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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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward, Sir Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Aleyn's Henry VII baſe Beaumont and Fletcher's beauty becauſe beſt Cæfar Catiline cauſe Chapman's confcience courſe court Crown's curſe cuſtom Cymbeline Daniel's Davenant's Gondibert death defire doth eaſe elſe Eſq ev'n ev'ry eyes fair falſe fame fear firſt fome fools fortune foul friendſhip Gondibert hath heart heav'n Henry VII Honest Man's Fortune Honest Whore honour houſe itſelf Johnson's juſt laſt leſs Lord Brook's loſe maſter Middleton's mind Mirror for Magistrates moſt muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent prince reaſon reſt riſe ſame ſay ſcorn ſea ſee ſeem ſeen Sejanus ſenſe ſet ſhadows Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhew ſhine Shirley's ſhould Sir Robert Howard's ſome ſpeak Spenser's Fairy Queen ſpirit ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate Sterline's ſtill ſtorms ſtrike ſtrong ſuch ſure ſweet ſword Tamburlaine thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou Trag Tragedy unto uſe virtue Whilft whoſe wife
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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...
Seite 43 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Seite 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