Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1Macmillan, 1951 Volume One: Poets included are Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Robert Burton, Phineas Fletcher, Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Thomas Hobbes, Robert Herrick, George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Thomas Carew, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir William Davenant, Edmund Waller, Sir John Suckling, Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan. |
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Page 47
... Speaking , and himselfe shall con- tinually gather Knowledge . But let his Questions , not be troublesome ; For that is fit for a Poser . " And let him be sure , to leave other Men their Turnes to speak . Nay , if there be any , that ...
... Speaking , and himselfe shall con- tinually gather Knowledge . But let his Questions , not be troublesome ; For that is fit for a Poser . " And let him be sure , to leave other Men their Turnes to speak . Nay , if there be any , that ...
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... speak wisely from the principles of nature , and his own medita- tion , loves rather to be thought to speak by inspiration , like a Bag - pipe . Time and Education begets experience ; Experience begets Memory ; Memory be- gets Judgement ...
... speak wisely from the principles of nature , and his own medita- tion , loves rather to be thought to speak by inspiration , like a Bag - pipe . Time and Education begets experience ; Experience begets Memory ; Memory be- gets Judgement ...
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Helen Constance White. Such pretty flowers , ( like to Orphans young ) To speak by Teares , before ye have a Tongue . Speak , whimp'ring Younglings , and make known The reason , why Ye droop , and weep ; Is it for want of sleep ? Or ...
Helen Constance White. Such pretty flowers , ( like to Orphans young ) To speak by Teares , before ye have a Tongue . Speak , whimp'ring Younglings , and make known The reason , why Ye droop , and weep ; Is it for want of sleep ? Or ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
A Selected List of Books on the Background and the Literature of the First | 29 |
Francis Bacon | 43 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Volume 1 Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose, Helen Constance White |
| Author | Helen Constance White |
| Editor | Helen Constance White |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1951 |
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