The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt., Now First CollectedJ. R. Smith, 1856 - 311 páginas |
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... worth , ' whose spirit still walked unrevenged amongst them , ' together with the contrast of his ideal Wife with the Countess of Essex , who was his murderess , attached an interest and popularity to his poem , and made it pass through ...
... worth , ' whose spirit still walked unrevenged amongst them , ' together with the contrast of his ideal Wife with the Countess of Essex , who was his murderess , attached an interest and popularity to his poem , and made it pass through ...
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... worth where- of if any other out of malice shall neglect to com- mend , hee may well ( if it proceed from nice criti- cisme ) bee excluded as a churlish retainer to the Muses : if from direct plaine dealing , hee shall bee degraded for ...
... worth where- of if any other out of malice shall neglect to com- mend , hee may well ( if it proceed from nice criti- cisme ) bee excluded as a churlish retainer to the Muses : if from direct plaine dealing , hee shall bee degraded for ...
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... to his life and deaths example , Love might erect a statue ; Zeale a temple : On his true worth the Muses might be slaine , To die his honours web in purest graine . C. B. UPON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE AUTHOUR OF THIS INGENIOUS 8.
... to his life and deaths example , Love might erect a statue ; Zeale a temple : On his true worth the Muses might be slaine , To die his honours web in purest graine . C. B. UPON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE AUTHOUR OF THIS INGENIOUS 8.
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... worth : what shall we say ? Things so farre out of frame , as if the day Were come , wherein another Phaeton Stolne into Phœbus waine , had all misse - won A cleane contrary way : O powerfull God , Right all amisse , and set thy wonted ...
... worth : what shall we say ? Things so farre out of frame , as if the day Were come , wherein another Phaeton Stolne into Phœbus waine , had all misse - won A cleane contrary way : O powerfull God , Right all amisse , and set thy wonted ...
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... worth some while , but being found , The Muses altars plentifull crown'd With sweet perfumes , by it new kindled be , And offer all to thy deare memory . Nor have we lost thee long : thou art not gone , Nor canst descend into oblivion ...
... worth some while , but being found , The Muses altars plentifull crown'd With sweet perfumes , by it new kindled be , And offer all to thy deare memory . Nor have we lost thee long : thou art not gone , Nor canst descend into oblivion ...
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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
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.