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Pàgina 546
Ay , fo ferve you us , Till we ferve you ; but when you have our rofes , You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves , And mock us with our bareness . Chastity . Mine honour's fuch a ring : My chastity ' s the jewel of our house ...
Ay , fo ferve you us , Till we ferve you ; but when you have our rofes , You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves , And mock us with our bareness . Chastity . Mine honour's fuch a ring : My chastity ' s the jewel of our house ...
Pàgina 547
... and what to bear with us ; And do not seek to take your change upon you , To bear your griefs yourself , and leave me out : For by this heaven , now at our forrows pale , Say what thou canft , I'll go along with thee . Beauty .
... and what to bear with us ; And do not seek to take your change upon you , To bear your griefs yourself , and leave me out : For by this heaven , now at our forrows pale , Say what thou canft , I'll go along with thee . Beauty .
Pàgina 548
And did you leave him in this contem And ere we have thy youthful wages spent , [ menting | We'll light upon some fettled low content . Adam . Mafter , go on ; and I will follow thee , To the laft gafp , with truth and loyalty .
And did you leave him in this contem And ere we have thy youthful wages spent , [ menting | We'll light upon some fettled low content . Adam . Mafter , go on ; and I will follow thee , To the laft gafp , with truth and loyalty .
Pàgina 549
Who after me hath many a weary step Inveft me in my motley ; give me leave [ through Limp'd in pure love ; till he be firft fuffic'd , To freak my mind , and I will through and Opprefs'd with two weak evils , age and hunger , Cleanfe ...
Who after me hath many a weary step Inveft me in my motley ; give me leave [ through Limp'd in pure love ; till he be firft fuffic'd , To freak my mind , and I will through and Opprefs'd with two weak evils , age and hunger , Cleanfe ...
Pàgina 564
Having made one , Methinks it fhould have power to fteal both his , And leave itfelf unfurnished . Successful Lover compared to a Conqueror . Like one of two contending in a prize , That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes ...
Having made one , Methinks it fhould have power to fteal both his , And leave itfelf unfurnished . Successful Lover compared to a Conqueror . Like one of two contending in a prize , That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 715 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Pàgina 622 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Pàgina 714 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Pàgina 548 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Pàgina 621 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Pàgina 619 - Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Pàgina 620 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Pàgina 570 - Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Pàgina 683 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Pàgina 548 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose ... Volum 2 de Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Vicesimus Knox |
| Autor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Editor | T. Longman, 1796 |
| Original de | Universitat d’Oxford |
| Digitalitzat el | 16 Jul. 2007 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 1008 pàgines |
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