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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... wise men use them : For they teach not their owne use , but that is a wisedome without them : and above them wonne by observation . ¶ Reade not to contradict , nor to believe , but to waigh and consider . ¶ Some bookes 20 Rules is the ...
... wise men use them : For they teach not their owne use , but that is a wisedome without them : and above them wonne by observation . ¶ Reade not to contradict , nor to believe , but to waigh and consider . ¶ Some bookes 20 Rules is the ...
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... Wise Man ; Not onely in Point of Honesty , but in point of Ability . There be that can packe the Cards , and yet can- not play well ; So there are some , that are good in Canvasses , and Factions , that are otherwise Weake Men . Againe ...
... Wise Man ; Not onely in Point of Honesty , but in point of Ability . There be that can packe the Cards , and yet can- not play well ; So there are some , that are good in Canvasses , and Factions , that are otherwise Weake Men . Againe ...
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... wise people defend themselves against it with a warm garment , or a good fire , and a dry roof : when a storm of a sad mischance beats upon our spirits , turn it into some advantage by observing where it can serve another end , either ...
... wise people defend themselves against it with a warm garment , or a good fire , and a dry roof : when a storm of a sad mischance beats upon our spirits , turn it into some advantage by observing where it can serve another end , either ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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