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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 76
Page ix
... ftill extant . And , perhaps , this might be done defignedly , to prevent fome , tho ' not all , readers from difcovering his indifcretion in maiming fome thoughts , his prefumption in altering others , and his error in afcribing to one ...
... ftill extant . And , perhaps , this might be done defignedly , to prevent fome , tho ' not all , readers from difcovering his indifcretion in maiming fome thoughts , his prefumption in altering others , and his error in afcribing to one ...
Page 5
... ftill : Where they reach not they cannot kill . Love is a fit , and foon is past , Ill diet only makes it last ; Who is still looking , gazing ever , Thomas Carey . Drinks wine in th ' very height o ' th ' fever . Sir John Suckling ...
... ftill : Where they reach not they cannot kill . Love is a fit , and foon is past , Ill diet only makes it last ; Who is still looking , gazing ever , Thomas Carey . Drinks wine in th ' very height o ' th ' fever . Sir John Suckling ...
Page 6
... ftill a fire ; but yet How doth its luftre languish , and itself Grow dark , if it too long want the embrace Of it's lov'd pyle ? how ftraight it buried lies In its own ruins . Robert Mead's Combat of Love and Friendship . 1. How fad ...
... ftill a fire ; but yet How doth its luftre languish , and itself Grow dark , if it too long want the embrace Of it's lov'd pyle ? how ftraight it buried lies In its own ruins . Robert Mead's Combat of Love and Friendship . 1. How fad ...
Page 13
... ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's ftill great , is equal still in all . William Cartwright . Action is honour's language , fwords are tongues , Which both speak beft , and best do right our wrongs . Sam . Rowley's Noble ...
... ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's ftill great , is equal still in all . William Cartwright . Action is honour's language , fwords are tongues , Which both speak beft , and best do right our wrongs . Sam . Rowley's Noble ...
Page 14
... ftill , But wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fist may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare ...
... ftill , But wind about ' till thou haft topp'd the hill ; To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread , As many doors into one temple lead ; And the fame hand into a fist may close , Which inftantly a palm expanded fhews . Actions rare ...
Other editions - View all
The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
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 death defire doth Ev'n ev'ry eyes fafe fair falfe fame fcorn fear feem fenfe fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fortune foul fpirit friendſhip ftand ftill ftrong fubject fuch fure fweet Gondibert greateſt hath heart heav'n Henry VII himſelf honeft honour itſelf Johnson's King Henry VI lefs Lord Brook's Middleton's mind Mirror for Magiftrates moft moſt muft muſt never ourſelves Philotas Platonick Lovers pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prince reafon reft Revenger's Tragedy ſeem Sejanus Shakespear's Shakespear's King ſhall ſhe Shirley's ſpeak Spenfer's Fairy Queen ſtate Sterline's ſtill ſweet Tamburlaine thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou Trag Tragedy truft unto uſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife