 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 310
...Case, Sir W. Jones, 101), in the stately English of the seventeenth century, of the house of de Veré: "I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or twine thread to uphold it. And yet time hath his revolution, there must be a period and an end of all... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - Liczba stron: 878
...for a truth, or for a woman's sake. CHAPTER I. OK THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. I have laboured to make a covenant with myself, that...of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to a continuance of a noble name and house, and would take hold of. a twig or twine-thread to uphold it... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1902 - Liczba stron: 652
...ages, descents, and generations, as no other kingdom can produce such a peer in one and the self same name and title. . . . I have laboured to make a covenant...house, and would take hold of a twig or twine-thread to 1 From the original among the De Vere papers in the possession of Mr. Round, MP It is possible that... | |
 | 1825 - Liczba stron: 938
...in stormy and tempestuous times, when the government was unsettled and the kingdom in competition. I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that...a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine-thread to uphold it. And yet Time hath his revolutions ; — there must be a period and an... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1863 - Liczba stron: 620
...tempestuous times, when the government was unsettled, and the kingdom in competition. " I have labored to make a covenant with myself, that affection may...name and house ; and would take hold of a twig or a twine thread to uphold it. And yet Time hath his revolutions ; there must be a period and end to... | |
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I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and... 
