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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... Aleyn Charles . Battailes of Crefcey and Poitiers , other Poems , laft Edit . fol . 1637 2d Edit . 8vo , 1633 Hiftory of Henry VII . 8vo , 1638 a Armin Armin Robert , Efq ; Hiftory of the Two Maids.
... Aleyn Charles . Battailes of Crefcey and Poitiers , other Poems , laft Edit . fol . 1637 2d Edit . 8vo , 1633 Hiftory of Henry VII . 8vo , 1638 a Armin Armin Robert , Efq ; Hiftory of the Two Maids.
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... Aleyn's Crefcey . The archers then begin To let their fhafts , like winged ferpents fly , With their heads forward ... Aleyn's Henry VII . Here Here lay an archer whom that arrow flew , Which ARC 49.
... Aleyn's Crefcey . The archers then begin To let their fhafts , like winged ferpents fly , With their heads forward ... Aleyn's Henry VII . Here Here lay an archer whom that arrow flew , Which ARC 49.
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... Aleyn's Henry VII His ranks he in a larger form difplays , Which all were archers , counted in those days The best of English foldiers , for their skill Could guide their fhafts , according to their will ; The feather'd wood , they from ...
... Aleyn's Henry VII His ranks he in a larger form difplays , Which all were archers , counted in those days The best of English foldiers , for their skill Could guide their fhafts , according to their will ; The feather'd wood , they from ...
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... Aleyn's King Henry VII . May thy armour be as it hath been , Only thy valour and thy innocence . Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy . They thought , those that unarm'd expos'd frail life , But naked nature valiantly betray'd ; Who ...
... Aleyn's King Henry VII . May thy armour be as it hath been , Only thy valour and thy innocence . Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy . They thought , those that unarm'd expos'd frail life , But naked nature valiantly betray'd ; Who ...
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... Aleyn's Henry VII : you Learn you by me , that count yourselves so wise , The worst to doubt of things , whate'er Fly not fo high for fear you fall fo low . Be wife in arts , exceed not wisdom's bound , The depth of art by wit may not ...
... Aleyn's Henry VII : you Learn you by me , that count yourselves so wise , The worst to doubt of things , whate'er Fly not fo high for fear you fall fo low . Be wife in arts , exceed not wisdom's bound , The depth of art by wit may not ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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