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Page vii
... father , a man of some emi- nence for his skill in gardening , and who is celebrated by Ben Jonson in an elegy ' alike 1 An EPITAPH on Master VINCENT CORBET . I have my piety too , which , could It vent itself but as it would , Would ...
... father , a man of some emi- nence for his skill in gardening , and who is celebrated by Ben Jonson in an elegy ' alike 1 An EPITAPH on Master VINCENT CORBET . I have my piety too , which , could It vent itself but as it would , Would ...
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... father he inhe- rited sundry freehold lands and tenements lying in St. Augustine's parish , Watling- street , London , and five hundred pounds in money , which was directed to be paid him by Bennet , the father's wife and sole executrix ...
... father he inhe- rited sundry freehold lands and tenements lying in St. Augustine's parish , Watling- street , London , and five hundred pounds in money , which was directed to be paid him by Bennet , the father's wife and sole executrix ...
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... father , at a very ad- vanced age ; whose praise he has celebrated in the most honourable terms , and whose death he has lamented in the language of rational and tender regret . When James paid a second visit to Ox- ford in 1621 ...
... father , at a very ad- vanced age ; whose praise he has celebrated in the most honourable terms , and whose death he has lamented in the language of rational and tender regret . When James paid a second visit to Ox- ford in 1621 ...
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... father's blessing , he must get a dispensation and have a licence from the bishop . " Believe me when I match this tale with another . Since Christmas I was sued to ( and I have it under the hands of the minister and the whole parish ) ...
... father's blessing , he must get a dispensation and have a licence from the bishop . " Believe me when I match this tale with another . Since Christmas I was sued to ( and I have it under the hands of the minister and the whole parish ) ...
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... John Hamon ..... 103 An Elegie upon the Death of Queen Anne 112 An Elegie upon the Death of his owne Father .... ... 118 An Elegie upon the Death of the Lady Had- dington ... 123 On the Christ - Church Play at Woodstock . 131 lx.
... John Hamon ..... 103 An Elegie upon the Death of Queen Anne 112 An Elegie upon the Death of his owne Father .... ... 118 An Elegie upon the Death of the Lady Had- dington ... 123 On the Christ - Church Play at Woodstock . 131 lx.
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Page 215 - Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.
Page 152 - Thy worth, thy life, but he that hath lived so. He must have wit to spare and to hurl down, Enough to keep the gallants of the town, He must have learning plenty, both the Laws, Civil and Common, to judge any cause, Divinity great store, above the rest...
Page 248 - He would pronounce the word Damn with such an emphasis as left a doleful echo in his auditors
Page lvi - Dr. Lushington, was a very learned and ingenious man, and they loved one another. The Bishop would sometimes take the key of the wine-cellar, and he and his chaplaine would...
Page 214 - Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain. But since...
Page 213 - Meadow Brow, by the learned; by the unlearned, to the tune of Fortune."— " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they...
Page 151 - ... either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct, and know ; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table, or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes, and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee, not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any. I wish thee peace in all thy ways, Nor lazy nor contentious days ; And when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art.
Page 144 - Whose least perfection was large, and great Enough to make a common man compleat. A soul refin'd and cull'd from many men, That reconcil'd the sword unto the pen, Using both well. No proud forgetting Lord, But mindful of mean names and of his word.
Page 216 - An hundred of their merry pranks, By one that I could name, Are kept in store ; con twenty thanks To William for the same. To William...
Page 248 - And all the high commission ; I gave him no grace, But told him to his face, That he favour'd superstition. Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rochets : Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets.