The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 40
Página xxxiii
... comes too near who comes to be denied . " Here , in all proba- bility , we have the cause of quarrel between Over- bury and Jonson . The story , certainly , reflects rare Ben , " than it does upon his 66 more credit upon courtly ...
... comes too near who comes to be denied . " Here , in all proba- bility , we have the cause of quarrel between Over- bury and Jonson . The story , certainly , reflects rare Ben , " than it does upon his 66 more credit upon courtly ...
Página 8
... come ; But woe and curses follow them by whom : God authors all mens actions , not their sin , For that proceeds from ... comes like whirlewind ! how it shakes the root Of lofty cedars ; makes the stately brow Bend to the foot ! how all ...
... come ; But woe and curses follow them by whom : God authors all mens actions , not their sin , For that proceeds from ... comes like whirlewind ! how it shakes the root Of lofty cedars ; makes the stately brow Bend to the foot ! how all ...
Página 42
... comes too neere , that comes to be denide . Now since a woman we to marry are , A soule and body , not a soule alone , When one is good , then be the other faire ; Beauty is health and beauty , both in one ; Be she so faire , as change ...
... comes too neere , that comes to be denide . Now since a woman we to marry are , A soule and body , not a soule alone , When one is good , then be the other faire ; Beauty is health and beauty , both in one ; Be she so faire , as change ...
Página 47
... comes neerer than her eares , and then wonder stops it out , and saves vertue the labour . She leaves the neat youth , telling his lushious tales , and puts back the serving - mans put- ting forward , with a frown : yet her kindnes is ...
... comes neerer than her eares , and then wonder stops it out , and saves vertue the labour . She leaves the neat youth , telling his lushious tales , and puts back the serving - mans put- ting forward , with a frown : yet her kindnes is ...
Página 49
... comes from her in a treble , which is still too big for it ; yet her vanity seldome matcheth her , with one of her own degree , for then shee will beget E 1 another creature a begger ; and commonly , if shee CHARACTERS . 49.
... comes from her in a treble , which is still too big for it ; yet her vanity seldome matcheth her , with one of her own degree , for then shee will beget E 1 another creature a begger ; and commonly , if shee CHARACTERS . 49.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt: Now ... Sir Thomas Overbury Visualização integral - 1890 |
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
Passagens conhecidas
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.