Cyclopædia of English literature, Band 1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... William Camden , 262 Autograph of Locke , 508 Portrait of Howard , Earl of ... William Caxton , 55 Portrait of Thomas Hobbes , 266 Portrait of the Honourable ... Davenant , 146 Portrait of John Milton , 328 View of Lethington Castle , 155 ...
... William Camden , 262 Autograph of Locke , 508 Portrait of Howard , Earl of ... William Caxton , 55 Portrait of Thomas Hobbes , 266 Portrait of the Honourable ... Davenant , 146 Portrait of John Milton , 328 View of Lethington Castle , 155 ...
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... WILLIAM DAVENANT , · Christmas , 127 To the Queen , • WILLIAM BRowne , 128 Song ( The lark now leaves his watery nest ) , A Descriptive Sketch , 128 Description of the Virgin Birtha , Evening , 128 JOHN CLEVELAND , • · Night , 129 On ...
... WILLIAM DAVENANT , · Christmas , 127 To the Queen , • WILLIAM BRowne , 128 Song ( The lark now leaves his watery nest ) , A Descriptive Sketch , 128 Description of the Virgin Birtha , Evening , 128 JOHN CLEVELAND , • · Night , 129 On ...
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... Davenant and Dryden . Mr Southey has remarked that ' Sir John Davies and Sir William Davenant , avoiding equally the opposite faults of too artificial and too careless a style , wrote in numbers which , for precision , and clearness ...
... Davenant and Dryden . Mr Southey has remarked that ' Sir John Davies and Sir William Davenant , avoiding equally the opposite faults of too artificial and too careless a style , wrote in numbers which , for precision , and clearness ...
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... witness we are merry Nature now calls to supper , to refresh The spirits 127 POETS . GEORGE WITHER . ENGLISH LITERATURE . did woo), To a Lady admiring herself in a Looking-Glass, SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT, 145 146 Christmas,
... witness we are merry Nature now calls to supper , to refresh The spirits 127 POETS . GEORGE WITHER . ENGLISH LITERATURE . did woo), To a Lady admiring herself in a Looking-Glass, SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT, 145 146 Christmas,
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... WILLIAM DAVENANT . SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT , whose life occupies an important space in the history of the stage , preced- ing and after the Restoration , wrote a heroic poem entitled Gondibert , and some copies of miscellaneous verses .
... WILLIAM DAVENANT . SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT , whose life occupies an important space in the history of the stage , preced- ing and after the Restoration , wrote a heroic poem entitled Gondibert , and some copies of miscellaneous verses .
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Seite 108 - books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;
Seite 308 - replied, and touch'd my trembling ears; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in
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Seite 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Seite 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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Seite 200 - Place«. » The Turk. Choice nymph ! the crown of chaste Diana's train, Thou beauty's lily, set in heavenly earth ; Thy fairs, uupattern'd, all perfection stain