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 - English drama |
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... better fatif- fied with all the Juftice that might be paid them , in reviving their Perfor- mances ; than with fo much Credit as they may receive from your LADY- SHIP'S Approbation . I am but their Sollicitor , and could not have the ...
... better fatif- fied with all the Juftice that might be paid them , in reviving their Perfor- mances ; than with fo much Credit as they may receive from your LADY- SHIP'S Approbation . I am but their Sollicitor , and could not have the ...
Page xv
... better collection than had ap- peared before , a great part of it does not confift of the thoughts of English , but of the Greek and Roman poets translations in every body's hands . Befides which , whole topicks contain only trite ...
... better collection than had ap- peared before , a great part of it does not confift of the thoughts of English , but of the Greek and Roman poets translations in every body's hands . Befides which , whole topicks contain only trite ...
Page xxii
... better known , as from Spenser , & c . ap- pears almost entirely new , having never been quoted in this manner , and perhaps , little obferved before . He has not only endea- voured to fupply the omiffion of the au- thors , from whom ...
... better known , as from Spenser , & c . ap- pears almost entirely new , having never been quoted in this manner , and perhaps , little obferved before . He has not only endea- voured to fupply the omiffion of the au- thors , from whom ...
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... Better were worfe , for no affliction No cross is fo extreme , as to have none . Dr. Donne . You are flies , away ; they that my winter fled , Shall not my fummer tafte ; they only merit A happy harbour , that through stormy feas Hazard ...
... Better were worfe , for no affliction No cross is fo extreme , as to have none . Dr. Donne . You are flies , away ; they that my winter fled , Shall not my fummer tafte ; they only merit A happy harbour , that through stormy feas Hazard ...
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... better in fome pitious ruin Of tower , or defac'd temple , than it does Planted by a new building ; fo fhall I Make my adverfity my inftrument To wind me up into a full content . Beaumont's and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn . We fee ...
... better in fome pitious ruin Of tower , or defac'd temple , than it does Planted by a new building ; fo fhall I Make my adverfity my inftrument To wind me up into a full content . Beaumont's and Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn . We fee ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
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