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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... Religion . The oc- casion of which rose from the motion of a Member of the House concerning the growth of Popery , for giving ease to Protestant Dissenters , and other good things of the same tendency . " April 22 : - " A bill was read ...
... Religion . The oc- casion of which rose from the motion of a Member of the House concerning the growth of Popery , for giving ease to Protestant Dissenters , and other good things of the same tendency . " April 22 : - " A bill was read ...
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... religion , but as a political interest . He seldom went to prayers , or to any exercise of devotion , and was so proud , that he was in- sufferable to all who came near him . " Parker , in 1670 , published a book entitled ...
... religion , but as a political interest . He seldom went to prayers , or to any exercise of devotion , and was so proud , that he was in- sufferable to all who came near him . " Parker , in 1670 , published a book entitled ...
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... Ecclesiastical Polity ; wherein the Authority of the Civil Magistrate over the Consciences of Subjects , in matters of external Religion , is asserted . " of the Italian mercenaries , who , after parading all 46 ANDREW MARVELL .
... Ecclesiastical Polity ; wherein the Authority of the Civil Magistrate over the Consciences of Subjects , in matters of external Religion , is asserted . " of the Italian mercenaries , who , after parading all 46 ANDREW MARVELL .
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... religion as his flock , and would have resigned his life much rather than his See . - But a modish Prelate , of our days , is no sooner thus allegorically married , than ( like other fine gentle- men ) he grows weary of his wife , with ...
... religion as his flock , and would have resigned his life much rather than his See . - But a modish Prelate , of our days , is no sooner thus allegorically married , than ( like other fine gentle- men ) he grows weary of his wife , with ...
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... religion ; and that , for the sake of union , of FATHER LLOYD , he was reconciled to the Church of Rome , and by the insinuations of the same person , and some others , contrary to his father's advice in that particular , was wrought ...
... religion ; and that , for the sake of union , of FATHER LLOYD , he was reconciled to the Church of Rome , and by the insinuations of the same person , and some others , contrary to his father's advice in that particular , was wrought ...
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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