Seventeenth-century Verse and Prose: Wishes : to his (supposed) mistresseMacmillan, 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 193
... look more sweet , maskt in thy looks disguise , Then Mercy self can look with Pities eyes ? Who taught thy honied tongue the cunning slight , To melt the ravisht eare with musicks strains ? And charm the sense with thousand pleasing ...
... look more sweet , maskt in thy looks disguise , Then Mercy self can look with Pities eyes ? Who taught thy honied tongue the cunning slight , To melt the ravisht eare with musicks strains ? And charm the sense with thousand pleasing ...
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... Look upon Me , with that full pride of complexion , " As Queenes , meet Queenes ; or come thou unto me , As Cleopatra came to Anthonie ; When her high carriage did at once present To the Triumvir , Love and Wonderment . Swell up my ...
... Look upon Me , with that full pride of complexion , " As Queenes , meet Queenes ; or come thou unto me , As Cleopatra came to Anthonie ; When her high carriage did at once present To the Triumvir , Love and Wonderment . Swell up my ...
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... Look you Scholar , you see I have hold of a good Fish : I now see it is a Trout , I pray , put that Net under him , and touch not my line for if you do , then we break all . Well done Scholar , I thank you . Scholar , you are to know ...
... Look you Scholar , you see I have hold of a good Fish : I now see it is a Trout , I pray , put that Net under him , and touch not my line for if you do , then we break all . Well done Scholar , I thank you . Scholar , you are to know ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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