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 1625
... themselves , could not be better fatif- fied with all the Juftice that might be paid them , in reviving their Perfor- mances ; than with fo much Credit as they may receive from your LADY- SHIP'S Approbation . I am but their Sollicitor ...
... themselves , could not be better fatif- fied with all the Juftice that might be paid them , in reviving their Perfor- mances ; than with fo much Credit as they may receive from your LADY- SHIP'S Approbation . I am but their Sollicitor ...
Pagina 9
... themselves upon Caifter's banks . Sir John Beaumont , ACCOMPLISHMENTS . Noble fhe is by birth , made good by virtue , Exceeding fair , and her behaviour to it , Is like a fingular mufician To a sweet inftrument , or elfe as doctrine Is ...
... themselves upon Caifter's banks . Sir John Beaumont , ACCOMPLISHMENTS . Noble fhe is by birth , made good by virtue , Exceeding fair , and her behaviour to it , Is like a fingular mufician To a sweet inftrument , or elfe as doctrine Is ...
Pagina 11
... themselves . Johnson's Silent Woman . Yet is the office not to be defpis'd , If only love should make the action priz'd . Johnson . Men find that action is another thing , Than they do in difcourfing papers read : The world's affairs ...
... themselves . Johnson's Silent Woman . Yet is the office not to be defpis'd , If only love should make the action priz'd . Johnson . Men find that action is another thing , Than they do in difcourfing papers read : The world's affairs ...
Pagina 21
... themselves are well . Herrick . Thomas Goff's Courageous Turk , But yet beware of counfels when too full , Number makes long difputes and graveness dull ; Though their Advice be good , their counsel wife , Yet length still lofes ...
... themselves are well . Herrick . Thomas Goff's Courageous Turk , But yet beware of counfels when too full , Number makes long difputes and graveness dull ; Though their Advice be good , their counsel wife , Yet length still lofes ...
Pagina 33
... themselves from th'imitation ong Of virtuous ancestors . Nabbs's Covent Garden He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more From his own worth , dies bankrupt on the score . For father's crefts are crowned in the fon , And glory spreads ...
... themselves from th'imitation ong Of virtuous ancestors . Nabbs's Covent Garden He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more From his own worth , dies bankrupt on the score . For father's crefts are crowned in the fon , And glory spreads ...
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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