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 vii
... reason for either admitting or rejecting it ; its value being to be rated not by its fize , but fenfe ; but where the former is fo pe- nurious , the latter ought to make amends either in beauty or inftruction . This , his friend the ...
... reason for either admitting or rejecting it ; its value being to be rated not by its fize , but fenfe ; but where the former is fo pe- nurious , the latter ought to make amends either in beauty or inftruction . This , his friend the ...
Pàgina xxii
... reasons we have given above ; and what he has extracted from others better known , as from Spenser , & c . ap- pears almost entirely new , having never been quoted in this manner , and perhaps , little obferved before . He has not only ...
... reasons we have given above ; and what he has extracted from others better known , as from Spenser , & c . ap- pears almost entirely new , having never been quoted in this manner , and perhaps , little obferved before . He has not only ...
Pàgina 11
... reason , or caufe ; they know not why They do any thing ; but as they are inform'd , Believe , judge , praife , condemn , love , hate , And in emulation one of another , Do all these things alike , only they have A natʼral inclination ...
... reason , or caufe ; they know not why They do any thing ; but as they are inform'd , Believe , judge , praife , condemn , love , hate , And in emulation one of another , Do all these things alike , only they have A natʼral inclination ...
Pàgina 24
... reason , it to overthrow . Spenfer's Fairy Queen . What war fo cruell , or what fiege fo fore , As that , which strong affections do apply Against the fort of reafon , evermore To bring the foul into captivity ! Their force is fiercer ...
... reason , it to overthrow . Spenfer's Fairy Queen . What war fo cruell , or what fiege fo fore , As that , which strong affections do apply Against the fort of reafon , evermore To bring the foul into captivity ! Their force is fiercer ...
Pàgina 25
... reason , and a purer fpirit , Take in another way ; like rooms that fight With windows ' gainst the wind , yet let in light . Chapman's Cæfar and Pompey . -Thoughts that be offended , Are seldom with their prefent vifions mended ; Rage ...
... reason , and a purer fpirit , Take in another way ; like rooms that fight With windows ' gainst the wind , yet let in light . Chapman's Cæfar and Pompey . -Thoughts that be offended , Are seldom with their prefent vifions mended ; Rage ...
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againſt Aleyn's Henry VII Antonio and Mellida Beaumont and Fletcher's beauty becauſe beft beſt Caligula Catiline caufe cauſe Chapman's court Crown's cuckold Cymbeline Cynthia's Revels Daniel's death defire doth Ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe fair falfe fame fcorn fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fortune foul fpirit friendſhip ftand ftill ftrong fubject fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf honeft honour itſelf Johnson's King Henry VI lefs Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prince reafon reft Revenger's Tragedy ſeem Sejanus Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhe Shirley's ſpeak Spenfer's Fairy Queen ſtate Sterline's ſtill ſweet Tamburlaine thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou Trag Tragedy truft unto uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife