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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Preface PREFACE. The Domestic State Papers calendared in the present volume extend over only nine months, but these … which might suggest that it had been seized amongst the poet Edmund Waller's papers when he was committed to the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Preface PREFACE. The State Papers calendared in the present volume carry on the history of the reign of … houses." The Cromwellians were not satisfied, like the poet, to wait until "time Had mouldered into beauty many a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Preface PREFACE. AMONG THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES of England, which have been at times illustrated by the labours of ingenious men, the county of Kent, besides the … him to acquiesce in the well known sentiment of the poet "QUOD SI DEFICIANT VIRES, AUDACIA CERTE "LAUS ERIT; IN …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… PREFACE Preface Introducing this second edition, it is the Editor's first, sad, duty to call to mind the death of his friend and teacher, Dr. James Gairdner, who … be pasture, as there is no mention of buildings, and the poet Skelton who calls him a butcher was an Eastern Counties …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… Preface Preface This volume, containing the Papers of the year 1542, continues the story of Henry VIII.'s reign … two days later. 169 He is better known to posterity as a poet than as a diplomatist; and with all his great abilities, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… PREFACE. PREFACE When the news reached Henry of the rout of the Scots at Solway Moss, and of the … did not warrant them to sell. 145 On the 1st April, the poet, Henry, earl of Surrey, was charged before the Council …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Preface PREFACE The Dutch in Essequibo. The documents for the year 1700 are both varied and … contradiction to the prosaic facts. "Such," says the poet, 13 "Such is the mould, that the blest tenant feeds On …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 1722, 1723. I. GENERAL. Failure of Jacobite Conspiracy. The failure of the Jacobite Conspiracy, announced by George I at the opening … sense (603). An instance is quoted by the O.E.D. from the poet Gay, a few years later. December, '33. CECIL HEADLAM. …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… Preface Preface. Before discussing the documents calendared in this volume it may be useful to say in a few words what is included in the term State Papers, Foreign. It must in the first place be … Sieur de St. Aldegonde, was chosen chief burgomaster. Poet, orator, scholar, soldier, diplomatist and theologian, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Preface Preface The last volume of the Calendar of State Papers, America and West Indies, … the English and enemies to their enemies (1717, 1741.) The poet Waller. Edmund Waller was appointed by King Charles, …