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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... Tamburlaine the Great . Ambition hath but two fteps ; the lowest , Blood ; the highest envy : Both these hath my Unhappy father climb'd , digging mines of Gold with the lives of men , and now envy'd Of the whole world , is environ'd ...
... Tamburlaine the Great . Ambition hath but two fteps ; the lowest , Blood ; the highest envy : Both these hath my Unhappy father climb'd , digging mines of Gold with the lives of men , and now envy'd Of the whole world , is environ'd ...
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... Tamburlaine the Great . I'll ride in golden armour like the fun , And in my helm a triple plume fhall spring , Spangled with diamonds dancing in the air , To note me emperor of the threefold world . Like to an almond tree ymounted high ...
... Tamburlaine the Great . I'll ride in golden armour like the fun , And in my helm a triple plume fhall spring , Spangled with diamonds dancing in the air , To note me emperor of the threefold world . Like to an almond tree ymounted high ...
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... . Marlo's First Part of Tamburlaine the Great . As many circumcifed Turks we have , And warlike bands of chriftians renied , As hath the ocean or the Tyrrhene fea Small Small drops of water , when the moon begins To 54 ARM.
... . Marlo's First Part of Tamburlaine the Great . As many circumcifed Turks we have , And warlike bands of chriftians renied , As hath the ocean or the Tyrrhene fea Small Small drops of water , when the moon begins To 54 ARM.
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... Tamburlaine the Great . " From camp to camp , through the foul womb of night , The hum of either army ftilly founds ; That the fix'd centinels almoft receive The fecret whispers of each other's watch . Fire answers fire ; and through ...
... Tamburlaine the Great . " From camp to camp , through the foul womb of night , The hum of either army ftilly founds ; That the fix'd centinels almoft receive The fecret whispers of each other's watch . Fire answers fire ; and through ...
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... Tamburlaine the Great . Fair faces have no fruits , if they have no Witneffes . When you shall behold over This tender flesh a tough skin , your eyes , which Were wont to glance at others faces , to be Sunk fo hollow , that you can ...
... Tamburlaine the Great . Fair faces have no fruits , if they have no Witneffes . When you shall behold over This tender flesh a tough skin , your eyes , which Were wont to glance at others faces , to be Sunk fo hollow , that you can ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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 Davenant's Gondibert death defire doth ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe fair falfe fame fcorn fear feem fhall fhame fhew fince firft firſt fome fools foon fortune foul friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf honeft honour itſelf Johnson's juft Julius Cæfar King Henry VI lofe Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſure pow'r praiſe prince reafon reft Revenger's Tragedy ſeem Sejanus Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhe Shirley's ſhould ſpeak Spenfer's Fairy Queen ſpirit ſtand ſtate Sterline's ſtill Tamburlaine thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou Trag Tragedy truft unto uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife
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Página 28 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Página 260 - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 73 - O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear: Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Página 167 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Página 43 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 134 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Página 167 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Página 209 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Página 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Página 4 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th