The Life of Andrew MarvellA. D. English, 1835 - 64 pages |
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... letter , written at the commencement of the year 1652 , by Milton to Bradshaw , on behalf of Marvell , that he was then an unsuccessful canditate for the office of Latin Secretary . But to this application of Milton he no doubt owed his ...
... letter , written at the commencement of the year 1652 , by Milton to Bradshaw , on behalf of Marvell , that he was then an unsuccessful canditate for the office of Latin Secretary . But to this application of Milton he no doubt owed his ...
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... Letter to Milton we here insert : - " HONOURED SIR , I did not satisfy myself in the account I gave you of presenting your book to my Lord ; although it seemed to me that I wrote to you all which the messenger's speedy return the same ...
... Letter to Milton we here insert : - " HONOURED SIR , I did not satisfy myself in the account I gave you of presenting your book to my Lord ; although it seemed to me that I wrote to you all which the messenger's speedy return the same ...
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... letter at the same time . Be pleased , therefore , to pardon me , and know that I tendered them both together . But my Lord read not the letter while I was with him ; which I attributed to our dispatch , and some other business tending ...
... letter at the same time . Be pleased , therefore , to pardon me , and know that I tendered them both together . But my Lord read not the letter while I was with him ; which I attributed to our dispatch , and some other business tending ...
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... Letter : - " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCE , It might , perhaps , seem fit for me to seek out words to give your Excellence thanks for myself . But , indeed , the only civility which it is proper for me to practice with so eminent a ...
... Letter : - " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCE , It might , perhaps , seem fit for me to seek out words to give your Excellence thanks for myself . But , indeed , the only civility which it is proper for me to practice with so eminent a ...
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... letters to the Corporation of Hull remain of an earlier date than November 17th , 1660. Perhaps his previous Letters might have been given up to him , or destroyed at his request , upon the Restoration , when affairs put on a very ...
... letters to the Corporation of Hull remain of an earlier date than November 17th , 1660. Perhaps his previous Letters might have been given up to him , or destroyed at his request , upon the Restoration , when affairs put on a very ...
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affectionate Friend ANDREW MARVELL answered appears April bill Bishop Bishop of Hereford Bishop of Oxford Captain Thompson character Charles Charles II Church College concerning conscience constituents Corporation of Hull corruption Court Cromwell danger death discourse divine Doctor of Divinity Dryden Duke of Monmouth duty Ecclesiastical Polity elect England English eyes father favour Flecnoe flow'rs GENTLEMEN give Growth of Popery hath HERBERT CROFT honour House of Commons House of Lords humble Servant humour Jesuit John Milton King King's Kingston-upon-Hull knew lamented letter liberty London Lord Bellasis Lord Treasurer Lordship Majesty Majesty's Marvell's member of Parliament Milton mind Naked Truth never occasion ordered Oxenbridge Oxford Parker patriot person Poem poet possessed present published received Rehearsal Transprosed religion render Restoration Satirist says Marvell seems sent shew spirit tears thanks thing of bringing thou thought To-day virtue voted writes young Marvell
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Page 57 - 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 preserved 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 56 - To His Coy Mistress 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' side Should'st rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes...
Page 52 - And sends the fowls to us in care, On daily visits through the air ; He hangs in shades the orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night...
Page 58 - And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play.
Page 57 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near, And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song...
Page 40 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Page 57 - Let us roll all our strength and all Our sweetness up into one ball, And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life.
Page 58 - That Majesty which through thy Work doth Reign Draws the Devout, deterring the Profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize, Thou...
Page 55 - See how the Orient Dew, Shed from the Bosom of the Morn Into the blowing Roses, Yet careless of its Mansion new; For the clear Region where 'twas born Round in its self incloses: And in its little Globes Extent, Frames as it can its native Element.
Page 1 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, 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.