The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 37Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1856 - American literature |
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... having been succeeded by another person . The probability there- fore is , that some time in 1662 he came to reside in London , with the purpose of seeing his Hudibras through the press . The imprimatur of 1856. ] THE AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS .
... having been succeeded by another person . The probability there- fore is , that some time in 1662 he came to reside in London , with the purpose of seeing his Hudibras through the press . The imprimatur of 1856. ] THE AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS .
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... person of his royalty and wit should suf- fer in obscurity , and under the wants he did . The Duke seemed always to ... persons who cultivated his friendship , and , as it were , drew him out in spite of himself ; but they were mostly ...
... person of his royalty and wit should suf- fer in obscurity , and under the wants he did . The Duke seemed always to ... persons who cultivated his friendship , and , as it were , drew him out in spite of himself ; but they were mostly ...
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... person- alities . Occasionally , however , as in the character entiled " A Duke of Bucks , " and in incidental allusions to Prynne and other sectaries , whom Butler seems to have particularly disliked , this rule is bro- ken through ...
... person- alities . Occasionally , however , as in the character entiled " A Duke of Bucks , " and in incidental allusions to Prynne and other sectaries , whom Butler seems to have particularly disliked , this rule is bro- ken through ...
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... person who can write , to assist my memory ? " " Yes , my lord , one of your servants . " My wife is here , ready to ... persons who besought the royal clemency on be- half of Lord Russell . To his own son , Monmouth , the king said ...
... person who can write , to assist my memory ? " " Yes , my lord , one of your servants . " My wife is here , ready to ... persons who besought the royal clemency on be- half of Lord Russell . To his own son , Monmouth , the king said ...
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... person , and that as there are other precise angular creatures , it is to be ex- pected , in the collisions of Society , that these sharp - edged persons should wound each other terribly . A man vexed by disproportionate care for little ...
... person , and that as there are other precise angular creatures , it is to be ex- pected , in the collisions of Society , that these sharp - edged persons should wound each other terribly . A man vexed by disproportionate care for little ...
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Page 435 - What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ? ' Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 319 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 10 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 10 - 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...
Page 50 - It is good, in discourse and speech of conversation, to vary and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest: for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade, any thing too far.
Page 60 - That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Page 10 - 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 ; VOL.
Page 443 - Though old Ulysses tortured from his slumbers The glutted Cyclops, what care? — Juliet leaning Amid her window-flowers, — sighing, — weaning Tenderly her fancy from its maiden snow, Doth more avail than these: the silver flow Of Hero's tears, the swoon of Imogen, Fair Pastorella in the bandit's den, Are things to brood on with more ardency Than the death-day of empires.
Page 10 - 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 ; , Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew wherefore ; When Gospel-Trumpeter, surrounded With long-eared rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling.
Page 64 - Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times : Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, viz. A Comedy call'd The Election ; and a Tragedy call'd The Life and Death of Common-Sense.