The Life of Andrew MarvellA. D. English, 1835 - 64 pages |
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... persons . ANDREW MARVELL has therefore become a celebrated name , and is now known as one of the most incorruptible Patriots that England , or any other country , ever produced . A character so exalted and pure , astonished a corrupt ...
... persons . ANDREW MARVELL has therefore become a celebrated name , and is now known as one of the most incorruptible Patriots that England , or any other country , ever produced . A character so exalted and pure , astonished a corrupt ...
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... person of indefatigable incredulity . The prophetic warnings have occurred to young and old , kings and rustics , saints and sinners ; to Bentley , the orthodox ; to Oliver Cromwell , the fanatic ; to Littleton , the rake ; to Nelson ...
... person of indefatigable incredulity . The prophetic warnings have occurred to young and old , kings and rustics , saints and sinners ; to Bentley , the orthodox ; to Oliver Cromwell , the fanatic ; to Littleton , the rake ; to Nelson ...
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... person , is to obey you , and to perform honestly the work that you have set me about . Therefore I shall use the time that your Lordship is pleased to allow me for writing , onely for that purpose for which you have given me it ; that ...
... person , is to obey you , and to perform honestly the work that you have set me about . Therefore I shall use the time that your Lordship is pleased to allow me for writing , onely for that purpose for which you have given me it ; that ...
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... persons whom the act of Indem- nity has left to pains and penaltyes . The act for universal Conformity will , within a day or two , be brought in . " From June , 1661 , we have a long vacancy in Marvell's corres- pondence , though by a ...
... persons whom the act of Indem- nity has left to pains and penaltyes . The act for universal Conformity will , within a day or two , be brought in . " From June , 1661 , we have a long vacancy in Marvell's corres- pondence , though by a ...
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... persons would have been so courteous , as to have filled it for me . You may be assured that as my obligation and affection to your service hath been strong enough to draw me over , without any consideration of mine own private con ...
... persons would have been so courteous , as to have filled it for me . You may be assured that as my obligation and affection to your service hath been strong enough to draw me over , without any consideration of mine own private con ...
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affectionate Friend ANDREW MARVELL ANTHONY WOOD appears bill Bishop Bishop of Hereford Bishop of Oxford Captain Thompson character Charles Charles II Church College conscience constituents Corporation of Hull corruption Court Cromwell crown Danby danger death divine Doctor of Divinity Dryden Duke duty Ecclesiastical Polity election England English eyes father favour Flecnoe flow'rs GENTLEMEN give Growth of Popery hath HERBERT CROFT honour House of Commons House of Lords humour Jesuit John Milton King King's lamented letter liberty living London Lord Bellasis Lord Danby Lord Treasurer Lordship Majesty Marvell's master Milton mind Naked Truth never occasion ordered Oxenbridge Oxford Parker Parliament patriot person Poem poet possessed published received Rehearsal Transprosed religion render Restoration ridicule Satirist says Marvell scarce seems sent shew spirit tears thanks thing thou thought To-day virtue voted writes young Marvell zeal
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Page 59 - Deserts of vast Eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found; Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: then worms shall try That long preserved virginity: And your quaint honour turn to dust; And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place, But none I think do there embrace.
Page 54 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples, plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars chosen by His hand From Lebanon He stores the land; And makes the hollow seas that roar Proclaim the ambergris on shore.
Page 58 - Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews.
Page 54 - And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits through the air ; He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night...
Page 58 - TO HIS COY MISTRESS Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side 5 Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain.
Page 58 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near: And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Page 58 - When Juliana came, and she, What I do to the grass, does to my thoughts and me.
Page 60 - And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole Creation's day To change in Scenes, and show it in a Play.
Page 59 - Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life.
Page 57 - See how the Orient Dew, Shed from the Bosom of the Morn Into the blowing Roses, Yet careless of its Mansion new; For the clear Region where 'twas born Round in its self incloses: And in its little Globes Extent, Frames as it can its native Element.