The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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... need , or reft their bones , When weary travel doth oppress their limbs ? And where religious men fhould take them in , Shall now be kept back by a mastiff dog . , VOL . I. William Shakespear's Cromwell . B For For thofe walls which the ...
... need , or reft their bones , When weary travel doth oppress their limbs ? And where religious men fhould take them in , Shall now be kept back by a mastiff dog . , VOL . I. William Shakespear's Cromwell . B For For thofe walls which the ...
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... need ) To find an houfe ybuilt for holy deed , With goodly architect , and cloifters wide , With groves and walks along a river's fide ; The place itself afforded admiration , And ev'ry fpray a theme of contemplation . But ( woe is me ) ...
... need ) To find an houfe ybuilt for holy deed , With goodly architect , and cloifters wide , With groves and walks along a river's fide ; The place itself afforded admiration , And ev'ry fpray a theme of contemplation . But ( woe is me ) ...
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... need , not for excess . Brown's Paftorals . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defenfive virtue , abftinence . Robert Herrick , ACCIDENT . As the unthought - on accident is guilty Of what we wildly do , fo we profess B. 4 ...
... need , not for excess . Brown's Paftorals . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defenfive virtue , abftinence . Robert Herrick , ACCIDENT . As the unthought - on accident is guilty Of what we wildly do , fo we profess B. 4 ...
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... Middleton's and Rowley's Fair Quarrel . Good actions crown themselves with lafting bays , .. Who deferves well , needs not another's praise . . Heath's Claraftella . B 6 The -The end of every act Is to increase contentment and ACC ...
... Middleton's and Rowley's Fair Quarrel . Good actions crown themselves with lafting bays , .. Who deferves well , needs not another's praise . . Heath's Claraftella . B 6 The -The end of every act Is to increase contentment and ACC ...
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... need Of policy and force to make it speed . Thomas Nabb's Unfortunate Mother . As the new moon th ' light of th ' old devours ; So do thy actions all thine ancestors . Baron's Mirza . As in a ship some climb the fhrouds , t'unfold The ...
... need Of policy and force to make it speed . Thomas Nabb's Unfortunate Mother . As the new moon th ' light of th ' old devours ; So do thy actions all thine ancestors . Baron's Mirza . As in a ship some climb the fhrouds , t'unfold The ...
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againſt Aleyn's Henry VII Antonio and Mellida Beaumont and Fletcher's beauty becauſe beft beſt Caligula Catiline caufe cauſe Chapman's court Crown's cuckold Cymbeline Cynthia's Revels Daniel's Davenant's Gondibert death defire doth ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe fair falfe fame fcorn fear feem fhall fhame fhew fince firft firſt fome fools foon fortune foul friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf honeft honour itſelf Johnson's juft Julius Cæfar King Henry VI lofe Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſure pow'r praiſe prince reafon reft Revenger's Tragedy ſeem Sejanus Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhe Shirley's ſhould ſpeak Spenfer's Fairy Queen ſpirit ſtand ſtate Sterline's ſtill Tamburlaine thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou Trag Tragedy truft unto uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife
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Sida 28 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Sida 260 - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Sida 73 - O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Sida 167 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Sida 43 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Sida 134 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Sida 167 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Sida 209 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Sida 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Sida 4 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th