The literature of society, by Grace Wharton, Volumen1 |
Términos y frases comunes
ancient Anne Boleyn Anthony Wood Bards beauty Ben Jonson Butler called Canterbury Tales Castle character Chaucer Church collar of SS Confessio Amantis Countess court courtiers Cowley death delight Denham doth dress Dryden Duke Earl Elizabeth England English Evelyn Faery Queen father favour France French Gabriel Harvey Geoffrey Chaucer Gower hall hath heart Henry honour Howell Hudibras Inigo Inigo Jones James John Gower John Heywood John of Gaunt Jonson King King's knight Lady language learned letters Literature of Society lived Lord marriage masque mind minstrel monk never noble Overbury Overbury's Oxford patron Pepys Petrarch poem poet poetry poison poor Prince Puritan Ralegh reign Richard romance royal satire says Shakespeare Sidney Sir John Sir Thomas Skelton Spenser spirit Surrey Surrey's tale thou true verses Warton whilst Whitehall wife writing wrote Wyatt young youth
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Página 221 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute : He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Página 202 - QUEEN and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy...
Página 192 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Página 222 - For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Página 150 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there...
Página 284 - Stewart in this dress, with her hat cocked and a red plume, with her sweet eye, little Roman nose, and excellent taille, is now the greatest beauty I ever saw, I think, in my life; and, if ever woman can, do exceed my Lady Castlemaine, at least in this dress; nor do I wonder if the King changes, which I verily believe is the reason of his coldness to my Lady Castlemaine.
Página 43 - Tis sufficient to say according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great grandames all before us as they were in Chaucer's days...
Página 158 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
Página 42 - Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons.
Página 249 - I went out to Charing Cross to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered ; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.