Selections from the Works of Sir John SucklingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836 - 411 pages |
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... scenes of his day , and was celebrated for the keenness of his wit and the playful raillery of his satire . In the en- deavours which have been used to obviate this defect , the channels of authentic information have been found choked ...
... scenes of his day , and was celebrated for the keenness of his wit and the playful raillery of his satire . In the en- deavours which have been used to obviate this defect , the channels of authentic information have been found choked ...
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... scenes like these , we may suppose , were pro- duced that variety of beautiful letters to the fair sex , The words of my authority are , " hundreds of pounds , " and , if we consider the value of money in those days , a very large sum ...
... scenes like these , we may suppose , were pro- duced that variety of beautiful letters to the fair sex , The words of my authority are , " hundreds of pounds , " and , if we consider the value of money in those days , a very large sum ...
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... scenes ; such decorations having been previously confined to the celebration of masques . So greatly was its author determined on bringing out this piece with splendour , that the stage expenses were all voluntarily borne by himself ...
... scenes ; such decorations having been previously confined to the celebration of masques . So greatly was its author determined on bringing out this piece with splendour , that the stage expenses were all voluntarily borne by himself ...
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... scene . Time , as it rolled its unceasing course , brought no prospect of a national reunion , while the interdict against his safety continued in full validity . Reduced , at length , in fortune , and dreading to encounter poverty ...
... scene . Time , as it rolled its unceasing course , brought no prospect of a national reunion , while the interdict against his safety continued in full validity . Reduced , at length , in fortune , and dreading to encounter poverty ...
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... scenes . It is too long for insertion here , as it contains forty - two stanzas ; but I have transcribed one as a specimen of its versification , which is so like Mennis's ode on the poet's regiment , that it is also very probably his ...
... scenes . It is too long for insertion here , as it contains forty - two stanzas ; but I have transcribed one as a specimen of its versification , which is so like Mennis's ode on the poet's regiment , that it is also very probably his ...
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Page 68 - Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together! And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather. Time shall moult away his wings Ere he shall discover In the whole wide world again Such a constant lover.
Page 82 - For thou'st a thief in either eye Would steal it back again. Why should two hearts in one breast lie, And yet not lodge together?
Page 203 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee, why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do 't?
Page 70 - Quit, quit for shame ! This will not move ; This cannot take her. If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her : The devil take her...
Page 92 - Of thee (kind boy) I ask no red and white, To make up my delight; No odd, becoming graces, Black eyes, or little know-not-whats, in faces : Make me but mad enough, give me good store Of love for her I court, I ask no more ; 'Tis love in love that makes the sport.
Page 75 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 90 - He loved not the muses so well as his sport, And prized black eyes, or a lucky hit At bowls above all the trophies of wit; But Apollo was angry, and publicly said, 'Twere fit that a fine were set upon 's head.
Page 75 - Her lips were red, and one was thin Compared to that was next her chin (Some bee had stung it newly). But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 70 - If by this thou dost discover That thou art no perfect lover, And, desiring to love true, Thou dost begin to love anew, Know this, Thou lov'st amiss; And to love true, Thou must begin again, and love anew.
Page 59 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.