Selections from the Works of Sir John SucklingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836 - 411 pages |
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... letters , a Familiarly known by the name of " Jack Bond , " he is introduced by the poet in one or two of his poems as an interlocutor with himself — his social qualities , however , seem to have been his principal recommendation ...
... letters , a Familiarly known by the name of " Jack Bond , " he is introduced by the poet in one or two of his poems as an interlocutor with himself — his social qualities , however , seem to have been his principal recommendation ...
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... letter written by Lord Leicester to his son , in September , 1621 , wherein he says , " It is not known who shall be chan- cellor of the Exchequer , now my Lord Brooke doth give it over it is between Sir Richard Weston and Sir John ...
... letter written by Lord Leicester to his son , in September , 1621 , wherein he says , " It is not known who shall be chan- cellor of the Exchequer , now my Lord Brooke doth give it over it is between Sir Richard Weston and Sir John ...
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... letter , the college is termed , " a kind of parent " towards his family , which had " always carried a great respect to their memory . " At the back of the letter is the following endorsement— " May 19th , 1679. My Ffather sent by Mr ...
... letter , the college is termed , " a kind of parent " towards his family , which had " always carried a great respect to their memory . " At the back of the letter is the following endorsement— " May 19th , 1679. My Ffather sent by Mr ...
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... letters from abroad are remaining , they , unfortunately , bear no dates . The following , I ' have selected from ... letter ; and had the grace , upon the sight of it , to blush . I , but then , found my own negligence , and but now ...
... letters from abroad are remaining , they , unfortunately , bear no dates . The following , I ' have selected from ... letter ; and had the grace , upon the sight of it , to blush . I , but then , found my own negligence , and but now ...
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... 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 must have been thus expended . Suckling's profuseness towards the fair sex is ...
... 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 must have been thus expended . Suckling's profuseness towards the fair sex is ...
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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.