The works of Richard Hurd, Band 4 |
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... tion of the times was such as wonderfully con- spired with the designs and dispositions of these princes . A long and bloody war , that had well nigh exhausted the strength and vitals of this coun- try , was , at length , composed by ...
... tion of the times was such as wonderfully con- spired with the designs and dispositions of these princes . A long and bloody war , that had well nigh exhausted the strength and vitals of this coun- try , was , at length , composed by ...
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... tion , is sufficiently known from his treatment of one of his principal friends and servants , the earl of OXFORD 5 . It was also with a view to this depression of the nobility , that the court of STAR - CHAMBER was considered so much ...
... tion , is sufficiently known from his treatment of one of his principal friends and servants , the earl of OXFORD 5 . It was also with a view to this depression of the nobility , that the court of STAR - CHAMBER was considered so much ...
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... tion , he affected to fill the great offices with churchmen only . And it was perhaps , as much to awe the nation by the terror of his preroga- tive as to fill his coffers , that he executed the penal laws with so merciless a rigour on ...
... tion , he affected to fill the great offices with churchmen only . And it was perhaps , as much to awe the nation by the terror of his preroga- tive as to fill his coffers , that he executed the penal laws with so merciless a rigour on ...
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... tion ( which only served to prove and animate the zeal of good men ) brought at length by her to its final establishment . The intolerable abuses and shameless corruptions of popery were now so notorious to all the world , and the ...
... tion ( which only served to prove and animate the zeal of good men ) brought at length by her to its final establishment . The intolerable abuses and shameless corruptions of popery were now so notorious to all the world , and the ...
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... tion to favour their prince's interest or caprice by absurd and inconsistent compliances , this benefit at least they drew to themselves , that their power by that means would appear the greater and more unquestionable . For what VI ...
... tion to favour their prince's interest or caprice by absurd and inconsistent compliances , this benefit at least they drew to themselves , that their power by that means would appear the greater and more unquestionable . For what VI ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adventures ages ancient appear ARIOSTO arts authority barbarous BURNET canon law character Chivalry church circumstances civil classic classic Unity clergy constitution court critics crown Crusades DIALOGUE VIII doubt English exercise Fairy Queen fancies favour feudal foreign travel genius Gothic fictions Gothic manners hath HENRY VII Holy land HOMER honour house of STUART house of TUDOR ideas Iliad Italian ject king king's knights knowledge learning least LETTER liberty LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship magic mancers MAYNARD mean ment mind moral nation nature neral observation occasion papal parliament passion perhaps person Philosopher poem poet poetry politeness prejudices prerogative pretend princes principles prodigious proper racter reason reformation regal reign Romance sense shew Sir TOPAZ SOMERS sort SPENSER spirit suppose supremacy TASSO taste thing tion truth usurped virtue word writers young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 290 - The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 289 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Seite 319 - ... at least we have all heard so many pleasing relations in favour of them, that we do not care for seeing through the falsehood, and willingly give ourselves up to so agreeable an imposture.
Seite 292 - When an architect examines a Gothic structure by Grecian rules, he finds nothing but deformity. But the Gothic architecture has its own rules, by which when it comes to be examined, it is seen to have its merit, as well as the Grecian.
Seite 314 - Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex Angelica, His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Seite 342 - What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost is a world of fine fabling; the illusion of which is so grateful to the charmed spirit that in spite of philosophy and fashion.
Seite 341 - Henceforth the taste of wit and poetry took a new turn, and fancy, that had wantoned it so long in the world of fiction, was now constrained, against her will, to ally herself with strict truth, if she would gain admittance into reasonable company.
Seite 267 - Cum bellum civitas aut illatum defendit aut infert, magistratus qui ei bello praesint, ut vitae necisque habeant potestatem deliguntur. In pace nullus est communis magistratus, sed principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt, controversiasque minuunt.
Seite 293 - Queen then, as a Gothic poem, derives its METHOD, as well as the other cha<racters of its composition, from the established modes and ideas of Chivalry.
Seite 249 - It hath been through all ages ever seen, That •with the praise of arms and chivalry The prize of beauty still hath joined been, And that for reason's special privity ; For either doth on other much rely ; For he...