Beauties from the British DramatistsWilliam P. Nimmo., 1868 - 128 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... kings , and emperors , Full of great fears , great hopes , great enter- prises . This other trades with men of mean condition . His projects small , small hopes , and dangers little : This gorgeous , broider'd with rich sentences ; That ...
... kings , and emperors , Full of great fears , great hopes , great enter- prises . This other trades with men of mean condition . His projects small , small hopes , and dangers little : This gorgeous , broider'd with rich sentences ; That ...
Pàgina 20
... kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down , And in the dust be equal made Marston . With the poor crooked scythe and spade . SOLICITUDES OF AFFECTION . Affection is the savage beast , Which always us annoyeth : And never lets us live ...
... kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down , And in the dust be equal made Marston . With the poor crooked scythe and spade . SOLICITUDES OF AFFECTION . Affection is the savage beast , Which always us annoyeth : And never lets us live ...
Pàgina 27
... Kings from their throne cast down , How bless'd their fate , that they were valued for Themselves and not their stations ; when some knee That hardly bow'd to them in plenitude , Has kiss'd the dust before them , stripp'd of all ...
... Kings from their throne cast down , How bless'd their fate , that they were valued for Themselves and not their stations ; when some knee That hardly bow'd to them in plenitude , Has kiss'd the dust before them , stripp'd of all ...
Pàgina 28
... kings and conquerors As he conceives they look'd and were attired , Though they were nothing so ; so all things here Have all their price set down from men's con- ceits ; Which make all terms and actions good or bad , And are but pliant ...
... kings and conquerors As he conceives they look'd and were attired , Though they were nothing so ; so all things here Have all their price set down from men's con- ceits ; Which make all terms and actions good or bad , And are but pliant ...
Pàgina 29
... kings from height of all their painted glories Fall , like spent exhalations , to this centre : And those are fools that fear it , or imagine A few unhandsome pleasures , or life's profits , Can recompense this place ; and mad that stay ...
... kings from height of all their painted glories Fall , like spent exhalations , to this centre : And those are fools that fear it , or imagine A few unhandsome pleasures , or life's profits , Can recompense this place ; and mad that stay ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
AFFLICTION AMBITION Beaumont and Fletcher beauty Ben Jonson blest breath BRITISH DRAMATISTS Campaspe CHANGE OF HABITS Chapman chastity conquerors counsels court Cowards crown Cupid Davenant death DECEITFUL Decker doth E'en earth envy eternity Extremes eyes fair false FALSEHOOD fame fancy fear FICKLENESS FLATTERY FOOL'S BEATITUDE fools fortune free content friends FRIENDSHIP gainst glory grow guilt happiness hath heart heaven hell honour hope Infatuation of Love INNOCENCE Jealousy Joanna Baillie justice kings knaves Knowles life's Lilly live look Love's man's MARRIAGE Marston Massinger men's Middleton mind misery nature nature's ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er Otway passion Plato PLEASURES pomp praise prince rage Rowe Rowley sedition shadows Shakespeare shame shines Shirley sing sleep smile sorrows soul spirit sting strength sweet SYCOPHANT The-Ben Jonson The-Massinger The-Middleton The-Rowe thee There's things thought tongue TRUE Unto vice virtue virtuous wealth Webster wind wise
Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Pàgina 22 - There is no danger to a man, that knows What life and death is : there's not any law Exceeds his knowledge ; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any other law : He goes before them, and commands them all, That to himself is a law rational.
Pàgina 20 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Pàgina 59 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Pàgina 109 - STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Pàgina 77 - tis but for that fit; where others, drawn By softness and example, get a habit.
Pàgina 33 - HENCE, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Pàgina 69 - Which love could never know. But we fond women Harbour the easiest and the smoothest thoughts, And think, all shall go so ! It is unjust, That men and women should be match'd together.
Pàgina 73 - Tis poetical and pretty. This is it: When the sun sets, shadows that show'd at noon But small, appear most long and terrible: So when we think fate hovers o'er our heads, Our apprehensions shoot beyond all bounds: Owls, ravens, crickets, seem the watch of death...
Pàgina 102 - What would I have you do? I'll tell you, kinsman; Learn to be wise, and practise how to thrive; That would I have you do: and not to spend Your coin on every bauble that you fancy, Or every foolish brain that humors you.