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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Pagina 7
... Davenant's Platonick Lovers . Convict me of my crime , and as ' tis meet , I'll do you daily penance in a fheet , But , prove me abfent firft , and then , I'll write apologys , or burn my pen . Planets are where they work , not where ...
... Davenant's Platonick Lovers . Convict me of my crime , and as ' tis meet , I'll do you daily penance in a fheet , But , prove me abfent firft , and then , I'll write apologys , or burn my pen . Planets are where they work , not where ...
Pagina 10
... Davenant's Fair Favourite . Give me good proofs of what you have alledg'd . ' Tis not enough to say , in fuch a bush There lies a thief , in fuch a cave a beaft , But you muft fhew him to me ere I fhoot , Elfe I may kill one of my ...
... Davenant's Fair Favourite . Give me good proofs of what you have alledg'd . ' Tis not enough to say , in fuch a bush There lies a thief , in fuch a cave a beaft , But you muft fhew him to me ere I fhoot , Elfe I may kill one of my ...
Pagina 14
... Davenant's Cruel Brother . Peace is the ruft of minds ; brave fouls refine By great examples , and with use they shine . Sir Robert Howard's Veftal Virgin , But our unfteady actions cannot be Manag'd by rules of ftrict philofophy ...
... Davenant's Cruel Brother . Peace is the ruft of minds ; brave fouls refine By great examples , and with use they shine . Sir Robert Howard's Veftal Virgin , But our unfteady actions cannot be Manag'd by rules of ftrict philofophy ...
Pagina 19
... Davenant's Fair Favourite . Your virtues have not more made crowns your due , Than fuff'rings taught you how to use them too . Strokes upon folid bodies do provoke A fecret brightnefs free , unmixt with smoke : No groffness mingled ...
... Davenant's Fair Favourite . Your virtues have not more made crowns your due , Than fuff'rings taught you how to use them too . Strokes upon folid bodies do provoke A fecret brightnefs free , unmixt with smoke : No groffness mingled ...
Pagina 22
... Davenant's Gondibert . Councils , like feamen , as they cause do find , Must tack about according to the wind . John Dover's Roman Generals . ADULTERY . If you did wed my fifter for her wealth , Then for her wealth's fake use her with ...
... Davenant's Gondibert . Councils , like feamen , as they cause do find , Must tack about according to the wind . John Dover's Roman Generals . ADULTERY . If you did wed my fifter for her wealth , Then for her wealth's fake use her with ...
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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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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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!
Pagina 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...
Pagina 43 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Pagina 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