The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... king ; and some were set on , as he passed by , in popular acclamation to salute him king : whereupon , finding the cry weak and poor , he put it off thus , in a kind of jest , as if they had mistaken his sur- name ; " Non rex sum , sed ...
... king ; and some were set on , as he passed by , in popular acclamation to salute him king : whereupon , finding the cry weak and poor , he put it off thus , in a kind of jest , as if they had mistaken his sur- name ; " Non rex sum , sed ...
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... king - as The King . He had a combination of two kinds of pride , either of which is enough for a poor mortal . He was proud , because he thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt ...
... king - as The King . He had a combination of two kinds of pride , either of which is enough for a poor mortal . He was proud , because he thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt ...
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... king gave an appointment , he communicat- men of letters . His talk smells a little of ed it to the object of his condescension in an the lamp ; but then his lamp is of the most elegant saying . If I had known , ' he would elegant form ...
... king gave an appointment , he communicat- men of letters . His talk smells a little of ed it to the object of his condescension in an the lamp ; but then his lamp is of the most elegant saying . If I had known , ' he would elegant form ...
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... King James , and others , his book approximates to it . The great men of that day said many witty things and many wise ones , but we cannot fail to be struck with the singular contrast be- tween the robustness of their intellects ...
... King James , and others , his book approximates to it . The great men of that day said many witty things and many wise ones , but we cannot fail to be struck with the singular contrast be- tween the robustness of their intellects ...
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... king- says King James , who could not abide fighting , In Selden's Table - Talk ' is found that exquisite illustration that libels and pasquils are like straws , which serve to show how the wind sets . In it , too , is the striking ...
... king- says King James , who could not abide fighting , In Selden's Table - Talk ' is found that exquisite illustration that libels and pasquils are like straws , which serve to show how the wind sets . In it , too , is the striking ...
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