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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... ev'ry fpray a theme of contemplation . But ( woe is me ) when knocking at the gate , I gan entreat an entrance thereat ; The porter ask'd my name ; I told he fwell'd , And bad me thence : wherewith in grief repell'd , I fought for ...
... ev'ry fpray a theme of contemplation . But ( woe is me ) when knocking at the gate , I gan entreat an entrance thereat ; The porter ask'd my name ; I told he fwell'd , And bad me thence : wherewith in grief repell'd , I fought for ...
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... ev'ry thing . Shakespear's As you like it . That fir , which ferves for gain , And follows but for form , Will pack when it begins to rain , And leave thee in the storm . Shakespear's King Lear . He who hath never warr'd with mifery ...
... ev'ry thing . Shakespear's As you like it . That fir , which ferves for gain , And follows but for form , Will pack when it begins to rain , And leave thee in the storm . Shakespear's King Lear . He who hath never warr'd with mifery ...
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... ev'ry element their pow'r muft try ; To diffolution they must all retire , And leave but one pure element of fire . Sir Robert Howard on Charles II . The wife more active grow by being croft , Since art has oft reftor'd what fortune ...
... ev'ry element their pow'r muft try ; To diffolution they must all retire , And leave but one pure element of fire . Sir Robert Howard on Charles II . The wife more active grow by being croft , Since art has oft reftor'd what fortune ...
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... ev'ry wand'ring planet's course , Still climbing after knowledge infinite , And always moving as the reftlefs fpheres , Wills us to wear ourselves , and never rest Until we reach the ripest fruit of all , That perfect blifs and fole ...
... ev'ry wand'ring planet's course , Still climbing after knowledge infinite , And always moving as the reftlefs fpheres , Wills us to wear ourselves , and never rest Until we reach the ripest fruit of all , That perfect blifs and fole ...
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... ev'ry thing , in an old friend , In old wine , in an old pedigree . 1. All this is certain . 2. I confefs to you , gentlemen , I muft rev'rence and prefer the precedent Times before thefe , which confum'd their wits in Experiments ; and ...
... ev'ry thing , in an old friend , In old wine , in an old pedigree . 1. All this is certain . 2. I confefs to you , gentlemen , I muft rev'rence and prefer the precedent Times before thefe , which confum'd their wits in Experiments ; and ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys Visos knygos peržiūra - 1740 |
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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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28 psl. - 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.
260 psl. - 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.
73 psl. - 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!
167 psl. - 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...
43 psl. - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
134 psl. - 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...
167 psl. - 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...
209 psl. - 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...
253 psl. - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
4 psl. - 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