The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of CherburyJ. C. Nimmo, 1886 - 369 עמודים |
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עמוד xxiii
... continued his gallant- ries at the French court . He was , in fact , in such robust health , that he was disposed ( he tells us ) to some follies which he afterwards repented . He comforted his conscience , however , with the knowledge ...
... continued his gallant- ries at the French court . He was , in fact , in such robust health , that he was disposed ( he tells us ) to some follies which he afterwards repented . He comforted his conscience , however , with the knowledge ...
עמוד xxxvi
... of books and of a private life , and adds with conscious pride that he was an author himself . He had begun a book in England , and had continued it in France in the intervals of flirtation and negotiation . He had xxxvi Introduction .
... of books and of a private life , and adds with conscious pride that he was an author himself . He had begun a book in England , and had continued it in France in the intervals of flirtation and negotiation . He had xxxvi Introduction .
עמוד 19
... continued still unmarried , and so provident for them , that , after she had bestowed all her daughters , with sufficient portions , upon very good neighbouring families , she delivered up her estate and care of housekeeping to her ...
... continued still unmarried , and so provident for them , that , after she had bestowed all her daughters , with sufficient portions , upon very good neighbouring families , she delivered up her estate and care of housekeeping to her ...
עמוד 20
... continued many years with much reputation , both in the wars and for fighting single duels , which were 1 See p . 10 , note . 2 She re - married in 1608 , her second husband being Sir John Danvers , third son of Sir John Danvers of ...
... continued many years with much reputation , both in the wars and for fighting single duels , which were 1 See p . 10 , note . 2 She re - married in 1608 , her second husband being Sir John Danvers , third son of Sir John Danvers of ...
עמוד 36
... continued in that violence , that my friends did not think fit to teach me so much as my alphabet until I was seven years old , at which time my defluxion ceased , and left me free of the disease my ancestors were subject unto , being ...
... continued in that violence , that my friends did not think fit to teach me so much as my alphabet until I was seven years old , at which time my defluxion ceased , and left me free of the disease my ancestors were subject unto , being ...
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עמוד 247 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
עמוד 313 - ... and so much under her own eye, as to see and converse with him daily; but she managed this power over him without any such rigid sourness as might make her company a torment to her child ; but with such a sweetness and compliance with the recreations and pleasures of youth as did incline him willingly to spend much of his time in the company of his dear and careful mother ; which was to her great content...
עמוד 63 - Certainly in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior: for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence.
עמוד 246 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words : " O thou eternal God, author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy...
עמוד xi - Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves ; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others...
עמוד 92 - Passing two or three days here, it happened one evening, that a daughter of the Duchess, of about ten or eleven years of age, going one evening from the castle to walk in the meadows, myself, with divers French gentlemen, attended her and some gentlewomen that were with her. This young lady wearing a knot of ribband on her head, a French chevalier took it suddenly, and fastened it to his hatband. The young lady, offended herewith, demands her...
עמוד 93 - French cavalier, checked him well for his sauciness, in taking the ribbon away from his grandchild, and afterwards bid him depart his house ; and this was all that I ever heard of the gentleman, with whom I proceeded in that manner, because I thought myself obliged thereunto by the oath taken when I was made Knight of the Bath, as I formerly related upon this occasion.