Selections from the Works of Sir John SucklingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836 - 411 pages |
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... leave that placed him there : and yet , as ill a mien as this act has , ' twas à - la Romansci , as you may see by a line of Mr. Shakspeare's , who , bringing in Titinius after a lost battle , speaking to his sword , and bidding it find ...
... leave that placed him there : and yet , as ill a mien as this act has , ' twas à - la Romansci , as you may see by a line of Mr. Shakspeare's , who , bringing in Titinius after a lost battle , speaking to his sword , and bidding it find ...
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... leaves with his right . On the edge of the book is a paper , on which is written , Shakspeare . The possession of the picture is thus traced to its present owner Sir Thomas Lee , Baronet , of Hartwell , ancestor of Dr. Lee , married Ann ...
... leaves with his right . On the edge of the book is a paper , on which is written , Shakspeare . The possession of the picture is thus traced to its present owner Sir Thomas Lee , Baronet , of Hartwell , ancestor of Dr. Lee , married Ann ...
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... leaving the people to think what we would do if we were let loose . The enemy is not yet much visible : it may be , it is the fault of the climate , which brings men as slowly forwards as plants . But it gives us fears that the men of ...
... leaving the people to think what we would do if we were let loose . The enemy is not yet much visible : it may be , it is the fault of the climate , which brings men as slowly forwards as plants . But it gives us fears that the men of ...
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... leave the common care and consult only their own escape . " There are some imagine , this treaty of either side is not so much to beget a good peace as a good cause ; and that the subject could do no less than humbly petition , not to ...
... leave the common care and consult only their own escape . " There are some imagine , this treaty of either side is not so much to beget a good peace as a good cause ; and that the subject could do no less than humbly petition , not to ...
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... leaves us to regret that more of the light ballads and odes of our neighbours had not engaged his attention . Suckling's works have gone through many editions , but are , notwithstanding , rather scarce at the present day . The ...
... leaves us to regret that more of the light ballads and odes of our neighbours had not engaged his attention . Suckling's works have gone through many editions , but are , notwithstanding , rather scarce at the present day . The ...
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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.