The Life of Andrew Marvell, the Celebrated Patriot: With Extracts and Selections from His Prose and Poetical WorksSimpkin and Marshall, 1832 - 116 pages |
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... , unterrify'd , His loyalty he kept , his love , his zeal , — Nor number , nor example , with him wrought To swerve from truth , or change his constant mind , Though single . " TRANSFERRED TO U OF W LIBRARY LONDON : 1832 .
... , unterrify'd , His loyalty he kept , his love , his zeal , — Nor number , nor example , with him wrought To swerve from truth , or change his constant mind , Though single . " TRANSFERRED TO U OF W LIBRARY LONDON : 1832 .
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... mind of ardent and undisciplined feeling , he went through the usual course of rapidly succeeding extremes and incon- sistent opinions . So powerful and vigorous an intellect , however , soon subsided into rational and wise views of the ...
... mind of ardent and undisciplined feeling , he went through the usual course of rapidly succeeding extremes and incon- sistent opinions . So powerful and vigorous an intellect , however , soon subsided into rational and wise views of the ...
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... mind , and the acuteness of his percep- tion . His observations and reflections , on men and manners would have been inestimable . It appears from the following letter , written at the commencement of the year 1652 , by Milton to Brad ...
... mind , and the acuteness of his percep- tion . His observations and reflections , on men and manners would have been inestimable . It appears from the following letter , written at the commencement of the year 1652 , by Milton to Brad ...
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... mind , and augurate to myself the happier success in all my proceedings . Your known pru- dence makes it unnecessary for me to leave my advice or counsell with you at parting ; yet can I not forbear , out of the super- abundance of my ...
... mind , and augurate to myself the happier success in all my proceedings . Your known pru- dence makes it unnecessary for me to leave my advice or counsell with you at parting ; yet can I not forbear , out of the super- abundance of my ...
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... mind , and clear conscience , free from faction , or any self ends , which , by the grace of God , I have hitherto preserved . " There are not many men at the present day who would obtain credit with their con- stituents , were they to ...
... mind , and clear conscience , free from faction , or any self ends , which , by the grace of God , I have hitherto preserved . " There are not many men at the present day who would obtain credit with their con- stituents , were they to ...
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affectionate afterwards ANDREW MARVELL appears bill Bishop Bishop of Hereford Bishop of Oxford Captain Thompson character Charles Charles II Church Church of England clergy College conscience constituents Corporation of Hull Court crown Danby death divine Doctor of Divinity doth Dryden Duke duty EARL Ecclesiastical Polity England English esteem eyes father favour Flecnoe flow'rs GENTLEMEN give Growth of Popery hand-writing hath heaven HERBERT CROFT honour House of Commons House of Lords humble humour JOHN MILTON King King's land Lauderdale letter liberty living London Lord Danby Lord Treasurer Lordship Majesty Marvell's master ment Milton mind Naked Truth never occasion Oxenbridge Oxford Parker Parliament patriot person PLEASURE Poem Poet prelates present published received Rehearsal Transprosed reign religion Rome says scarce sent servant soul spirit tears thine thing thou thought throne town virtue voted weep write
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Page 99 - Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found ; Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song : then worms shall try That long-preserv'd virginity: And your quaint honour turn to dust ; And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.
Page 98 - Had we but world enough, and time This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges...
Page 87 - Twas on those little silver feet; "With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race; And when 't had left me far away, 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler much than hinds, And trod as if on the four winds.
Page 92 - Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground ; Perils and snares beset thee round : Beware of all ; guard every part ; But most the traitor in thy heart. 5 Come, then, my soul ! now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield ; Put on the armor from above Of heavenly truth, and heavenly love.
Page 90 - Thus sung they, in the English boat, An holy and a cheerful note ; And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time.
Page 99 - But thirty thousand to the rest; An age at least to every part, And the last age should show your heart. For, lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at lower rate.
Page 87 - Unkind to a beast that loveth me! Had it lived long, I do not know Whether it, too, might have done so As Sylvio did; his gifts might be Perhaps as false, or more, than he. But I am sure, for aught that I Could in so short a time espy, Thy love was far more better than The love of false and cruel man.
Page 91 - Which, stretcht upright, impales me so, That mine own Precipice I go; And warms and moves this needless...
Page 99 - twas born Round in itself incloses, And in its little globe's extent Frames as it can its native element; How it the purple flower does slight, Scarce touching where it lies, But gazing back upon the skies, Shines with a mournful light Like its own tear, Because so long divided from the sphere.
Page 89 - What should we do but sing His praise That led us through the watery maze Unto an isle so long unknown, And yet far kinder than our own? Where He the huge sea-monsters wracks That lift the deep upon their backs, He lands us on a grassy stage, Safe from the storms' and prelates