I would assay with that which in me is To builde, with levell of my loftie style, That which no hands can evermore compyle.
But his owne treasure he encreased more, And lifted up his loftie towres thereby, That they began to threat the neighbour sky; The whiles the princes pallaces fell fast 1175 To ruine; for what thing can ever last?
And her faire lockes fell from her loftie head, That shortly balde and bared she became.
I have not seen any of the above works except that by Bellermann, that published in Vienna, and those by Loftie and Petrie, all of which I have in my Library.
Loftie published his; An Essay of Scarabs, London, small 4to, no date, 125 numbered copies printed.
Mr. Loftie says also that Westbourne and Paddington are named together in 1222 among the possessions of St. Margaret's.
Loftie says that then "the parish for the fourth time changed its patron and reverted to its former saint.
Mr. Loftie says: "Westbourne was probably at a very early period separated from the original manor of the Church of St. Peter.
And such as have but poore matter, will puffe it up with loftie words.
O Eneas thou goddes sonne, flie and saue thy self, from this ruine and fire: the enemies hath taken the walles, and loftie Troie is prostrate to the grounde.
She said Matty Bell was over head and ears in love with Loftie, and that Mrs. Bell had quite made up her mind that Loftie was to marry Mattie.
Was notLoftie always the most changeable of mortals?
Catherine flew away to inquire of Clara, and Mabel said in an injured voice: "I dare say Loftie had a telegram sent to him to the club.
And I have made up my mind that Loftie shall not cost me more than three.
Loftie was making an awful mess of that sail, and you know, Kate, none of us can swim.
You know Loftie must have a great deal on his mind just now.
I saw thatLoftie and Miss Meadowsweet had the breast to eat.
Loftie will wonder," said Mabel, "at mother going off to Manchester in such a hurry.
Mr. Loftie has kindly shown me a green mouse containing the throne-name of Thothmes III.
Looke how thy loftie Amorous cogitations are shaken in peeces and auchilated.
Mr. Loftie was engaged at the time on a volume of topographical studies for the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and wanted a copy from the pages of the book of Benefactors of St. Albans Abbey—Nero, D.
On two subsequent occasions did she execute work for books in which Mr. Loftie was concerned.
Her visit led to further acquaintance, in which Mrs. Loftie shared, and she became a frequent visitor at 57, Upper Berkeley Street, where they then lived.
About the year 1879 Mr. Loftie met her one day at a private view in Bond Street.
The verses were mainly from the pen of Mr. Loftie himself, although he is modest enough not to claim them in his notes.
Marcus Ward of Belfast had consulted Mr. Loftie as to extending their business, and proposed to carry out a scheme he had laid before them some time before for issuing artistic Christmas cards and valentines in gold and colours.
Mr. Loftie forgets the apparent fact that the two remaining designs were also published, though at a later date, for on looking through the volume of the People’s Magazine for 1873 we find on pp.
And of the airie thunder skales the loftie building hie.
Others there be that fall into the contrary vice by vsing such bombasted wordes, as seeme altogether farced full of winde, being a great deale to high and loftie for the matter, whereof ye may finde too many in all popular rymers.
No, stab the earle, and fore the morning sun Shall vaunt him thrice over the loftie east, Margret will meet her Lacie in the heavens.
Whereat he wondred much, and gan enquere, What stately building durst so high extend Her loftie towres unto the starry sphere, And what unknowen nation there empeopled were.
The noble knight alighted by and by From loftie steede, and bad the Ladie stay, To see what end of fight should him befall that day.
XIV With loftie eyes, halfe loth to looke so low, She thanked them in her disdainefull wise; Ne other grace vouchsafed them to show 120 Of Princesse worthy, scarse them bad arise.
Mr. Loftie tells us that it stood on the eastern side of the chapel, not far from the vestry-door and pulpit.
That spot to which I point is Paradise, Adams abode, those loftie shades his Bowre.
Her gracious wordes their rancour did appall, 2 And suncke so deepe into their boyling brests, That downe they let their cruell weapons fall, 4 And lowly did abase their loftie crests To her faire presence, and discrete behests.
With loftie eyes, halfe loth to looke so low, 2 She thanked them in her disdainefull wise, Ne other grace vouchsafed them to show 4 Of Princesse worthy, scarse them bad arise.
Whereat he wondred much, and gan enquere, What stately building durst so high extend 8 Her loftie towres vnto the starry sphere, And what vnknowen nation there empeopled were.
Eft through the thicke they heard one rudely rush; 2 With noyse whereof he from his loftiesteed Downe fell to ground, and crept into a bush, 4 To hide his coward head from dying dreed.
It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics of the population of London, but Loftie estimates that in 1636 seven hundred thousand people lived "within its liberties.
Of his "Survey," Loftie says: "It was a wonder even in the age which produced Shakespeare.
Elizabeth, it is described in the Worthines of Wales as "a loftie princely place.
Bernulfe king of Mercia sore stomached the matter, as he that was wise, and of a loftie courage, and yet doubted to haue to doo with Egbert, who was knowen also to be a man both skilfull and valiant.
These beautiful and often costly Egyptian scarabs have been made the subject of very exhaustive study by various writers, more particularly by Mr. Loftie and Mr. Flinders Petrie.
Mr. Loftie traces the origin of the inscribed scarabs to a very early epoch in the Egyptian annals.
Loftie has pointed out examples of late scarabs engraved with undoubted Christian symbols--not only crosses but even crucifixes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loftie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
