Collectanea Anglo-poetica, Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a Portion of a Collection of Early English Poetry, with Occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical, Part 4

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Chetham Society, 1869 - English poetry

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Page 319 - David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 25 And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
Page 472 - Crudities. Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia, commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia, alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands ; Newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the County of Somerset, & now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling Members of this Kingdome &c.
Page 477 - India, &c., and Extracts relating to him from various Authors : being a more particular Account of his Travels (mostly on foot) in different parts of the Globe than any hitherto published.
Page 319 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 500 - How it outruns thy following eye! Use all persuasions now, and try If thou canst call it back, or stay it there.
Page 510 - Temple," and aptly,' for in the Temple of God, under His wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's college ; there he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God : where, like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day.
Page 515 - In the close murmur of a sparkling noise, And lay the groundwork of her hopeful song, Still keeping in the forward stream so long, Till a sweet whirlwind (striving to get out) Heaves her soft bosom...
Page 339 - Love's Martyr, or Rosalin's Complaint, Allegorically shadowing the Truth of Love, in the constant Fate of
Page 466 - The shot was casie, and what coneernes us more, The way was so, mine host did ride before, Mine host was full of Ale, and History, ^ And on the morrow, when he brought us nigh Where the two Roses...
Page 508 - CRASHAW, (RICHARD.) — Steps to the Temple, Sacred Poems. With the Delights of the Muses.

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