The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... towne , and his inquisition is about the price of corne : when he travelleth , he will goe ten mile out of the way to a cousins house of his to save charges ; and rewards the servants by taking them by the hand when hee de- parts ...
... towne , and his inquisition is about the price of corne : when he travelleth , he will goe ten mile out of the way to a cousins house of his to save charges ; and rewards the servants by taking them by the hand when hee de- parts ...
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... towne ; and when the keeper of the Ordinary blames him for it , he answers him in his owne pro- fession , that a woodcocke must be pluckt ere he be drest . He is a supervisor to brothels , and in them is a more unlawfull reformer of ...
... towne ; and when the keeper of the Ordinary blames him for it , he answers him in his owne pro- fession , that a woodcocke must be pluckt ere he be drest . He is a supervisor to brothels , and in them is a more unlawfull reformer of ...
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... towne , though most of the wicked ( as he cals them ) be there , he will be sure to bee a guest , and to out - eat six of the fattest Burgers he thinks , though hee may not pray with a Jew , he may eat with a Jew : he winkes when he ...
... towne , though most of the wicked ( as he cals them ) be there , he will be sure to bee a guest , and to out - eat six of the fattest Burgers he thinks , though hee may not pray with a Jew , he may eat with a Jew : he winkes when he ...
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... towne are his intelligencers : but nurses and young mer- chants wives ( that would faine conceive with child ) these are his idolaters . He is a more unjust bone- setter , then a dice - maker ; hath put out more eyes then the small pox ...
... towne are his intelligencers : but nurses and young mer- chants wives ( that would faine conceive with child ) these are his idolaters . He is a more unjust bone- setter , then a dice - maker ; hath put out more eyes then the small pox ...
Página 144
... towne of garrison neere famish't , where hee practised to make a little goe farre ; some drive it from more antiquity , and say , Adam ( when he pickt sallets ) was of his occupation . He doth not feed the belly , but the palate ; and ...
... towne of garrison neere famish't , where hee practised to make a little goe farre ; some drive it from more antiquity , and say , Adam ( when he pickt sallets ) was of his occupation . He doth not feed the belly , but the palate ; and ...
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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.