Henriade: An Epick Poem. In Ten Canto'sC. Davis, 1732 - 311 páginas |
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Página 261
... Charles IX . of which , as foon as he had No- tice , he left Poland very abruptly , and rather stole away than departed , fe deroba , fays the Bishop of Meaux , being apprehenfive that the Poles would have stopp'd him to have ...
... Charles IX . of which , as foon as he had No- tice , he left Poland very abruptly , and rather stole away than departed , fe deroba , fays the Bishop of Meaux , being apprehenfive that the Poles would have stopp'd him to have ...
Página 272
... Bishop of Meaux , in his Univerfal Hiftory , fays , the fixteen çaus'd them to be put to Death to revenge their particular Quarrels . They were first strangled in Prison , and then their Bodies expos'd at the Place of common Execution ...
... Bishop of Meaux , in his Univerfal Hiftory , fays , the fixteen çaus'd them to be put to Death to revenge their particular Quarrels . They were first strangled in Prison , and then their Bodies expos'd at the Place of common Execution ...
Página 283
... Bishop of Meaux fays , ' twas in this Juncture that the King abjur'd the Proteftant Religion in the Church of St. Denis , the Archbishop of Bourges performing the Cere- mony ; which makes it plain that he was frighted . into it by an ...
... Bishop of Meaux fays , ' twas in this Juncture that the King abjur'd the Proteftant Religion in the Church of St. Denis , the Archbishop of Bourges performing the Cere- mony ; which makes it plain that he was frighted . into it by an ...
Página 288
... St. Remy , Bishop of that Church . However , he ftill hanker'd after the Idols of the Franks , and the latter End of his Reign , fays the Bishop of Meaux , tarnish'd the Glory of the rest of it . And why Voltaire has enthron'd him in ...
... St. Remy , Bishop of that Church . However , he ftill hanker'd after the Idols of the Franks , and the latter End of his Reign , fays the Bishop of Meaux , tarnish'd the Glory of the rest of it . And why Voltaire has enthron'd him in ...
Página 289
... Bishop of Meaux tells us , that England , as well as other Kingdoms , was happy in the Effects of his Piety and Justice , of which we do not meet with one Inftance in En- glish Hiftory . He was crown'd Emperor by Pope Leo III . Anno 800 ...
... Bishop of Meaux tells us , that England , as well as other Kingdoms , was happy in the Effects of his Piety and Justice , of which we do not meet with one Inftance in En- glish Hiftory . He was crown'd Emperor by Pope Leo III . Anno 800 ...
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral Coligny Affaffination Affiftance againſt Arms Aumale beſt Biſhop Blood Bourbon Brantome call'd Charlemagne Chriftian Conq'ror cou'd Court Cries Crimes Crown Death Difcord dreadful Duke de Guife Duke de Mayne Epernon ev'ry Eyes facred faid fame Fate Father fays Fear fhew Fight Fire firft firſt Foes fome foon form'd French ftill fuch Fury Glory greateſt Hand Heart Heav'n HENRIADE Henry Henry III Henry IV Henry's Hero Hiftory himſelf Honour Houſe King of France King of Navarre laft laſt League Leaguers lefs Lewis liv'd loft Love Maffacre Marefchal Maſter Medicis moft Monfieur Mornay moſt muſt Navarre o'er Paris Parliament of Paris Pleaſure Pow'r Prieſts Prince Proteftant puniſh Queen Rage Rampiers Reign Religion revenge Rome ſee ſhall ſhe Skies ſpeaks ſtill Sword Teutates thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Throne Tranflation trembling Turenne Valois Verſes Virtue Voltaire whofe whoſe wou'd
Pasajes populares
Página xix - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Página xix - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Página xix - Hung amiable (Hesperian fables true, If true, here only) and of delicious taste ; Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interpos'd, Or palmy hillock, or the flowry lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store — Flowrs of all hue, and without thorn the Rose ; Another side, umbrageous grots...
Página 242 - ALL were attentive to the god-like man, When, from his lofty couch, he thus began : Great queen! what you command me to relate, Renews the fad remembrance of our fate...
Página xv - Idol Oak, In Double Rhymes our Thor and Woden Spoke; And by Succession of unlearned Times, As Bards began, so Monks Rung on the Chimes. But now that Phoebus and the sacred Nine With all their Beams on our blest Island shine, Why should not We their ancient Rites restore, And be what Rome or Athens were Before?
Página xxvi - But (laves we are, and labour on another man's plantation : we drefs the vineyard, but the wine is the owner's : if the foil be fometimes barren, then we are fure of being fcourged : if it be fruitful, and our care fucceeds, we are not thanked ; for the proud reader will only fay, the poor drudge has done his duty. But this is nothing to what follows ; for, being obliged to make his fenfe intelligible...
Página xi - Let the French and Italians value themselves on their regularity : strength and elevation are our standard. I said before., and I repeat it, that the affected purity of the French has unsinewed their heroic verse.
Página xxvi - If the soil be sometimes barren, then we are sure of being scourged; if it be fruitful, and our care succeeds, we are not thanked; for the proud reader will only say — the poor drudge has done his duty.
Página 285 - We had once in France the fame happinefs, and the fame privileges which you have; our laws were made by...
Página vi - Virtues ? Your Majesty will find in this book bold impartial truths, morality unstained with superstition, a spirit of liberty equally abhorrent of rebellion and of tyranny, the rights of kings always asserted, and those of mankind never laid aside. The same Spirit, in which it is written, gave me the confidence to offer it to the virtuous consort of a king who among so many crowned heads enjoys, almost alone, the inestimable honour of ruling a free nation ; a king who makes his power consist in...