The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... Cloth to Queen Elizabeth , in which office he died . His eldest son , Sir Ralph Weldon , died in the same office to King James , 1609 , æt . 64 ; and Sir Ralph's younger brother Anthony , who died 1613 , was Clerk of the Kitchen to both ...
... Cloth to Queen Elizabeth , in which office he died . His eldest son , Sir Ralph Weldon , died in the same office to King James , 1609 , æt . 64 ; and Sir Ralph's younger brother Anthony , who died 1613 , was Clerk of the Kitchen to both ...
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... clothes , but never better ; for shee finds no degree beyond de- cencie . Shee hath a content of her owne , and so seekes not an husband , but finds him . She is indeed most , but not much of description , for she is direct and one ...
... clothes , but never better ; for shee finds no degree beyond de- cencie . Shee hath a content of her owne , and so seekes not an husband , but finds him . She is indeed most , but not much of description , for she is direct and one ...
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... clothes , they carry her to church , expresse their stuffe and fashion , and are silent ; if shee bee more devout , shee lifts up a certain number of eyes , in stead of prayers , and takes the sermon , and measures out a nap by it ...
... clothes , they carry her to church , expresse their stuffe and fashion , and are silent ; if shee bee more devout , shee lifts up a certain number of eyes , in stead of prayers , and takes the sermon , and measures out a nap by it ...
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... clothes . Hee knowes no man that is not gene- rally knowne . His wit , like the marigold , openeth with the sun , and therfore he riseth not before ten of the clock . He puts more confidence in his words than meaning , and more in his ...
... clothes . Hee knowes no man that is not gene- rally knowne . His wit , like the marigold , openeth with the sun , and therfore he riseth not before ten of the clock . He puts more confidence in his words than meaning , and more in his ...
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... clothes , or out of fashion . There is not a publike assembly without him , and he will take any paines for an ac- quaintance there . In any shew he will be one , though he be but a whiffler , or a torch - bearer ; and D beares downe ...
... clothes , or out of fashion . There is not a publike assembly without him , and he will take any paines for an ac- quaintance there . In any shew he will be one , though he be but a whiffler , or a torch - bearer ; and D beares downe ...
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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
alwayes beauty Ben Jonson better bloud body British Museum businesse church cloth commonly conscience Countess Countess of Essex court courtier dare death devill doth Duke of Guise Earl edition enemies England eyes faire falne farre fashion feare foole France friends gentrie give goes greatnesse heart heaven hee hath himselfe honour husband justice keepe King James learned live London Lord lust marry master Mayerne meere mind nature neere never night Overbury's peace peece physicke Piers Ploughman poem prayes Prince printed prisoners reason religion says selfe shee shew Simon Forman sinn Sir Simonds D'Ewes Sir Thomas Overbury sleep SOHO SQUARE Somerset souldiers soule Spaine speake stomack sunne thee thing thinke thou tion truth Tyburn unto vertue vice warre weares wife woman words worth wrie
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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.
Página xxiv - ... he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Página 314 - Nothing can be more interesting than this little book, containing a lively picture of the opinions and conversations of one of the most eminent scholars and most distinguished patriots England has produced, living at a period the most eventful of our history.
Página 298 - Tobacco, which goes far beyond all their panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used, but, as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned Tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.