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Page v
... give the Perfon that brought thofe Verfes Fifty Pounds ; but upon reading the next Stan- za , he order'd the Sum to be doubled . The Steward was no less furpriz'd than his Mafter , and thought it his Duty to make fome Delay in executing ...
... give the Perfon that brought thofe Verfes Fifty Pounds ; but upon reading the next Stan- za , he order'd the Sum to be doubled . The Steward was no less furpriz'd than his Mafter , and thought it his Duty to make fome Delay in executing ...
Page vi
... give away his whole Eftate . From this time he admitted the Author to his Acquaintance and Conver- fation , and prepar'd the way for his be- ing known and receiv'd at Court . THO ' nothing cou'd have been more happy for him than to be ...
... give away his whole Eftate . From this time he admitted the Author to his Acquaintance and Conver- fation , and prepar'd the way for his be- ing known and receiv'd at Court . THO ' nothing cou'd have been more happy for him than to be ...
Page ix
... give , to want , to be undone . This , as it was very much the Author's Cafe , might probably be the particular Paffage in that poem which gave Of- fence ; for even the Sighs of a miferable Man are sometimes refented as an Af- front by ...
... give , to want , to be undone . This , as it was very much the Author's Cafe , might probably be the particular Paffage in that poem which gave Of- fence ; for even the Sighs of a miferable Man are sometimes refented as an Af- front by ...
Page x
... give him what is Reason . Spencer waited for fome time , but had the Mortification to find him- felf difappointed of the Queen's intend- ed Bounty . Upon this , he took a pro- per Opportunity to prefent a Paper to Queen Elizabeth in the ...
... give him what is Reason . Spencer waited for fome time , but had the Mortification to find him- felf difappointed of the Queen's intend- ed Bounty . Upon this , he took a pro- per Opportunity to prefent a Paper to Queen Elizabeth in the ...
Page xix
... give the Publick a more perfect Account of a Man whofe Works have fo juftly recommended him to the Efteem of all the Lovers of En- glish Poetry . Befides thofe Pieces of his which have been preferv'd , we find he had written feveral ...
... give the Publick a more perfect Account of a Man whofe Works have fo juftly recommended him to the Efteem of all the Lovers of En- glish Poetry . Befides thofe Pieces of his which have been preferv'd , we find he had written feveral ...
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Page 158 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 115 - ... to their lovers; that his music was not the harp nor lays of love, but the cries of people and clashing of armour; and finally, that he died not bewailed of many, but made many wail when he died, that dearly bought his death.
Page 80 - Iren. Because the commodity doth not countervail the discommodity; for the inconveniences which thereby do arise are much more many; for it is a fit house for an outlaw, a meet bed for a rebel, and an apt cloak for a thief.
Page 241 - Gospel; for they spare not to come out of Spain, from Rome, and from Rheims, by long toil and dangerous travelling hither, where they know peril of death awaiteth them, and no reward or riches is to be found, only to draw the people unto the Church of Rome...
Page 80 - When it raineth, it is his penthouse; when it bloweth, it is his tent; when it freezeth, it is his tabernacle. In summer he can wear it loose; in winter he can wrap it close; at all times he can use it; never heavy, never cumbersome.
Page 81 - ... in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or...
Page 7 - It is a rule of right unwritten, but delivered by tradition from one to another, in which oftentimes there appeareth great shew of equity, in determining the right between party and party, but in many things repugning quite both to God's law and man's...
Page viii - 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...
Page 29 - ... so commodiously, as that, if some princes in the world had them, they would soon hope to be lords of all the seas, and ere long of all the world.
Page 29 - ... and ere long of all the world : also full of very good ports and havens opening upon England, as inviting us to come unto them, to see what excellent commodities that country can afford; besides, the soil itself most fertile, fit to yield all kind of fruit that shall be committed thereunto.