The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Payne and Foss, Pall-Mall. Sold by W. F. Wakeman, Dublin; John Thomson, Edinburgh; and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia., 1827 |
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... called " The old Wives Tale , " Lond . 1595 , which is remarkable as being supposed by Reid to have suggested to Milton the plan of Comus . In Peele's play , Anticke , Frolicke , and Fantasticke , three adventurers , are benighted in a ...
... called " The old Wives Tale , " Lond . 1595 , which is remarkable as being supposed by Reid to have suggested to Milton the plan of Comus . In Peele's play , Anticke , Frolicke , and Fantasticke , three adventurers , are benighted in a ...
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... called Dreg Song " and may be quoted to illustrate the first verse of Elspeth's ballad . " The oysters are a gentle kin , They winna tak unless you sing . " Oysters appear to have preserved their comparative gentility to a late period ...
... called Dreg Song " and may be quoted to illustrate the first verse of Elspeth's ballad . " The oysters are a gentle kin , They winna tak unless you sing . " Oysters appear to have preserved their comparative gentility to a late period ...
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... these were per- petually making of mopps , and mowes , and a thousand antick ridi- culous gestures , in derision and imitation of others . ' -p 18 , 19 . is preserved in the " Specimen of a Book called Waverley Poetry . 27.
... these were per- petually making of mopps , and mowes , and a thousand antick ridi- culous gestures , in derision and imitation of others . ' -p 18 , 19 . is preserved in the " Specimen of a Book called Waverley Poetry . 27.
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... called " Ane Compen- dious Boke of Godlie Songs , " " & c . Edinb . 1765 , 12mo . " These Godlie Songs , " says Pinkerton , " Ancient Scotish Poems , " p . 495 , " are written to the tunes of profane ballads , common in 1597 , when the ...
... called " Ane Compen- dious Boke of Godlie Songs , " " & c . Edinb . 1765 , 12mo . " These Godlie Songs , " says Pinkerton , " Ancient Scotish Poems , " p . 495 , " are written to the tunes of profane ballads , common in 1597 , when the ...
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... called the sqyr of lowe degre . " " By this prompt courage Quentin in a great measure avoids the reproach urged against his predecessors , in the " Letters on the Author of Waverley : " see letter viii . p . 197 , et seq . of the second ...
... called the sqyr of lowe degre . " " By this prompt courage Quentin in a great measure avoids the reproach urged against his predecessors , in the " Letters on the Author of Waverley : " see letter viii . p . 197 , et seq . of the second ...
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Page 22 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 29 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 370 - Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah, yet, ere I descend to th...
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Page 374 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again. The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
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Page 370 - I descend to the grave May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A Mistress moderately fair, And good as guardian angels are, Only beloved and loving me.
Page 376 - Prophet of the ripen'd year ! Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire ; Phoebus is himself thy sire. To thee, of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect, happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know; But, when thou'st drunk, and danc'd, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Page 361 - ... truth : reason puts in her claim for one half of it, and extravagance for the other. The only province therefore for this kind of wit, is epigram, or those little occasional poems that in their own nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams.