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Page 253 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 299 - Tuesday, setting forth the destruction of the Danes in King Ethelred's time ; with which the Queen was so pleased that she gave them a brace of bucks, and five marks in money to bear the charges of a feast.
Page 92 - Hill, where, being attacked by some of the parliament forces, he defended himself till he tell, with most of his tenants about him ; but being taken up, and life perceived in him, he was carried away prisoner, first to Northampton, and from thence to Kenilworth Castle, where he lay a considerable time, and was forced to purchase his liberty at a dear rate.
Page 172 - Do, pious marble, let thy readers know What they, and what their children, owe To DRAYTON'S name, whose sacred dust We recommend unto thy trust. Protect his memory, and preserve his story, Remain a lasting monument of his glory. And when thy ruins shall disclaim. To be the treasurer of his name, His name, that cannot fade, shall be An everlasting monument to thee.
Page 216 - Stranger, beneath this cone, in unconsecrated ground, a friend to the liberties of mankind directed his body to be inurn'd. May the example contribute to emancipate thy mind from the idle fears of Superstition, and the wicked arts of Priesthood.
Page 246 - Olympus habet. Stay passenger, why goest thou by so fast? Read, if thou canst, whom envious death hath plast Within this monument; Shakespeare with whome Quick nature dide; whose name doth deck ys tombe Far more than cost; sith all yt he hath writt Leaves living art but page to serve his witt.
Page 299 - Castle' — having at her first entrance a floating island upon the pool, bright blazing with torches ; upon which were, clad in silks, the lady of the lake and two nymphs waiting on her, who made a, speech to the queen in metre of the antiquity and owners of the castle, which was closed with cornets, and other loud music.
Page 172 - Do, pious Marble, let thy readers know What they and what their children owe To DRAYTON'S name, whose sacred dust We recommend unto thy TRUST : Protect his memory and preserve his story, Remain a lasting monument of his glory; And when thy ruins shall disclaim To be the treasurer of his name, His name, that cannot fade, shall be An everlasting monument to thee...
Page 194 - From the ore melted in this subterraneous region of the infernal aspect is produced a calx, or cinder, of which there is an enormous mountain. From an attentive survey, the observer would suppose so prodigious a heap could not accumulate in one hundred generations ; however, it...
Page 299 - TC-. ry goodly bridge set up of twenty foot wide, and seventy foot long, over which the Queen did pass, on each side whereof were posts erected, with presents upon them unto her, by the Gods, viz. a cage of wild fowl by Sylvanus...