Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, Volume 6F. C. & J. Rivington, 1812 - Bibliography |
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... copy is thus incribed , " To the Right Honourable Ferdinando Stan- ley , Lord Strange , ennobled with all titles ... copies of complimentary verses to the author , two in Latin , and two in English . Of the former the first is subscribed ...
... copy is thus incribed , " To the Right Honourable Ferdinando Stan- ley , Lord Strange , ennobled with all titles ... copies of complimentary verses to the author , two in Latin , and two in English . Of the former the first is subscribed ...
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William Beloe. Since this work went to press , I have met with a copy of Green's DORASTUS and FAWNIA , first printed in 1588 , from which I have taken the following extract : DORASTUS IN LOVE PASSION WRITES THESE LINES IN PRAISE OF HIS ...
William Beloe. Since this work went to press , I have met with a copy of Green's DORASTUS and FAWNIA , first printed in 1588 , from which I have taken the following extract : DORASTUS IN LOVE PASSION WRITES THESE LINES IN PRAISE OF HIS ...
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... copy of the second edition of Browne's Britan- nia's Pastorals , which is , at least in my appre- hension , of no small value . It was printed by John Haviland , in duodecimo , in the year 1625 . We are informed by Mr. Ellis , " that in ...
... copy of the second edition of Browne's Britan- nia's Pastorals , which is , at least in my appre- hension , of no small value . It was printed by John Haviland , in duodecimo , in the year 1625 . We are informed by Mr. Ellis , " that in ...
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... copy . It must be very uncommon , as in all probability many copies were destroyed , for the godly men of the author's time were so exasperated against him for writing it , that he was imprisoned and tried for his life on account of it ...
... copy . It must be very uncommon , as in all probability many copies were destroyed , for the godly men of the author's time were so exasperated against him for writing it , that he was imprisoned and tried for his life on account of it ...
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... copy by this Dr. Dillingham , of sufficient elegance to merit a place here . IN FUNERE THOME GATAKERI , S. T. B , Viri doctissimi , Octogenarii Vegeti et venerandi Senis . QUALITER ales arabs longæ pertæsa senectæ , Et cupiens vitam ...
... copy by this Dr. Dillingham , of sufficient elegance to merit a place here . IN FUNERE THOME GATAKERI , S. T. B , Viri doctissimi , Octogenarii Vegeti et venerandi Senis . QUALITER ales arabs longæ pertæsa senectæ , Et cupiens vitam ...
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Page 419 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk...
Page 48 - Ah, were she pitiful as she is fair, Or but as mild as she is seeming so, Then were my hopes greater than my despair, Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe. Ah, were her heart relenting as her hand, That seems to melt even with the mildest touch, Then knew I where to seat me in a land, Under wide heavens, but yet [I know] not such.
Page 159 - Proud lust-stung Tarquine, seeking still to prove her, Romeo, Richard, more whose names I know not, Their sugred tongues and power attractive...
Page 174 - Midas gape for more; I neither want nor yet abound, — Enough's a feast, content is crowned. I feign not friendship where I hate; I fawn not on the great (in show) ; I prize, I praise a mean estate, — Neither too lofty nor too low: This, this is all my choice, my cheer, — A mind content, a conscience clear.
Page 159 - Adonis with his amber tresses, Faire fire-hot Venus charming him to love her, Chaste Lucretia, virgine-like her dresses, Proud lust-stung Tarquine, seeking still to prove her...
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Page 209 - twixt hope and fear, into death's eternal slumber. Lest my foes their boasting make, " spite of right on him we trample ;" And a pride in mischief take, hearten'd by my sad example. As for me, I'll ride secure at Thy mercy's sacred anchor, And undaunted will endure fiercest storms of wrong and rancour. These...
Page 194 - ... fair Ah braid no more that shining hair! As my curious hand or eye, Hovering round thee let it fly. Let it fly as unconfined As its calm ravisher, the wind; Who hath left his darling th' East, To wanton o'er that spicy nest.
Page 265 - NEWES of the COMPLEMENT of the ART of NAVIGATION, and of the mightie Empire of CATAIA ; together with the Straits of Anian.
Page 297 - I found it to trend towardes the west : I still followed the leading thereof in the same height, and after fiftie or...