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 ... John Millan ... Henry Chapelle ... and Francis Noble, 1740 |
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Pàgina 43
... in fancy ; rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man , And they in France of the best rank and station , Are most select and generous , chief in that . Shakespear's Hamlet . The The fafhion Wears out more apparrel than ...
... in fancy ; rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man , And they in France of the best rank and station , Are most select and generous , chief in that . Shakespear's Hamlet . The The fafhion Wears out more apparrel than ...
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againſt Aleyn's Henry VII Antonio and Mellida bafe Beaumont and Fletcher's beauty becauſe beft beſt breaſt Caligula Catiline cauſe Chapman's court Crown's 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 fhew fince firft firſt fome fools foon fortune foul friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf Honeft honour itſelf Johnson's juft King Henry VI Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſe 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 worfe
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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
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| Títol | The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, A Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays: From the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ... Volum 1 de The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, A Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays: From the Celebrated Spencer to 1688, Thomas Hayward |
| Autor | William Oldys |
| Col·laborador | Thomas Hayward |
| Editor | Olive Payne ... John Millan ... Henry Chapelle ... and Francis Noble, 1740 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalitzat el | 26 Oct. 2005 |
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