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Lives of Eminent Serjeants-at-law of the English Bar Humphrey W (Humphry Willia Woolrych No preview available - 2021 |
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Page 24 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 55 - Company, should be deemed a betrayer of the rights and liberties of the commons of England, and an infringer of the privileges of the house of commons.
Page 218 - Nor as the spider in his web is pent; Nor as the wax retains the print in it; Nor as a vessel water doth contain; Nor as one liquor in another shed; Nor as the heat doth in the fire remain; Nor as a voice throughout the air is spread. But as the fair and cheerful morning light Doth here and there her silver beams impart, And in an instant doth herself unite To the transparent air, in all and part; Still resting whole, when blows the air divide, Abiding pure, when th...
Page 138 - Council, they were again tolerated, under the following re" strictions : That no plays be acted on Sundays at all, nor on " any holidays till after evening prayer : that HO playing be in the " dark, nor continue any such time but as any of the auditors may " return to their dwellings in London before sunset, or at least
Page 420 - A Letter from a Student at Oxford to a Friend in the Country, concerning the approaching Parliament, in vindication of his Majesty, the Church of England, and the University.
Page 52 - ... did afterwards bow their knees to Baal, and so swerved from their allegiance, it was with less rancour and malice than other men : they never led, but followed ; and were rather carried away with the torrent, than swam with the stream; and failed through those infirmities which less than a general defection and a prosperous rebellion could never have discovered.
Page 173 - House should stand upon granting of a subsidy or the time of payment, when all we have is Her Majesty's, and she may lawfully at her pleasure take it from us : Yea, she hath as much right to all our lands and goods as to any revenue of her crown.
Page 298 - They broke down my park pales, killed most of my deer, though rascal and carrion, and let out all the rest, only a tame young stag they carried away and presented to Prince Rupert, and my hounds, which were extraordinary good.
Page 191 - In two Elegies : (1) Of Human Knowledge, (2) Of the Soul of Man and the Immortality thereof.
Page 53 - I take in and breathe out ; it is to me not only necessitudo but necessitas : therefore I pray let me enjoy it in that fair proportion that I desire to return unto you by way of correspondence and retaliation. Our first league of love, you know, was contracted among the muses in Oxford ; for no sooner was I matriculated to her, but I was adopted to you ; I became her son and your friend at one time. You know I followed you then to London, where our love received confirmation in the Temple and elsewhere.