The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... seems to oppress the natural movement of his 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 ...
... seems to oppress the natural movement of his 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 ...
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... seems to have been indebted to this MS . in his Life of James , and it is altogether a curious and valuable memorial of the stirring events of the time . " It was written before the close of the year 1615 . Wood quaintly expresses it ...
... seems to have been indebted to this MS . in his Life of James , and it is altogether a curious and valuable memorial of the stirring events of the time . " It was written before the close of the year 1615 . Wood quaintly expresses it ...
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... seems to have been well adapted for success , and to have been of a bold carriage and aspiring temper . Sir Nicholas has recorded of his son , " That when Sir Thomas was made sewer to the King , his Maty walking in the privy garden ...
... seems to have been well adapted for success , and to have been of a bold carriage and aspiring temper . Sir Nicholas has recorded of his son , " That when Sir Thomas was made sewer to the King , his Maty walking in the privy garden ...
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... seems to have acted as a mediator in this affair . In the second volume of Goodman's Court of James , is preserved the follow- ing letter from Overbury to the Earl . 66 My Honorable Lord , As your lordship was a judge of mine innocence ...
... seems to have acted as a mediator in this affair . In the second volume of Goodman's Court of James , is preserved the follow- ing letter from Overbury to the Earl . 66 My Honorable Lord , As your lordship was a judge of mine innocence ...
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... seems little doubt that he was the prime mover in the secret state poisonings of the English capital . * • Dr. Theodore Mayerne was born at Geneva in 1573 , and had for his godfather the celebrated Theodore Beza . He studied medicine at ...
... seems little doubt that he was the prime mover in the secret state poisonings of the English capital . * • Dr. Theodore Mayerne was born at Geneva in 1573 , and had for his godfather the celebrated Theodore Beza . He studied medicine at ...
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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.