The Works of John Sheffield: Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham ...J.B. [i.e. John Barber] and sold, 1729 - 400 pages |
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... Nature ; but as plac'd on me , is only Charity . Yet withal , ' tis conferr'd on fuch a Man , as prefers your Kindness itself , before any of its Confequen- ces ; and who values , as the greatest of your Favours , thofe of your Love ...
... Nature ; but as plac'd on me , is only Charity . Yet withal , ' tis conferr'd on fuch a Man , as prefers your Kindness itself , before any of its Confequen- ces ; and who values , as the greatest of your Favours , thofe of your Love ...
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... natural than it was formerly , chiefly fince the Correction that was given by the Rehearsal : And it is to be hoped ... nature , and cach of them a Master- piece in its kind : The Effay on Tranflated Verfe , the Effay on Poetry , and ...
... natural than it was formerly , chiefly fince the Correction that was given by the Rehearsal : And it is to be hoped ... nature , and cach of them a Master- piece in its kind : The Effay on Tranflated Verfe , the Effay on Poetry , and ...
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... Nature's chief Masterpiece is writing well . POPE , Mifcellanies . Mufe , ' tis enough , at length thy Labour ends : And thou fhalt Jive ; for BUCKINGHAM Commends . Let Let Crowds of Criticks now my Verfe affail , Let ( xiii )
... Nature's chief Masterpiece is writing well . POPE , Mifcellanies . Mufe , ' tis enough , at length thy Labour ends : And thou fhalt Jive ; for BUCKINGHAM Commends . Let Let Crowds of Criticks now my Verfe affail , Let ( xiii )
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... Nature , or of Art , Nothing but Death can ease a broken Heart . And that thou may'ft behold my helpless State , Learn the extremeft Rigour of my Fate . Amidft th ' innumerable beauteous Train , Paris , the Queen of Cities , does ...
... Nature , or of Art , Nothing but Death can ease a broken Heart . And that thou may'ft behold my helpless State , Learn the extremeft Rigour of my Fate . Amidft th ' innumerable beauteous Train , Paris , the Queen of Cities , does ...
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... Nature wrought . All things below , alas , uncertain stand ; The firmest Rocks are fix'd upon the Sand : Under this Law both Kings and Kingdoms bend , And no Beginning is without an End . A Sacrifice to Time , Fate dooms us all , And at ...
... Nature wrought . All things below , alas , uncertain stand ; The firmest Rocks are fix'd upon the Sand : Under this Law both Kings and Kingdoms bend , And no Beginning is without an End . A Sacrifice to Time , Fate dooms us all , And at ...
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Page 295 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 297 - O, now you weep; and I perceive you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded?
Page 295 - Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For if you should, O, what would come of it ! 4 Cit.
Page 231 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 229 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Page 229 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 297 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 102 - I as wife as many of my fex : But time and you may bolder thoughts infpire ; And I, perhaps, may yield to your defire.
Page 99 - I shou'd upbraid your treachery, You make a merit of that crime to me. Yet grant you were to faithful love inclin'd, Your weary Trojans wait but for a wind. Should you prevail; while I...
Page 138 - tis a bold pretence To judgment, breeding, wit, and eloquence : Nay more ; for they muft look within, to find Thofe fecret turns of nature in the mind : Without this part, in vain would be the whole, And but a body all, without a foul.