The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... thoughts . As a poet he has few imposing attractions : his beauties must be fetched by repeated perusal . They are those of solid reflection , predominating over , but not extin- guishing sensibility ; and there is danger of the reader ...
... thoughts . As a poet he has few imposing attractions : his beauties must be fetched by repeated perusal . They are those of solid reflection , predominating over , but not extin- guishing sensibility ; and there is danger of the reader ...
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... thought proper to sepa- rate the youthful pair till they had arrived at riper years . The young Earl was sent on his travels , while the bride remained at court with her mother , a lady whose indifferent morals rendered her totally ...
... thought proper to sepa- rate the youthful pair till they had arrived at riper years . The young Earl was sent on his travels , while the bride remained at court with her mother , a lady whose indifferent morals rendered her totally ...
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... thoughts about it , to set down the forerunning and leading causes of this accident , as far as in so short a time I have been able to wade in so deep a water . " It is conceived that the King hath a good while been much distasted with ...
... thoughts about it , to set down the forerunning and leading causes of this accident , as far as in so short a time I have been able to wade in so deep a water . " It is conceived that the King hath a good while been much distasted with ...
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... thought they had laughed at her , whereupon she complained , and Overbury was committed . But when it did appear unto the Queen that they did not hear her , and that their laughter did proceed from a jest which the King was pleased to ...
... thought they had laughed at her , whereupon she complained , and Overbury was committed . But when it did appear unto the Queen that they did not hear her , and that their laughter did proceed from a jest which the King was pleased to ...
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... thought all future danger to be inhumed with the dead body ; and therefore , shortly after , in the year 1614 , the Viscount Rochester , then created Earl of Somerset , married the lady Francis Howard ; who had been divorced from the ...
... thought all future danger to be inhumed with the dead body ; and therefore , shortly after , in the year 1614 , the Viscount Rochester , then created Earl of Somerset , married the lady Francis Howard ; who had been divorced from the ...
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The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now ... Sir Thomas Overbury Visualização integral - 1856 |
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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
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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.