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... verses , by this nobleman , were prefixed , in 1611 , to The Travels or Crudities of Tom Coryat , " the whetstone of all the wits , " who must have been stimulated by a prepos- terous species of vanity , to publish so many ludicrous ...
... verses , by this nobleman , were prefixed , in 1611 , to The Travels or Crudities of Tom Coryat , " the whetstone of all the wits , " who must have been stimulated by a prepos- terous species of vanity , to publish so many ludicrous ...
Pagina 8
... for- mer assertion , that he had " no ambition of title . " He is said to have refused a dukedom . Hist . of the Rebellion , vol . ii . p . 209. 8vo . edit . have great judgment , especially in English verse , it 8 ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX .
... for- mer assertion , that he had " no ambition of title . " He is said to have refused a dukedom . Hist . of the Rebellion , vol . ii . p . 209. 8vo . edit . have great judgment , especially in English verse , it 8 ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX .
Pagina 9
... verse , it was his csutom to applaud the professors of that art2 , as high as their deserts merited , and to reward them above it ... verses rhym'd and 66 therefore will suffer no depreciation in the minds of the ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX . 9.
... verse , it was his csutom to applaud the professors of that art2 , as high as their deserts merited , and to reward them above it ... verses rhym'd and 66 therefore will suffer no depreciation in the minds of the ROBERT , EARL OF ESSEX . 9.
Pagina 10
... verses of Wither : for he paid less attention to the metrical arrangement of his compositions , than to their nervous sense , shrewd satire , and moral application . Had he sacrificed sentiment to sound with less reluctance , he would ...
... verses of Wither : for he paid less attention to the metrical arrangement of his compositions , than to their nervous sense , shrewd satire , and moral application . Had he sacrificed sentiment to sound with less reluctance , he would ...
Pagina 14
... verses addressed to sir Edward Herbert , since lord Herbert of Cherbury , being at the siege of Juliers : and Ben Jonson has a plausive epigram on the same " all - virtuous Herbert . " See Brit . Poets , vol . iv . pp . 97 , 542 . An ...
... verses addressed to sir Edward Herbert , since lord Herbert of Cherbury , being at the siege of Juliers : and Ben Jonson has a plausive epigram on the same " all - virtuous Herbert . " See Brit . Poets , vol . iv . pp . 97 , 542 . An ...
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A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland ..., Volume 3 Horace Walpole Volledige weergave - 1812 |
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... Horace Walpole Volledige weergave - 1806 |
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland ..., Volume 3 Horace Walpole Volledige weergave - 1806 |
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Pagina 92 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Pagina 304 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Pagina 260 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will!
Pagina 251 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Pagina 334 - ... and he was endless in consultations ; for when after much discourse a point was settled, if he could find a new jest to make even that which was suggested by himself seem ridiculous, he could not hold, but would study to raise the credit of his wit, though it made others call his judgment in question.
Pagina 102 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Pagina 160 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Pagina 242 - My dear mistress has a heart Soft as those kind looks she gave me, When, with love's resistless art, And her eyes, she did enslave me. But her constancy's so weak She's so wild and apt to wander, That my jealous heart would break, Should we live one day asunder.
Pagina 171 - Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to serve the king when he saw him in distress, and abandoned by most of those who were in the highest degree obliged to him, and by him.
Pagina 36 - I scorn your proffers. I disdain your favor. I abhor your treason ; and am so far from delivering up this island to your advantage, that I will keep it, to the utmost of my power, to your destruction.