The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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Pàgina xi
... itself to extracts from plays , might have been ex- pected to have been free from this laft de- fect , and to have abounded with the fine thoughts that enrich fuch collections . It is called , ( † ) THE ENGLISH TREASURY OF WIT AND ...
... itself to extracts from plays , might have been ex- pected to have been free from this laft de- fect , and to have abounded with the fine thoughts that enrich fuch collections . It is called , ( † ) THE ENGLISH TREASURY OF WIT AND ...
Pàgina 6
... itself into the face of heav'n ; I grant that fire , without a fresh supply , May for a while be ftill a fire ; but yet How doth its luftre languish , and itself Grow dark , if it too long want the embrace Of it's lov'd pyle ? how ...
... itself into the face of heav'n ; I grant that fire , without a fresh supply , May for a while be ftill a fire ; but yet How doth its luftre languish , and itself Grow dark , if it too long want the embrace Of it's lov'd pyle ? how ...
Pàgina 12
... itself , But in the knowledge and afcription . Chapman's Blind Beggar of Alexandria . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth reward , vice punishment , Beaumont's and Fletcher's Captain . If thou doft ill , the joy fades ...
... itself , But in the knowledge and afcription . Chapman's Blind Beggar of Alexandria . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth reward , vice punishment , Beaumont's and Fletcher's Captain . If thou doft ill , the joy fades ...
Pàgina 14
... itself in the publick road . Denham . Sir William Davenant's Cruel Brother . Peace is the ruft of minds ; brave fouls refine By great examples , and with use they shine . Sir Robert Howard's Veftal Virgin . But our unsteady actions ...
... itself in the publick road . Denham . Sir William Davenant's Cruel Brother . Peace is the ruft of minds ; brave fouls refine By great examples , and with use they shine . Sir Robert Howard's Veftal Virgin . But our unsteady actions ...
Pàgina 45
... itself fufficient grace : Confid'ring how these Ornaments may wrong The fet of beauty ; which we fee doth grace Th ' attire it wears , and is not grac'd thereby , As b'ing that only which doth take the Eye . Sure this gay fresh fuit ...
... itself fufficient grace : Confid'ring how these Ornaments may wrong The fet of beauty ; which we fee doth grace Th ' attire it wears , and is not grac'd thereby , As b'ing that only which doth take the Eye . Sure this gay fresh fuit ...
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