavus in 1663 . Returning home , soon after the ...
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... fleet were employed in cutting the boom , and clearing a passage for the fire - ship . When this service was effected , she was sent in , and the whole Algerine fleet , consisting of seven men - of - war , was destroyed . This important ...
... fleet were employed in cutting the boom , and clearing a passage for the fire - ship . When this service was effected , she was sent in , and the whole Algerine fleet , consisting of seven men - of - war , was destroyed . This important ...
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... fleets . After several hours fighting , during which the two admirals twice found it necessary to go on board fresh ships , Sir Edward found it expedient - the ship in which he was then fighting , the St George , being almost a wreck ...
... fleets . After several hours fighting , during which the two admirals twice found it necessary to go on board fresh ships , Sir Edward found it expedient - the ship in which he was then fighting , the St George , being almost a wreck ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 292 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 242 - A declaration of that paradox, or thesis, that self-homicide is not so naturally sin, that it may never be otherwise.