Christopher MarloweVizetelly, 1887 - 431 pages |
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... Unto the primum mobile above , ( Nor ' scaped things intermediate ) for your love ; These have been acted often , all have passed Censure , of which some live , and some are cast . " . A group of cultivated men , chiefly members of the ...
... Unto the primum mobile above , ( Nor ' scaped things intermediate ) for your love ; These have been acted often , all have passed Censure , of which some live , and some are cast . " . A group of cultivated men , chiefly members of the ...
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... unto us , living an after - life in our memory ; " Drayton's well- inspired lines are familiar : - " Marlowe , bathed in the Thespian springs , Had in him those brave translunary things That our first poets had his raptures were All air ...
... unto us , living an after - life in our memory ; " Drayton's well- inspired lines are familiar : - " Marlowe , bathed in the Thespian springs , Had in him those brave translunary things That our first poets had his raptures were All air ...
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... unto the wise than any way else to be regarded , though haply they have been of some vain - conceited fondlings greatly gaped at , what time they were shewed upon the stage in their graced deformities : nevertheless now to be mixtured ...
... unto the wise than any way else to be regarded , though haply they have been of some vain - conceited fondlings greatly gaped at , what time they were shewed upon the stage in their graced deformities : nevertheless now to be mixtured ...
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... unto my lords ; I know you have a better wit than I. Cos . Unhappy Persia , that in former age Hast been the seat of mighty conquerors , That , in their prowess and their policies , Have triumphed over Afric and the bounds Of Europe ...
... unto my lords ; I know you have a better wit than I. Cos . Unhappy Persia , that in former age Hast been the seat of mighty conquerors , That , in their prowess and their policies , Have triumphed over Afric and the bounds Of Europe ...
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... unto the Western Isles , And in your confines with his lawless train Daily commits incivil1 outrages , Hoping ( misled by dreaming prophecies ) To reign in Asia , and with barbarous arms 1 Brutal . To make himself the monarch of the ...
... unto the Western Isles , And in your confines with his lawless train Daily commits incivil1 outrages , Hoping ( misled by dreaming prophecies ) To reign in Asia , and with barbarous arms 1 Brutal . To make himself the monarch of the ...
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Page 228 - Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone : regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things, Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits.
Page iv - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Page 223 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul! See, where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Page xxxiv - If all the pens that ever poets held Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds and muses on admired themes; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein as in a mirror we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit; If these had made one poem's period...
Page xxxv - Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles? Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, "And ride in triumph through Persepolis?
Page 185 - Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss? O, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, Which strike a terror to my fainting soul!
Page 227 - ... spheres of Heaven That time may cease, and midnight never come ; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul ! 0 lente, lente, currite noctis equi! The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The Devil will come, and Faustus must be damned.
Page xxxv - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 415 - And there in mire and puddle have I stood This ten days' space ; and, lest that I should sleep, One plays continually upon a drum. They give me bread and water, being a king ; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distempered, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no I know not.
Page xxxiv - Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can...