Selections from the Works of Sir John SucklingLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836 - 411 pages |
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Sir John Suckling Alfred Inigo Suckling. INCIPIT JOHANNES SUTCLIN . Whether I thee should either praise or pitty , My senses at a great dilemma are : For when I thinke how thou hast travail'd farre , Can'st Greeke and Latin speake , art ...
Sir John Suckling Alfred Inigo Suckling. INCIPIT JOHANNES SUTCLIN . Whether I thee should either praise or pitty , My senses at a great dilemma are : For when I thinke how thou hast travail'd farre , Can'st Greeke and Latin speake , art ...
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... would have operated essentially in diverting him from many youthful indiscretions , into which he fell , from this ... St. Andrew , at Norwich . The poor of that city , with those of Twickenham and Whit- ton , share his bounties to ...
... would have operated essentially in diverting him from many youthful indiscretions , into which he fell , from this ... St. Andrew , at Norwich . The poor of that city , with those of Twickenham and Whit- ton , share his bounties to ...
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... St. Alban's . This admirable composition is well known to every one conversant with English history ; its maxims of sound policy , its correct judgment and acute foresight would not disgrace the most refined and experienced politician ...
... St. Alban's . This admirable composition is well known to every one conversant with English history ; its maxims of sound policy , its correct judgment and acute foresight would not disgrace the most refined and experienced politician ...
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... st thou been Tempted as Eve , thou would'st have shunn'd her sin . So lovely fair thou art , that sure Dame Nature Meant thee the pattern of the female creature : Besides all this , thy flowing wit is such , That were it not in thee ...
... st thou been Tempted as Eve , thou would'st have shunn'd her sin . So lovely fair thou art , that sure Dame Nature Meant thee the pattern of the female creature : Besides all this , thy flowing wit is such , That were it not in thee ...
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... st ) do sell our hay , There is a house with stairs ; And there did I see coming down Such folks as are not in our town , Forty , at least , in pairs . Amongst the rest , one pest'lent fine , ( His beard no bigger though than mine ) ...
... st ) do sell our hay , There is a house with stairs ; And there did I see coming down Such folks as are not in our town , Forty , at least , in pairs . Amongst the rest , one pest'lent fine , ( His beard no bigger though than mine ) ...
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Page 68 - Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together! And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather. Time shall moult away his wings Ere he shall discover In the whole wide world again Such a constant lover.
Page 82 - For thou'st a thief in either eye Would steal it back again. Why should two hearts in one breast lie, And yet not lodge together?
Page 203 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee, why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do 't?
Page 70 - Quit, quit for shame ! This will not move ; This cannot take her. If of herself she will not love, Nothing can make her : The devil take her...
Page 92 - Of thee (kind boy) I ask no red and white, To make up my delight; No odd, becoming graces, Black eyes, or little know-not-whats, in faces : Make me but mad enough, give me good store Of love for her I court, I ask no more ; 'Tis love in love that makes the sport.
Page 75 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 90 - He loved not the muses so well as his sport, And prized black eyes, or a lucky hit At bowls above all the trophies of wit; But Apollo was angry, and publicly said, 'Twere fit that a fine were set upon 's head.
Page 75 - Her lips were red, and one was thin Compared to that was next her chin (Some bee had stung it newly). But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 70 - If by this thou dost discover That thou art no perfect lover, And, desiring to love true, Thou dost begin to love anew, Know this, Thou lov'st amiss; And to love true, Thou must begin again, and love anew.
Page 59 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.