The Works of John Sheffield: Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham ...J.B. [i.e. John Barber] and sold, 1729 - 400 pages |
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Page 116
... best to Ridicule . When ferious , few for great Affairs more fit ; But fhew him Mirth , and bait that Mirth with Wit , That Shadow of a Jest shall be enjoy'd , Tho ' he left all Mankind to be destroy'd . So Pufs transform'd , fate like ...
... best to Ridicule . When ferious , few for great Affairs more fit ; But fhew him Mirth , and bait that Mirth with Wit , That Shadow of a Jest shall be enjoy'd , Tho ' he left all Mankind to be destroy'd . So Pufs transform'd , fate like ...
Page 130
... best of Masters , and Examples too ! Echoes at beft , all we can fay is vain ; Dull the Defign , and fruitlefs were the Pain . " Tis true , the Ancients we may rob with ease ; But who with that mean shift himself can please , Without an ...
... best of Masters , and Examples too ! Echoes at beft , all we can fay is vain ; Dull the Defign , and fruitlefs were the Pain . " Tis true , the Ancients we may rob with ease ; But who with that mean shift himself can please , Without an ...
Page 138
... pow'rful Art , Now almost loft , which the old Grecians knew , From whom the Romans fainter Copies drew , Scarce comprehended fince , but by a few : PLATO I PLATO and LUCIAN are the best Remains Of all 138 AN ESSAY ON POETRY .
... pow'rful Art , Now almost loft , which the old Grecians knew , From whom the Romans fainter Copies drew , Scarce comprehended fince , but by a few : PLATO I PLATO and LUCIAN are the best Remains Of all 138 AN ESSAY ON POETRY .
Page 139
... best Remains Of all the Wonders which this Art contains ; Yet to our felves we Juftice muft allow , SHAKESPEAR and FLETCHER are the Wonders now : Confider Them , and read them o'er and o'er ; Go fee them play'd ; then read them as ...
... best Remains Of all the Wonders which this Art contains ; Yet to our felves we Juftice muft allow , SHAKESPEAR and FLETCHER are the Wonders now : Confider Them , and read them o'er and o'er ; Go fee them play'd ; then read them as ...
Page 146
... this great Dominion here , Which over other Beasts we claim , Reafon , our best Credential does appear ; By which indeed we domineer ; But how abfurdly , we may fee with fhame . Reafon , Reason , that folemn Trifle ! light as Air ; ( 146 )
... this great Dominion here , Which over other Beasts we claim , Reafon , our best Credential does appear ; By which indeed we domineer ; But how abfurdly , we may fee with fhame . Reafon , Reason , that folemn Trifle ! light as Air ; ( 146 )
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Page 295 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 295 - Caesar lov'd you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men ; And, being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad. 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs ; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!
Page 231 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 231 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 229 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Page 297 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 91 - Rude force might fome unwilling kifles gain ; But that was all he ever could obtain. You on fuch terms would ne'er have let me go ; Were he like you, we had not parted fo.
Page 229 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 97 - Love secretly: the absence of my lord More freedom gives, but does not all afford: Long is his journey, long will be his stay; Call'd by affairs of consequence away.
Page 297 - O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here ! Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.