The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... danger of the reader neglecting , under the coldness and ruggedness of his manner , the manly but unostentatious moral feeling that is conveyed in his maxims , which are . sterling and liberal , if we can only pardon a few obsolete ...
... danger of the reader neglecting , under the coldness and ruggedness of his manner , the manly but unostentatious moral feeling that is conveyed in his maxims , which are . sterling and liberal , if we can only pardon a few obsolete ...
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... danger of which measure was heightened by her acknow- ledged beauty , which soon constituted her the idol of Mr. Pory to Sir Robert Cotton , Jan. 1606 , in Bishop Goodman's Court of James the First , vol . ii . p . 125 . general ...
... danger of which measure was heightened by her acknow- ledged beauty , which soon constituted her the idol of Mr. Pory to Sir Robert Cotton , Jan. 1606 , in Bishop Goodman's Court of James the First , vol . ii . p . 125 . general ...
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... 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 Earl of Essex the ...
... 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 Earl of Essex the ...
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... dangerous disease . " In the Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby , of Scriven , Bart . , ( edited by the Rev. Daniel Parsons , 8vo . Lond . 1836 , ) is a very interesting notice of Mayerne , introducing us into the physician's study . Sir Henry ...
... dangerous disease . " In the Diary of Sir Henry Slingsby , of Scriven , Bart . , ( edited by the Rev. Daniel Parsons , 8vo . Lond . 1836 , ) is a very interesting notice of Mayerne , introducing us into the physician's study . Sir Henry ...
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... dangerous to be good : well may we praise Honesty , or innocence ; but who can raise A pow'r , that shall secur't gainst wrongs to come , When such a saint hath suffer'd martyrdome ? Injurious hands , which ' cause they could not get ...
... dangerous to be good : well may we praise Honesty , or innocence ; but who can raise A pow'r , that shall secur't gainst wrongs to come , When such a saint hath suffer'd martyrdome ? Injurious hands , which ' cause they could not get ...
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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
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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.