Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books, with Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and Other Literary Antiquities, Volumes 9-10Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Bibliography |
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... caused the an- cient comicke poet to say that the world was nothing but an universall comedy , because all the passages thereof serves but to make the wisest laugh , and , accord- ing to the opinion of Democritus , all that is acted on ...
... caused the an- cient comicke poet to say that the world was nothing but an universall comedy , because all the passages thereof serves but to make the wisest laugh , and , accord- ing to the opinion of Democritus , all that is acted on ...
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... caused his men to carry away this sleeper , with whom as with a blocke they might doe what they would , without awaking him ; he caused them to carry him into one of the sumptuosest parts of his pallace , into a chamber most state ...
... caused his men to carry away this sleeper , with whom as with a blocke they might doe what they would , without awaking him ; he caused them to carry him into one of the sumptuosest parts of his pallace , into a chamber most state ...
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... caused him to be brought to his pallace , and there to be lodged , clothed , feasted , and attended like a prince ; who , waking , over - ioyed with so suddaine an alteration , drunke himseife as he was before , who then caused him to ...
... caused him to be brought to his pallace , and there to be lodged , clothed , feasted , and attended like a prince ; who , waking , over - ioyed with so suddaine an alteration , drunke himseife as he was before , who then caused him to ...
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... cause reiected , I reporte me vnto the gentle reader of this booke : the whiche yf he haue anye sparcke of wytt or reason , shall eascly conceaue this thyng to be true , and the vndiscrete electio and choyse of the wife to be the onely ...
... cause reiected , I reporte me vnto the gentle reader of this booke : the whiche yf he haue anye sparcke of wytt or reason , shall eascly conceaue this thyng to be true , and the vndiscrete electio and choyse of the wife to be the onely ...
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... cause he sholde hem sce ; therfore aroos a greuous wrath bitwene the fader & his owne sone . " Book 7 , Cap . xxvij . Bibliographia Poetica , and the omission appears singular , from the known researches of Ritson into the old ...
... cause he sholde hem sce ; therfore aroos a greuous wrath bitwene the fader & his owne sone . " Book 7 , Cap . xxvij . Bibliographia Poetica , and the omission appears singular , from the known researches of Ritson into the old ...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of ..., Volume 2 Egerton Sir Brydges, 1762-1837 No preview available - 2016 |
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ancient Anno Domini appears ARAPH beauty Bishop Capel Lofft Castara CENSURA Charles Cotton copy death delight doth Earl edition England English epigrams euery eyes falconry fame feare fish foole grace Greek Grotius hart hath haue hawking heart Henry honour houndes hunting J. H. ART Jews John King labour late Latin learned lines liue London Lord loue Madrigals means Michael Drayton mind muse neuer night noble Paccius pleasure poem poetical poetry poets Prince printed prophecy quæ Queen reader Richard Lovelace Samaritan letters shal shee shekels shew sing songs Sonnets soul sport sweet Talmud thee theyr things Thomas Thomas Nash Thomas Newton thou thyng tion translation unto verse viii vnto vpon wanton whur William words write
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Page 221 - And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Page 410 - Tam was glorious, o'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! " But pleasures are like poppies spread : you seize the flower, its bloom is shed; or like the snow falls in the river, a moment white — then melts for ever; or like the Borealis' race, that flit ere you can point their place; or like the rainbow's lovely form evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; the hour approaches Tam maun ride: that hour, o...
Page 292 - There is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies grow; A heavenly paradise is that place Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow. There cherries grow which none may buy, Till "Cherry ripe
Page 342 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz.
Page 266 - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t" embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass and azure culver-keys.
Page 292 - Cherry-ripe" themselves do cry. Those cherries fairly do enclose Of orient pearl a double row, Which when her lovely laughter shows, They look like rosebuds filled with snow, Yet them nor peer nor prince can buy Till "Cherry-ripe
Page 406 - Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro...
Page 293 - Sweet violets, Love's Paradise, that spread Your gracious odours, which you couched bear Within your paly faces, Upon the gentle wing of some calm-breathing wind, That plays amidst the plain...
Page 46 - ... Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among...
Page 352 - Bewail th' usurping of his reign; But when, in showers of old Greek we begin, Shall cry, He hath his crown again! 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!