Lucasta: The Poems of Richard Lovelace,esq. Now First Edited, and the Text Carefully Revised. With Some Account of the Author, and a Few NotesJ. R. Smith, 1864 - 293 pages |
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... copy of Lucasta , 1649 , pre- served among the King's Pamphlets in the British Museum , the original possessor has , according to his usual practice , marked the date of purchase , viz . , June 21 ; perhaps , and indeed probably , that was.
... copy of Lucasta , 1649 , pre- served among the King's Pamphlets in the British Museum , the original possessor has , according to his usual practice , marked the date of purchase , viz . , June 21 ; perhaps , and indeed probably , that was.
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... copy of Massinger's Bondman ( edit . 1638 , 4to . ) , which her Ladyship once owned . This copy of Lovelace's Lucasta is bound up with the copy of the Posthume Poems , once in the pos- session of Benjamin Rudyerd , Esq . , grandson and ...
... copy of Massinger's Bondman ( edit . 1638 , 4to . ) , which her Ladyship once owned . This copy of Lovelace's Lucasta is bound up with the copy of the Posthume Poems , once in the pos- session of Benjamin Rudyerd , Esq . , grandson and ...
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... copy of Lucasta which was deficient at the commencement . It may not be generally known that , independently of its imperfections in other respects , Mr. Singer's reprint abounds with the grossest blunders . The old orthography has been ...
... copy of Lucasta which was deficient at the commencement . It may not be generally known that , independently of its imperfections in other respects , Mr. Singer's reprint abounds with the grossest blunders . The old orthography has been ...
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... copy of verses , printed in Tatham's Ostella , 1650 , 4to . , that Lovelace made a stay in the Netherlands about this time , if indeed he did not serve there with his regiment . with Dudley Posthumus before mentioned , then a cap- tain ...
... copy of verses , printed in Tatham's Ostella , 1650 , 4to . , that Lovelace made a stay in the Netherlands about this time , if indeed he did not serve there with his regiment . with Dudley Posthumus before mentioned , then a cap- tain ...
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... copied , in both instances with very indifferent success . One of these copies was made for Harding's Biographical Mirror . Bromley ( Dictionary of Engraved British Portraits , 1793 , p . 101 ) cor- rectly names Francis ] Lovelace , the ...
... copied , in both instances with very indifferent success . One of these copies was made for Harding's Biographical Mirror . Bromley ( Dictionary of Engraved British Portraits , 1793 , p . 101 ) cor- rectly names Francis ] Lovelace , the ...
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Page 26 - TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.
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Page xiv - Hall in the beginning of the year 1634, and in that of his age sixteen, being then accounted the most amiable and beautiful person that ever eye beheld ; a person also of innate modesty, virtue, and courtly deportment, which made him then, but especially after, when he retired to the great city, much admired and adored by the female sex.
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Page 96 - Night, as clear HESPER, shall our tapers whip From the light casements where we play; And the dark Hag, from her black mantle strip; And stick there, everlasting Day! Thus richer than untempted Kings are we; That, asking nothing, nothing need! Though Lord of all what seas embrace; yet he That wants himself, is poor indeed!
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Page 43 - Twere possible I might call mine. First I would be in love with Peace, And her rich swelling breasts increase; But how alas!
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