The Poems of Richard Crobet, Late Bishop of Oxford and of NorwichLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 260 pages |
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... Prince of Wales , " The expectancy and rose of the fair state , " and the theme of many a verse ; the Uni- versity , overwhelmed with grief , more espe- cially as he had been a student of Magdalen College The following early specimen of ...
... Prince of Wales , " The expectancy and rose of the fair state , " and the theme of many a verse ; the Uni- versity , overwhelmed with grief , more espe- cially as he had been a student of Magdalen College The following early specimen of ...
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... Prince ... ....... 66 82 A Newe - Years Gift to my Lorde Duke of Buckingham .... A Letter to Sir Thomas Aylesbury . . . . . . . Dr. Corbet's Journey into France ..... 3885 94 An Exhortation to Mr. John Hamon ..... 103 An Elegie upon the ...
... Prince ... ....... 66 82 A Newe - Years Gift to my Lorde Duke of Buckingham .... A Letter to Sir Thomas Aylesbury . . . . . . . Dr. Corbet's Journey into France ..... 3885 94 An Exhortation to Mr. John Hamon ..... 103 An Elegie upon the ...
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... Prince in Spaine ..... On the Earle of Dorset's Death .. To the Newe - born Prince ... 134 142 146 On the Birth of the young Prince Charles . 148 To his Son Vincent Corbet ... 149 An Epitaph on Dr. Donne , Dean of Pauls . 152 * Certain ...
... Prince in Spaine ..... On the Earle of Dorset's Death .. To the Newe - born Prince ... 134 142 146 On the Birth of the young Prince Charles . 148 To his Son Vincent Corbet ... 149 An Epitaph on Dr. Donne , Dean of Pauls . 152 * Certain ...
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... prince , And vented hath a studied toy As long as was the siege of Troy : And spent herself for full five days In speeches , exercise , and plays . • Quia valde lutosa est Cantabrigia . 5 Ludus per spatium 6 horarum infra . To trim the ...
... prince , And vented hath a studied toy As long as was the siege of Troy : And spent herself for full five days In speeches , exercise , and plays . • Quia valde lutosa est Cantabrigia . 5 Ludus per spatium 6 horarum infra . To trim the ...
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... prince , For very joy my horse doth wince . What cryes the town ? What we ? ( said he ) What cryes the University ? What cry the boys ? What ev'ry thing ? Behold , behold , yon comes the king : And ev'ry period he bedecks With En & Ecce ...
... prince , For very joy my horse doth wince . What cryes the town ? What we ? ( said he ) What cryes the University ? What cry the boys ? What ev'ry thing ? Behold , behold , yon comes the king : And ev'ry period he bedecks With En & Ecce ...
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Page 215 - Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.
Page 152 - Thy worth, thy life, but he that hath lived so. He must have wit to spare and to hurl down, Enough to keep the gallants of the town, He must have learning plenty, both the Laws, Civil and Common, to judge any cause, Divinity great store, above the rest...
Page 248 - He would pronounce the word Damn with such an emphasis as left a doleful echo in his auditors
Page lvi - Dr. Lushington, was a very learned and ingenious man, and they loved one another. The Bishop would sometimes take the key of the wine-cellar, and he and his chaplaine would...
Page 214 - Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain. But since...
Page 213 - Meadow Brow, by the learned; by the unlearned, to the tune of Fortune."— " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they...
Page 151 - ... either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct, and know ; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table, or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes, and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee, not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any. I wish thee peace in all thy ways, Nor lazy nor contentious days ; And when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art.
Page 144 - Whose least perfection was large, and great Enough to make a common man compleat. A soul refin'd and cull'd from many men, That reconcil'd the sword unto the pen, Using both well. No proud forgetting Lord, But mindful of mean names and of his word.
Page 216 - An hundred of their merry pranks, By one that I could name, Are kept in store ; con twenty thanks To William for the same. To William...
Page 248 - And all the high commission ; I gave him no grace, But told him to his face, That he favour'd superstition. Boldly I preach, hate a cross, hate a surplice, Mitres, copes, and rochets : Come hear me pray nine times a day, And fill your heads with crotchets.