The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt: Now First CollectedReeves and Turner, 1890 - 309 páginas |
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... mind , great ingenuity of conceit , and a force of expression rarely equalled by any of the numerous followers of Theophrastus . Overbury's poem of " The Wife " was written to dissuade the Earl of Somerset from marrying the infamous ...
... mind , great ingenuity of conceit , and a force of expression rarely equalled by any of the numerous followers of Theophrastus . Overbury's poem of " The Wife " was written to dissuade the Earl of Somerset from marrying the infamous ...
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... mind ; but it well merited to be brought to light precisely in the shape in which it has descended to us . ' The " Mountebank's Masque " had previously appeared in print , although , at the moment of writing , it had escaped the ...
... mind ; but it well merited to be brought to light precisely in the shape in which it has descended to us . ' The " Mountebank's Masque " had previously appeared in print , although , at the moment of writing , it had escaped the ...
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... mind revolted at the idea of retiring with her husband to his seat in the country , or residing with him on conjugal terms . " A belief in the arts of necromancy is well known to have characterised this age ; a creed which had the king ...
... mind revolted at the idea of retiring with her husband to his seat in the country , or residing with him on conjugal terms . " A belief in the arts of necromancy is well known to have characterised this age ; a creed which had the king ...
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... mind , then I said the other day . Only I recommend to your care how public the matter is now , both in court and city , and how far I have reason in that respect , I refer the rest to this bearer , and myself to your love , ANNA R ...
... mind , then I said the other day . Only I recommend to your care how public the matter is now , both in court and city , and how far I have reason in that respect , I refer the rest to this bearer , and myself to your love , ANNA R ...
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... minds of his employers that Weston was playing a double part . The Countess sent for him ; reviled him for his treachery ; and joining with him in the bloody work one James Franklin , an apothecary " then dwelling on the back side of ...
... minds of his employers that Weston was playing a double part . The Countess sent for him ; reviled him for his treachery ; and joining with him in the bloody work one James Franklin , an apothecary " then dwelling on the back side of ...
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Página 277 - Trust me, master, it is a choice song, and sweetly sung by honest Maudlin. I now see it was not without cause, that our good Queen Elizabeth did .so often wish herself a Milk-maid all the month of May, because they are not troubled with fears and cares, but sing sweetly all the day, and sleep securely all the night : and without doubt, honest, innocent, pretty Maudlin does so.
Página 273 - a pastoral sonnet-maker" {Antony misconceives the general nature of his writings), "and author of several things which were pleasing to men and women of his time. They made much sport, and were valued among scholars, but since they have been mostly sold on balladmongers
Página 284 - And as for our good peoples lawfull recreation, our pleasure likewise is, that after the end of divine service, our good people be not disturbed, letted, or discouraged from any lawfull recreation...
Página 280 - To-day I go to the Blackfriars play-house, Sit in the view, salute all my acquaintance, Rise up between the acts...
Página lvi - Somerset with him ; and when the king had been there about a week, next day he designed to proceed to Newmarket, and Somerset to return to London, when Sir Ralph Winwood came to Royston,. and acquainted the king with what he...
Página xxxiv - The conceit or soul of the Mask was Hymen, bringing in a bride, and Juno Pronuba's priest a bridegroom, proclaiming that those two should be sacrificed to nuptial union...
Página 117 - ... is still accompanied with old songs, honest thoughts, and prayers, but short ones ; yet they have their efficacy, in that they are not palled with ensuing idle cogitations.
Página 272 - THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF FRYER BACON, containing the wonderfull things that he did in his life : also the manner of his death, with the lives and deaths of the two conjurers, Bungye and Vandermast.
Página 88 - ... idleness, that in mending one hole he had rather make three than want work, and when he hath done he throws the wallet of his faults behind him. He embraceth naturally ancient custom, conversing in open fields and lowly cottages.
Página 78 - A PURITAN Is a diseased piece of apocalypse: bind him to the Bible, and he corrupts the whole text. 'Ignorance and fat feed are his founders; his nurses, railing, rabies, and round breeches. His life is but a borrowed blast of wind: for between two religions, as between two doors, he is ever whistling.