The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... Persons ; " a paraphrase of the first and second parts of Ovid's " Remedy of Love ; " " Ob- servations in his Travailes upon the State of the XVII Provinces , as they stood , A.D. 1609 ; " and " Crumms fal'n from King James's Table ...
... Persons ; " a paraphrase of the first and second parts of Ovid's " Remedy of Love ; " " Ob- servations in his Travailes upon the State of the XVII Provinces , as they stood , A.D. 1609 ; " and " Crumms fal'n from King James's Table ...
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... Persons , ' is a work of considerable merit ; but unfortunately his prose , as well as his verse , has a dryness and quaintness that seems to oppress the natural movement of his thoughts . As a poet he has few imposing attractions : his ...
... Persons , ' is a work of considerable merit ; but unfortunately his prose , as well as his verse , has a dryness and quaintness that seems to oppress the natural movement of his thoughts . As a poet he has few imposing attractions : his ...
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... person , which , as 99 * Athenæ Oxonienses , ii . 134 , edit . Bliss . Printed in the second volume of The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes , 8vo . 1845 . Mr. Halliwell , the editor , observes , " Wilson seems to ...
... person , which , as 99 * Athenæ Oxonienses , ii . 134 , edit . Bliss . Printed in the second volume of The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes , 8vo . 1845 . Mr. Halliwell , the editor , observes , " Wilson seems to ...
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... person and matrimonial claims were treated with disdain , applied to the * The authors who have asserted the fact of the prince's passion for Lady Essex are Wilson , Sanderson ( the writer of Aulicus Coquinaria ) and Sir Simonds D'Ewes ...
... person and matrimonial claims were treated with disdain , applied to the * The authors who have asserted the fact of the prince's passion for Lady Essex are Wilson , Sanderson ( the writer of Aulicus Coquinaria ) and Sir Simonds D'Ewes ...
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... person who had brought yellow starched ruffs into vogue , she should be hanged in that dress , that the same might end in shame and detesta- tion . " Even the hangman who executed this unfortunate woman was decorated with yellow ruffs ...
... person who had brought yellow starched ruffs into vogue , she should be hanged in that dress , that the same might end in shame and detesta- tion . " Even the hangman who executed this unfortunate woman was decorated with yellow ruffs ...
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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.