The Sad Shepherd: Or, A Tale of Robin HoodJ. Nichols, and sold, 1783 - 255 páginas |
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... But none of thefe , whether well or indifferently performed , either added to , or diminished , the beauty of their Prototype . The various cantos and fmall b poems poems written in imitation of Spenfer , from Sir Richard [ √ ]
... But none of thefe , whether well or indifferently performed , either added to , or diminished , the beauty of their Prototype . The various cantos and fmall b poems poems written in imitation of Spenfer , from Sir Richard [ √ ]
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Or, A Tale of Robin Hood Ben Jonson. poems written in imitation of Spenfer , from Sir Richard Fanfhawe , the tranflator of Il Paftor Fido , and the Lufiad ; to Mr. Mickle , who has enriched our libraries with fo truly poetical a verfion ...
Or, A Tale of Robin Hood Ben Jonson. poems written in imitation of Spenfer , from Sir Richard Fanfhawe , the tranflator of Il Paftor Fido , and the Lufiad ; to Mr. Mickle , who has enriched our libraries with fo truly poetical a verfion ...
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... poem ? and I am of opinion that Jonfon , had he lived to have compleated and pub- lished his Sylvan Tale , would have fuppreffed the three arguments handed down to us . As the matter now ftands , it is a happy circumftance that , by the ...
... poem ? and I am of opinion that Jonfon , had he lived to have compleated and pub- lished his Sylvan Tale , would have fuppreffed the three arguments handed down to us . As the matter now ftands , it is a happy circumftance that , by the ...
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... smallest degree tend to a more pleasurable reading of the Poem , the propofed end in their publication will be fully answered . PROLOGU E. Jonfon , fpeaking therein of his Paftoral , I PRO- [ 113 ] SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. ...
... smallest degree tend to a more pleasurable reading of the Poem , the propofed end in their publication will be fully answered . PROLOGU E. Jonfon , fpeaking therein of his Paftoral , I PRO- [ 113 ] SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. ...
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... poem may be confidered as a lower fpecies of the Drama . But its fubject being the humble concerns of Shepherds , there feems no room for a tragic Plot ; and their characters are too fimple to afford materials for comic drawing ...
... poem may be confidered as a lower fpecies of the Drama . But its fubject being the humble concerns of Shepherds , there feems no room for a tragic Plot ; and their characters are too fimple to afford materials for comic drawing ...
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The Sad Shepherd, Or a Tale of Robin Hood: A Fragment (Classic Reprint) Ben Jonson Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
alfo Alken alſo Amie Barabas becauſe BEN JONSON caft character Chaucer Civis Clarion Crifpine death doth Douce Earine Engliſh English Poetry enters erft expreffion fafe faid fame fays feaft fecond feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fhould fifter fince fing firft folio fome Fool foul fpeak fpeech Friar Tuck ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fure fwain fweet glamour hart hath heaven Ibid inferted Jonfon Karol Karolin laft edit laſt Lionel loft Lorel maid maifter Marian Maud Maudlin Medicus Mellifleur moft moſt mother muft muſt obferve paffage Paftoral perfons play pleaſe Poems poets prefent printed Puck racter reader Robin Hood Sad Shepherd ſay Scat Scathlock School for Scandal Shakspeare ſhall ſhe Shylock ſpeak Spenfer thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou Tuck Twelfth Night unto uſed verfes whofe witch word
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Página 161 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Página 19 - Though I am young, and cannot tell Either what death or love is well, Yet I have heard they both bear darts, And both do aim at human hearts ; And then again I have been told Love wounds with heat, as death with cold ; So that I fear they do but bring Extremes to touch and mean one thing.
Página 163 - Yet is he nought but parting of the breath; Ne ought to see, but like a shade to weene, Unbodied, unsoul'd, unheard, unseene...
Página 153 - Even all the nation of unfortunate And fatall birds about them flocked were, Such as by nature men abhorre and hate...
Página 232 - The rites begin with spilling some of the caudle on the ground, by way of libation: on that every one takes a cake of oatmeal, upon which are raised nine square knobs, each dedicated to some particular being, the supposed preserver of their flocks...
Página 238 - ... That lies too high for base contempt, Too low for envy's shot. My wishes are but few, All easy to fulfil, I make the limits of my power The bounds unto my will. I have no hopes but one, Which is of heavenly reign ; Effects attained, or not desired, All lower hopes refrain.
Página 239 - I wrestle not with rage, While fury's flame doth burn ; It is in vain to stop the stream Until the tide doth turn. But when the flame is out, And ebbing wrath doth end, I turn a late enraged foe Into a quiet friend.
Página 143 - Yet shewing, by their heapes, how great they were. But in their place doth now a third appeare, Fayre Venice, flower of the last worlds delight; And next to them in beauty draweth neare, But farre exceedes in policie of right.
Página 241 - May never was the month of love For May is full of flowers, But rather April, wet by kind, For love is full of showers.
Página 169 - Tis in your Hearts alone their Fame can live. Still as the Scenes of Life will shift away, The strong Impressions of their Art decay. Your Children cannot feel what you have known; They'll boast of Quins and Gibbers of their own: The greatest Glory of our happy few, Is to be felt, and be approv'd by you.