The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... ; Discretion doth consider what is fit , Goodnesse but what is lawfull ; but the thing , Not circumstances ; learning is and wit , In men , but curious folly without it . To keepe their name , when ' tis in others A WIFE . 41.
... ; Discretion doth consider what is fit , Goodnesse but what is lawfull ; but the thing , Not circumstances ; learning is and wit , In men , but curious folly without it . To keepe their name , when ' tis in others A WIFE . 41.
Página 42
... keepe their name chaste from suspition . Womans behaviour is a surer barre Then is their no : that fairely doth deny Without denying ; thereby kept they are Safe ev'n from hope ; in part to blame is she , Which hath without consent bin ...
... keepe their name chaste from suspition . Womans behaviour is a surer barre Then is their no : that fairely doth deny Without denying ; thereby kept they are Safe ev'n from hope ; in part to blame is she , Which hath without consent bin ...
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... keepe time . An Amorist S a man blasted or planet - strooken , and is the dogge that leads blind Cupid ; when he is at the best , his fashion ex- ceeds the worth of his weight . He is never without verses and musk comfects , and sighs ...
... keepe time . An Amorist S a man blasted or planet - strooken , and is the dogge that leads blind Cupid ; when he is at the best , his fashion ex- ceeds the worth of his weight . He is never without verses and musk comfects , and sighs ...
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... keepe good conceit by him ; for hee thinkes it no theft , to sell all he can to opinion . His pedegree and his fathers seale - ring , are the stilts of his crazed disposition . He had rather keepe company with the dregs of men , then ...
... keepe good conceit by him ; for hee thinkes it no theft , to sell all he can to opinion . His pedegree and his fathers seale - ring , are the stilts of his crazed disposition . He had rather keepe company with the dregs of men , then ...
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... keepe her coole , yet still she takes in stones , shee fires her selfe else : the next remove is haggard , still more cunning ; and if my art deceive me not , more crazie . All cares and cures are doubled now upon her , and line her ...
... keepe her coole , yet still she takes in stones , shee fires her selfe else : the next remove is haggard , still more cunning ; and if my art deceive me not , more crazie . All cares and cures are doubled now upon her , and line her ...
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The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now ... Sir Thomas Overbury Visualização integral - 1856 |
The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now ... Sir Thomas Overbury Visualização integral - 1856 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
beauty Ben Jonson better bloud body British Museum businesse character church cloth command commonly conscience Countess Countess of Essex Countess of Somerset court D'Ewes dare death doth Earl of Somerset edition enemy England English Essex eyes faire farre fashion feare foole France friends give goes heaven hee hath Henry himselfe honour husband J. O. Halliwell King James learned lives London Lord lust master Mayerne meere mind murder neere never night original price Overbury's peece physicke Piers Ploughman poem poet poison Post 8vo prayes Prince printed Queen reason religion says selfe shee shew Simon Forman sinne Sir Ralph Winwood Sir Simonds D'Ewes Sir Thomas Overbury sleep small octavo SOHO SQUARE souldiers soule speakes sunne thee things thinke thou tion truth unto vertue warre weares wife woman words worth wrie
Passagens conhecidas
Página 309 - These lords beginning their rule on Alhollon eve, continued the same till the morrow after the Feast of the Purification, commonly called Candlemas day. In all which space there were fine and subtle disguisings, masks, and mummeries, with playing at cards for counters, nails, and points, in every house, more for pastime than for gain.
Página 40 - Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.
Página 296 - 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.