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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... Rich . Nichols . 4to , 1610 The first Edition of these most excellent Poems , for their Antiquity on the Falls of Great Men , famous in our Hiftory , was published by W. Baldwin , 1559. The Jecond Edition , with Additions , by John ...
... Rich . Nichols . 4to , 1610 The first Edition of these most excellent Poems , for their Antiquity on the Falls of Great Men , famous in our Hiftory , was published by W. Baldwin , 1559. The Jecond Edition , with Additions , by John ...
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... chiefeft Actors be thefe , a poor Scholar , a rich Fool , and a Knave at fhift . Wilkins George , Gent . Miseries of enforced Marriage . 4to , 1635 4to , 1637 BOOKS BOOKS printed for F. COGAN and J. NOURSE . HISTORY Poems and Plays . V. ...
... chiefeft Actors be thefe , a poor Scholar , a rich Fool , and a Knave at fhift . Wilkins George , Gent . Miseries of enforced Marriage . 4to , 1635 4to , 1637 BOOKS BOOKS printed for F. COGAN and J. NOURSE . HISTORY Poems and Plays . V. ...
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... rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man , And they in France of the best rank and station , Are most select and generous , chief in that . Shakespear's Hamlet . The The fashion Wears out more apparrel than the Man . APP 43.
... rich , not gaudy ; For the apparel oft proclaims the man , And they in France of the best rank and station , Are most select and generous , chief in that . Shakespear's Hamlet . The The fashion Wears out more apparrel than the Man . APP 43.
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... rich : And as the fun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth in the meanest habit . What , is the jay more precious than the lark , Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel , Because ...
... rich : And as the fun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth in the meanest habit . What , is the jay more precious than the lark , Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel , Because ...
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... rich , as good , Have no additions fince of name , or blood ; Only because I wore a thread - bare fuit , I was not worthy of a poor falute . A few good cloaths put on with fmall ado , Purchale your knowledge , and your kindred too ...
... rich , as good , Have no additions fince of name , or blood ; Only because I wore a thread - bare fuit , I was not worthy of a poor falute . A few good cloaths put on with fmall ado , Purchale your knowledge , and your kindred too ...
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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 |
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