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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Pàgina 5
... ftill Leaves too much time to know our ill : - Where there is a traitor eye , That lets in from an enemy All that may fupplant an heart , " Tis time the chief should use some art : Who parts the object from the sense , Wifely cuts off ...
... ftill Leaves too much time to know our ill : - Where there is a traitor eye , That lets in from an enemy All that may fupplant an heart , " Tis time the chief should use some art : Who parts the object from the sense , Wifely cuts off ...
Pàgina 13
... ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's still great , is equal ftill in all . William Cartwright . Action is honour's language , fwords are tongues , Which both speak beft , and beft do right our wrongs . Sam . Rowley's Noble ...
... ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's still great , is equal ftill in all . William Cartwright . Action is honour's language , fwords are tongues , Which both speak beft , and beft do right our wrongs . Sam . Rowley's Noble ...
Pàgina 14
... ftill , But wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fift may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare ...
... ftill , But wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fift may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare ...
Pàgina 15
... ftill brings , Who ' till he fall , cannot have leave to light . Those who by force would have th'affection mov'd , When willingly men hold fuch gallants dear , Do rage that any should be freely lov'd , Whole virtue makes their vice ...
... ftill brings , Who ' till he fall , cannot have leave to light . Those who by force would have th'affection mov'd , When willingly men hold fuch gallants dear , Do rage that any should be freely lov'd , Whole virtue makes their vice ...
Pàgina 17
... ftill purfueth , When some great tempeft holds their troops in chace : Or as one hour another clofe reneweth ; Or pofting day supplies another's place ; So do the billows of affliction beat me , And hand in hand the ftorms of mischief ...
... ftill purfueth , When some great tempeft holds their troops in chace : Or as one hour another clofe reneweth ; Or pofting day supplies another's place ; So do the billows of affliction beat me , And hand in hand the ftorms of mischief ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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!
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 43 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Pàgina 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