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" Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young. And hast not yet the use of tongue, Make it thy slave, while thou art free, Imprison it, lest it do thee. "
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 25
by Percy Society - 1842
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 1

William Harris - 1814 - 458 pages
...Raleigh, and revised his history, and where he wrote the following lines to his little child Benjamin. Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not...while thou art free, Imprison it, lest it do thee.) " 3. One Wentworth, a lawyer. 4. Mr. Christopher Nevil, second son to my lord of Abergaveny V Indeed...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - English literature - 1842 - 424 pages
...his poetry, very little has been printed : the following lines are found in the Reliquiae Wottmiance, ed. 1672 ; " John Hoskins to his little child Benjamin...his speeches, while member of parliament, what Wood calls "a desperate allusion to the Sicilian Vesper." Wot. Secret comfort of my mind, Doubt no longer...
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Ancient Poetical Tracts of the Sixteenth Century: Reprinted from Unique ...

Edward Francis Rimbault - English poetry - 1842 - 364 pages
...his poetry, very little has been printed: the following lines are found in the Seliquia; Wottonianie, ed. 1672 ; "John Hoskins to his little child Benjamin...his speeches, while member of parliament, what Wood calls " a desperate allusion to the Sicilian Vesper." If 2 Wot. Secret comfort of my mind, Doubt no...
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Ancient Poetical Tracts of the Sixteenth Century

Edward Francis Rimbault - English poetry - 1842 - 348 pages
...the Reliquice Wottoniance, ed. 1672 ; - " John Hoskins to his little child Benjamin from the Tomer. Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not...his speeches, while member of parliament, what Wood calls " a desperate allusion to the Sicilian Vesper." B2 Wot. Secret comfort of my mind, Doubt no longer...
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Poems by sir Henry Wotton, sir Walter Raleigh, and others, ed. by J. Hannah

sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1845 - 222 pages
...Raleigh's authority (as well as his own) for adding, that it led to his hearty repentance.-)-] iWEET Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not yet the...while thou art free ; Imprison it, lest it do thee. [VARIATIONS. — 1. ' My little Ben, nowe 'thou' — C. 'whilst' — A. 'while' — B. — 2. ' And...
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Poems

Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1815 - 236 pages
...Raleigh's authority (as well as his own) for adding, that it led to his hearty repentance.-)-] WEET Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not yet the...while thou art free ; Imprison it, lest it do thee. [VARIATIONS. — 1. ' My little Ben, nowe thou' — C. 'whilst' — A. 'while'— B.— 2. ' And knowst...
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Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh and Others

Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 pages
...Raleigh's authority (as -well as his own) for adding, that it led to his hearty repentance. -f] WEET Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not yet the...of Tongue, Make it thy slave, while thou art free ; I m prison it, lest it do thee. [VARIATIONS. — 1. ' My littk Ben, nowc 'thou' — C. 'whilst' —...
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The Great Oyer of Poisoning: The Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the ...

Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 598 pages
...arbitrary imprisonment. It was siiriiificantly written by a wit of these times to his infant son,— Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not...Make it thy slave, while thou art free ; Imprison it, or it will thee. When Selden had published his History of Tithes, in which the divine right to tithes...
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The Great Oyer of Poisoning: The Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the ...

Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 574 pages
...arbitrary imprisonment. It was significantly written by a wit of these times to his infant son, — Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, And hast not...Make it thy slave, while thou art free ; Imprison it, or it will thee. When Selden had published his History of Tithes, in which the divine right to tithes...
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Rhetoric of Conversation: Or, Bridles & Spurs for the Management of the Tongue

George Winfred Hervey - Conversation - 1853 - 384 pages
...Benjamin, from the Tower where he was imprisoned for having more volubility than the law allowed him ; " Sweet Benjamin since thou art young, And hast not...while thou art free, Imprison it, lest it do thee." " Be swift to hear, slow to speak," is the apostolical precept; and even the relative number of the...
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