Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 |
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... Provoked Wife . The great Dryden stood apart at first , but at length in the preface to his Fables ( 1700 ) acknowledged he had been justly reproved . ' I shall say the less of Mr Collier , ' he says , ' because in many things he has ...
... Provoked Wife . The great Dryden stood apart at first , but at length in the preface to his Fables ( 1700 ) acknowledged he had been justly reproved . ' I shall say the less of Mr Collier , ' he says , ' because in many things he has ...
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... Provoked Wife ( 1697 ) produced a powerful impression . The inde- cencies of the Relapse and the Provoked Wife were largely utilised by Jeremy Collier in his philippic against the contemporary stage . Later pieces were The False Friend ...
... Provoked Wife ( 1697 ) produced a powerful impression . The inde- cencies of the Relapse and the Provoked Wife were largely utilised by Jeremy Collier in his philippic against the contemporary stage . Later pieces were The False Friend ...
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... Provoked Wife in which Sir John Brute , having disguised himself in his lady's dress and joined in a drunken midnight frolic , is taken by the constable and watchmen before a Justice of the Peace : Justice . Well , Mr Constable , what ...
... Provoked Wife in which Sir John Brute , having disguised himself in his lady's dress and joined in a drunken midnight frolic , is taken by the constable and watchmen before a Justice of the Peace : Justice . Well , Mr Constable , what ...
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... provoked and come uppermost , govern him by turns whether he will or no . ' Surely this definition is too general ... wife ( five years after their marriage in 1706 ) preyed upon his spirits — which had always been unequal— and drove him ...
... provoked and come uppermost , govern him by turns whether he will or no . ' Surely this definition is too general ... wife ( five years after their marriage in 1706 ) preyed upon his spirits — which had always been unequal— and drove him ...
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... wife's chastity . Praise , though it may be our due , is not like a bankbill , to be paid upon demand ; to be ... provoked it ) but profit to himself : one of his points must be to have many readers . He considers that my face and name ...
... wife's chastity . Praise , though it may be our due , is not like a bankbill , to be paid upon demand ; to be ... provoked it ) but profit to himself : one of his points must be to have many readers . He considers that my face and name ...
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Page 364 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 333 - I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 367 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Page 361 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness...
Page 363 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 364 - Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot...
Page 364 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 364 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 188 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust.
Page 367 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.