Restituta; Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived, Volume 1T. Bensley, 1814 - English literature |
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... fame of a poet , to catch something of that selection of circumstances , and animation of manner , which , when they are exhibited in genuine force , bespeak the real favourite of the Muse . But when most of these writers exercised the ...
... fame of a poet , to catch something of that selection of circumstances , and animation of manner , which , when they are exhibited in genuine force , bespeak the real favourite of the Muse . But when most of these writers exercised the ...
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... fame , æstimation , honour , all magistrat- shippes , be they off never so ample au- thoritye , all titles and names howe glo- rious soeuer theye seeme in the eyes off men for a tyme , yett at the last , as the whole world itselfe , and ...
... fame , æstimation , honour , all magistrat- shippes , be they off never so ample au- thoritye , all titles and names howe glo- rious soeuer theye seeme in the eyes off men for a tyme , yett at the last , as the whole world itselfe , and ...
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... fame thy praisments would inditt . Yeares yead away , and facies faire deflowr , Ceasar , and such had never shind so long Their breths , and bruts had ended in one howr , Ne had they flowne by voyces fitt and strong , Thou arte the ...
... fame thy praisments would inditt . Yeares yead away , and facies faire deflowr , Ceasar , and such had never shind so long Their breths , and bruts had ended in one howr , Ne had they flowne by voyces fitt and strong , Thou arte the ...
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... Fame's wings thee deceive . With all thy speed from Fame thou canst not flee , But more thou flees , the more it follows thee . HENRIE CONSTABLE . * " In Serenissimum Invictissimumque Scotia Regem Jacobum Sextum . " Eight Greek Lines ...
... Fame's wings thee deceive . With all thy speed from Fame thou canst not flee , But more thou flees , the more it follows thee . HENRIE CONSTABLE . * " In Serenissimum Invictissimumque Scotia Regem Jacobum Sextum . " Eight Greek Lines ...
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... fame doe not betray , Who Azure Skie doth decke With blazing lights , and on the earth His Trophees doth erect : The loue of Heauen , the honour of earth , The wonder of our age , Who whill that furious bloodie MARS Doth in his countrey ...
... fame doe not betray , Who Azure Skie doth decke With blazing lights , and on the earth His Trophees doth erect : The loue of Heauen , the honour of earth , The wonder of our age , Who whill that furious bloodie MARS Doth in his countrey ...
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Page 303 - Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above. Secret refreshings that repair his strength And fainting spirits uphold.
Page 362 - Pleasures are not, if they last, In their passing, is their best. Glory is most bright and gay In a flash, and so away. Feed apace then, greedy eyes, On the wonder you behold ; Take it sudden as it flies, Though you take it not to hold : When your eyes have done their part, Thought must length it in the heart.
Page 302 - To th' inmost mind. There exercise all his fierce accidents, And on her purest spirits prey, As on entrails, joints and limbs, With answerable pains but more intense, Though void of corporal sense.
Page 304 - The punishment of dissolute days ; in fine, Just or unjust, alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end.
Page 222 - The grandees of the time, tost to and fro By censures or applause ; but let my age Slide gently by ; not overthwart the stage Of public action, unheard, unseen, And unconcern'd, as if I ne'er had been. And thus, while I shall pass my silent days In shady privacy, free from the noise And bustles of the mad world, then shall I A good old innocent plebeian die. Death is a mere surprise, a very snare To him that makes it his life's greatest care To be a public pageant, known to all, But unacquainted...
Page 221 - Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me. Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me some mean, obscure recess ; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower : where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy. Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Page 226 - Defy the world, deny the devil, and despise the flesh, and delight yourself only in the Lord. Be penitent for your sins, and yet despair not ; be strong in faith, and yet presume not ; and desire with St. Paul to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, with whom, even in death, there is life. Be like the good servant, and even at midnight be waking, lest...
Page 303 - Extolling patience as the truest fortitude; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories...
Page 190 - ... very men, in their secret conventicles, did covenant and swear to each other to be assiduous and faithful in using their best endeavours to set up the presbyterian doctrine and discipline ; and both in such a manner as they themselves had not yet agreed on, but up that government must. To which end, there were many that wandered up and down, and were active in sowing discontents and sedition by venomous and secret murmurings...
Page 289 - Pedants shall not tie my strains To our antique Poets' veins ; As if we, in latter days, Knew to love, but not to praise. Being born as free as these, I will Sing, as I shall please ! Who, as well new paths may run, As the best before have done.