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... of by all genuine poets and minds of high intellect with much of the same affectionate honour that he received from his own age . " He approaches , " says Dr. Aikin , " more nearly to the idea of a perfect man 14 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
... of by all genuine poets and minds of high intellect with much of the same affectionate honour that he received from his own age . " He approaches , " says Dr. Aikin , " more nearly to the idea of a perfect man 14 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
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... says of him , in a letter to his second son , Robert Sidney : " Follow the advice of your most loving brother , who in loving you is comparable with me , or exceedeth me . Imitate his virtues , exercises , studies , and actions . He is ...
... says of him , in a letter to his second son , Robert Sidney : " Follow the advice of your most loving brother , who in loving you is comparable with me , or exceedeth me . Imitate his virtues , exercises , studies , and actions . He is ...
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... and Gamage's Bower . Southey and Waller have both celebrated the Sidney oak . Southey says , — That stately oak , Itself hath mouldered now ; * Originally Pencester . Zouch , in his life of Sir Philip , on 22 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
... and Gamage's Bower . Southey and Waller have both celebrated the Sidney oak . Southey says , — That stately oak , Itself hath mouldered now ; * Originally Pencester . Zouch , in his life of Sir Philip , on 22 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
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... says it was cut down in 1768. It is probable that both statements are erroneous ; for the oak which tradition has called " the Sidney Oak , " and " the Bear's Oak , " no doubt in allusion to the Bear - and - ragged staff in the ...
... says it was cut down in 1768. It is probable that both statements are erroneous ; for the oak which tradition has called " the Sidney Oak , " and " the Bear's Oak , " no doubt in allusion to the Bear - and - ragged staff in the ...
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... say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - -- The Forest , ii . The house now presents two principal fronts . The one facing westward , formerly looked into a court , called 3 VISIT TO PENSHURST . 25.
... say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - -- The Forest , ii . The house now presents two principal fronts . The one facing westward , formerly looked into a court , called 3 VISIT TO PENSHURST . 25.
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Page 223 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Page 82 - O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 224 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 220 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Page 167 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.
Page 81 - O, never say that I was false of heart, Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify. As easy might I from myself depart As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie. That is my home of love. If I have ranged, Like him that travels I return again, Just to the time, not with the time exchanged, So that myself bring water for my stain.
Page 387 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 306 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances...
Page 24 - The early cherry, with the later plum, Fig, grape, and quince, each in his time doth come ; The blushing apricot and woolly peach Hang on thy walls, that every child may reach.
Page 80 - Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.