The life of Edward lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by himself [ed. by H. Walpole.].

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עמוד 170 - Thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech Thee, of Thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make ; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate...
עמוד 89 - Ayres and his men, I ran violently against Sir John Ayres ; but he, knowing my sword had no point, held his sword and dagger over his head, as believing I...
עמוד 84 - And now, if I may say it without vanity, I was in great esteem both in court and city, many of the greatest desiring my company, though yet before that time I had no acquaintance with them. Richard, Earl of Dorset,* to whom otherwise I was a stranger, one day invited me to...
עמוד 7 - Sir Richard Herbert of Colebrook, was that incomparable hero, who (in the History of Hall and Grafton, as it appears) twice...
עמוד 170 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.
עמוד 90 - I making towards him with intention to close, thinking that there was otherwise no safety for me, put by a thrust of his with my left hand, and so coming within him...
עמוד 60 - I constrained him to restore the ribband, or fight with me; but the gentleman seeing him unwilling to accept of this challenge, went out from the place, whereupon, I following him, some of the gentlemen that belonged to the Constable taking notice hereof, acquainted him therewith, who sending for the French cavalier, checked him well for his sauciness, in taking the ribband away from his grandchild, and afterwards...
עמוד 26 - I espoused her. Not long after my marriage, I went again to Oxford, together with my wife and mother, who took a house and lived for some certain time there...
עמוד 87 - Hoby shortly after. Hereupon I thought fit to entreat Sir William Herbert, now Lord Powis, to go to Sir John Ayres, and tell him that I marvelled much at the information given me by these great persons, and that I could not imagine any sufficient ground hereof ; howbeit, if he had...
עמוד 16 - I was born at Eyton, in, Shropshire, (being a house which, together with fair lands, descended upon the Newports by my said grandmother,) between the hours of twelve and one of the clock in the morning...

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