The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... reasons why the " Witty Conceites , " added to the eleventh edi- tion , have been rejected . They consist of " Para- doxes , as they were spoken in a Maske , and presented before his Majesty at White - Hall ; " " The Mounte- banke's ...
... reasons why the " Witty Conceites , " added to the eleventh edi- tion , have been rejected . They consist of " Para- doxes , as they were spoken in a Maske , and presented before his Majesty at White - Hall ; " " The Mounte- banke's ...
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... ways in the course of the same page - but for other reasons which will have more weight . Overbury , in common with almost all the writers of his period , occasionally uses words and " figures of INTRODUCTION . xxiii Page.
... ways in the course of the same page - but for other reasons which will have more weight . Overbury , in common with almost all the writers of his period , occasionally uses words and " figures of INTRODUCTION . xxiii Page.
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... Reason that sat above them all , crowned with burning tapers , came down and silenced them . These eight , together with Reason , their moderator , mounted above their heads , sat somewhat like the ladies in the scallop - shell , the ...
... Reason that sat above them all , crowned with burning tapers , came down and silenced them . These eight , together with Reason , their moderator , mounted above their heads , sat somewhat like the ladies in the scallop - shell , the ...
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... reasons for their opinions , and endeavoured to overawe the Archbishop of Canterbury by a singular argument ad verecun- diam , couched in the following terms : I will conclude , therefore , that , if a Judge should have a prejudice in ...
... reasons for their opinions , and endeavoured to overawe the Archbishop of Canterbury by a singular argument ad verecun- diam , couched in the following terms : I will conclude , therefore , that , if a Judge should have a prejudice in ...
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... reason in that respect , I refer the rest to this bearer , and myself to your love , ANNA R. " The Earl of Salisbury seems to have acted as a mediator in this affair . In the second volume of Goodman's Court of James , is preserved the ...
... reason in that respect , I refer the rest to this bearer , and myself to your love , ANNA R. " The Earl of Salisbury seems to have acted as a mediator in this affair . In the second volume of Goodman's Court of James , is preserved the ...
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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.