Historical tracts. Political poetry. Poems chiefly relating to Irish politicsArchibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; White, Cochrane, and Company and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1814 |
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Pàgina 14
... nature , could have suffered him to make a right improvement of it . Odo bishop of Baieux , of whom frequent men- tion is made in the preceding reign , a prelate of incurable ambition , either on account of his age or character being ...
... nature , could have suffered him to make a right improvement of it . Odo bishop of Baieux , of whom frequent men- tion is made in the preceding reign , a prelate of incurable ambition , either on account of his age or character being ...
Pàgina 15
... nature , which till then he had suppressed and disguised , falling into those acts of oppression and extortion that have made his name and memory infamous . He kept the see of Canterbury four years vacant , and converted the revenues to ...
... nature , which till then he had suppressed and disguised , falling into those acts of oppression and extortion that have made his name and memory infamous . He kept the see of Canterbury four years vacant , and converted the revenues to ...
Pàgina 19
... nature and disposition of those ages . Not only this king's father and himself , but the princes for several successions , of the fairest character , have been severally taxed for violating the rights of the clergy , and perhaps not ...
... nature and disposition of those ages . Not only this king's father and himself , but the princes for several successions , of the fairest character , have been severally taxed for violating the rights of the clergy , and perhaps not ...
Pàgina 23
... nature , to commit cruelties upon their persons , by cutting off their hands and ears , and other the like inhumanities . The earl himself was taken prisoner as he endea- youred to make his escape ; but suffered no other punishment than ...
... nature , to commit cruelties upon their persons , by cutting off their hands and ears , and other the like inhumanities . The earl himself was taken prisoner as he endea- youred to make his escape ; but suffered no other punishment than ...
Pàgina 26
... nature into its old channel ; for , in a few years , the piety of these adventurers began to slacken , and give way to faction and envy , the natural corruptions of all confederacies : however , to this spirit of devotion there ...
... nature into its old channel ; for , in a few years , the piety of these adventurers began to slacken , and give way to faction and envy , the natural corruptions of all confederacies : however , to this spirit of devotion there ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 357 - So spake the false dissembler unperceived; For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to GOD alone, By His permissive will, through heav'n and earth: And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
Pàgina 400 - Of land, set out to plant a wood. Well, now I have all this and more, I ask not to increase my store ; But here a grievance seems to lie, All this is mine but till I die ; 10 I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, To me and to my heirs for ever.
Pàgina 403 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,
Pàgina 213 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Pàgina 233 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?
Pàgina 396 - The queen incensed, his services forgot, Leaves him a victim to the vengeful Scot. || Now through the realm a proclamation spread, To fix a price on his devoted head. § While innocent, he scorns ignoble flight ; His watchful friends preserve him by a sleight.
Pàgina 405 - Faith, sir, you know as much as I." " Ah, Doctor, how you love to jest ! 'Tis now no secret" — I protest "Tis one to me — " Then tell us, pray, When are the troops to have their pay...
Pàgina 122 - Presbyterian religion, for there is in the family a letter from Bishop Honeyman, then Episcopal minister at Livingstone, remonstrating with Mr. Baillie on not sending his infant to be christened, after the Episcopal form. He did not...
Pàgina 478 - YE people of Ireland, both country and city, Come listen with patience, and hear out my ditty : At this time I'll choose to be wiser than witty. Which nobody can deny. The halfpence are coming, the nation's undoing, There's an end of your ploughing, and baking, and brewing ; In short, you must all go to wreck and to ruin. Which, &c. Both high men and low men, and thick men and tall men, And rich men and poor men, and free men and thrall men, Will suffer ; and this man, and that man, and all men....
Pàgina 419 - TO The Earl of OXFORD, Late Lord Treasurer. Sent to him when he was in the Tower, before his Tryal Out of HORACE Written in the Year 1716 HOW blest is he, who for his Country dies; Since Death pursues the Coward as he flies. The Youth, in vain, would fly from Fate's Attack, With trembling Knees, and Terror at his Back; Though Fear should lend him Pinions like the Wind, Yet swifter Fate will seize him from behind.