Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Band 1

Description of Ophelia's Drowning,

Fear of Death,

Perseverance,

The Deceit of Ornament or Appearances,

Mercy,

Solitudo preferred to a Court Life, and the Advantages

of Adversity,

The World compared to a Stage,

Description of Night in a Camp,

The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life,

The Vicissitudes of Life,

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Falstaff's Cowardice and Boasting,

189

Falstaff arrested by his Hostess Dame Quickly,

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BEN JONSON,

191

The Fall of Catiline,

193

Accusation and Death of Silius in the Senate-House,

194

Love,

195

A Simpleton and a Braggadocio,

196

Bobadil's Plan for Saving the Expense of an Army, 197

Advice to a Reckless Youth, .

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The Alchemist,

197

THE COURT MASQUES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 198

The Golden Age Restored,

201

FRANCIS BEAUMONT-John FLETCHER,

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Church Music,

238 Upon the Sight of two Snails,

LORD Bacon,

238 Upon Hearing of Music by Night,

Universities,

241 Upon the Sight of an Owl in the Twilight,

Libraries,

241 Upon the Sight of a Great Library,

Government,

241 Christ Crucified Afresh by Sinners,

Prosperity and Adversity,

243 Sie Thomas OVERBURY,

Books and Ships Compared,

243 The Tinker,

Studies,

243 The Fair and Happy Milkmaid,

BIR WALTER RALEIGH,

243 A Franklin,

That the Flood hath not utterly defaced the marks of John EARLE,

Paradise, nor caused hills in the Earth,

246 The Clown,

The Battle of Thermopylæ,

247 Owen Feltham,

The Strength of Kings,

247 Moderation in Grief,

Three Rules to be observed for the Preservation of a Limitation of Human Knowledge,

Man's Estate,

248 Against Readiness to Take Offence,

RICHARD GRAFTON,

249 Of being Over-valued,

John Stow,

249 Against Detraction,

Sports upon the Ice in Elizabeth's Reign,

250 Of Neglect,

RAPHAEL HOLINSHED — William Harrison - JOHN

No Man can be Good to All,

HOOKER-FRANCIS BOTEVILLE,

250 Meditation,

The Languages of Britain,

252 French Love of Dancing,

The Sea,

252 Holland and its Inhabitants,

John Davis,

252 JOHN SELDEN,

Davis's Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage, 253 Evil Speaking,

GEORGE SANDYS,

254 Humility,

Modern State of Ancient Countries,

To Dr Francis Mansell,

255

Oracles,

To Sir William St John, Knight,

256 Dreams and Prophecies,

To Captain Thomas B.,

257

Sermons,

To the Right Hon. the Lord Cliffe,

258 Libels,

Tales of Travellers,

Devils in the lead,

Bir THOMAS HERBERT, .

261 Free Inquiry,

Description of St Helena,

261 JAMES USHER,

William CAMDEN,

261 WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH,

Sir HENRY SCELMAN-SiR ROBERT Cotton-John SPEED Against the Employment of Force in Religion,

-SAMUEL DANIEL,

263 Reason must be appealed to in Religious Discussions,

Uncertainty of the Early History of Nations,

263

Against Duelling,

Thomas Max-Sir John HAYWARD-RICHARD KNOLLES, 264 John IIALES,

The Taking of Constantinople by the Turks,

264 Private Judgment in Religion,

ARTHUR Wilson-SiR RICHARD BAKER,

265 Children Ready to Believe,

Bir HENRY WOTTON,

265 Reverence for Ancient Opinions,

What Education Embraces,

265

Prevalence of an Opinion no Argument for its Truth,

Every Nature is not a Fit Stock to Graft a Scholar on, 265 JOHN GAUDEN,

Commendation before Trial Injudicious,

266 The Various Events of the Civil War,

Thomas HOBBES,

266 JEREMY TAYLOR,

God,

267 The Age of Reason and Discretion,

Pity and Indignation,

267 The Pomp of Death,

263 The Progress of Sin,

Love of Knowledge,

268 The Resurrection of Sinners,

The Necessity of the Will,

268 Sinful Pleasure,

LORD HERBERT,

269 Useful Studies,

Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal, 270 Comforting the A Micted,

TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE,

270 Real and Apparent flappiness,

KING JAMES I.,

271 Adversity, .

Sorcery and Witchcraft,

271 Miseries of Man's Life,

The Author's Abstract of Melancholy,

272 The Day of Judgment,

Melancholy and Contemplation,

272 Religious Toleration,

THOMAS DEKKER,

274 SIR THOMAS BROWNE,

Against Fine Clothes,

274 Oblivion,

How a Gallant should behave himself in Paul's Walks, 274 Light the shadow of God,

Josep: HALL,

275 Toleration,

Upon the Sight of a Tree Full-blossomed,

275 Death,

Upon Occasion of a Red-breast coming into his Chamber, 275 Study of God's Works,

Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire,

275 Ghosts,

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302 Sonnet on his own Blindness,

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Charity,

302 In Anticipation of the Attack of the Royalists upon the

Assassination of Cardinal Beaton,

303 On the Massacre of the Protestants in Piedmont, 333

David CALDERWOOD-SIR JAMES MELVIL,

304 Scene from Comus,

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John LESLEY,

304 Praise of Chastity,

334

Character of James V.,

305 The Spirit's Epilogue in Comus,

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Burning of Edinburgh and Leith by the English in 1544, 305 L'Allegro,

Destruction of Religious Edifices in 1559,

306 From Lycidas,

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James VI. and a Refractory Preacher,

307 Satan's Address to the Sun,

338

GEORGE BUCHANAN,

307 Assembling of the Fallen Angels,

308 Eve's Account of her Creation,

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Against Repining at Death,

308 Morning in Paradise,

340

REMARKS ON THE STYLE OF THIS PERIOD,

309 Evening in Paradise,

340

ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS,

310 Expulsion from Paradise,

341

Satan's Survey of Greece,

342

ANDREW MARVELL,

342

The Emigrants in Bermudas,

343

Fourth Period.

The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn, 344

Thoughts in a Garden,

344

THE COMMONWEALTH AND REIGNS OF CHARLES II.

A Whimsical Satire on Holland,

345

Samuel BUTLER,

345

AND JAMES II. [1649 TO 1689.]

Accomplishments of Hudibras,

347

Religion of Hudibras,

348

POETS.

Personal Appearance of Iludibras,

348

ABRAHAM COWLEY,

312

The Elephant in the Moon,

349

On the Death of Mr Crashaw,

314 Miscellaneous Thoughts,

315 Invitation to Izaak Walton,

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The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches, 316 A Welsh Guide,

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316 EARL OF Roscommon,

Ode on the Death of Mr William Harvey,

317 Caution against False Pride,

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Epitaph on the Living Author,

318 An Author must Feel what he Writes,

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Claudian's Old Man of Verona,

318 On the Day of Judgment,

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HENRY VAUGHAN,

318 EARL OF ROCHESTER,

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Early Rising and Prayer,

318 Song-(While on those lovely looks I gaze),

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The Rainbow,

319 Constancy-A Song,

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The Story of Endymion,

319 Song- Too late, alas ! I must confess),

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Timber,

Song-(My dear mistress has a heart),

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THOMAS STANLEY,

319 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY,

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The Tomb,

319 Song—Ah, Chloris! could I now but sit),

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The Exequies,

320 Song-(Love still has something of the sea),

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The Loss,

320 Song--(Phillis, men say that all my vows),

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Note on Anacreon,

320 Duchess OF NEWCASTLE,

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Note to Moschus,

320 KATHERINE Philips,

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Sir John DENHAM,

321 Against Pleasure An Ode,

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The Thames and Windsor Forest,

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A Country Life,

The Reformation-Monks and Puritans,

322 John DRYDEN,

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On Mr Abraham Cowley,

323 Character of Shaftesbury,

Sung to Morpheus,

323 Character of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham,

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WILLIAN CHAMBERLAYNE,

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Shaftesbury's Address to Monmouth,

325 The Hind and Panther,

326 Ode to the Memory of Mrs Anne Killigrew,

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On the Marriage of the Dwarts,

326 On Milton,

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A Panegyric to the Lord Protoctor,

326 To my Honoured Kinsman, John Dryden, Esq. of Ches-

English Genius,

327 terton, in the County of Huntingdon,

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The British Navy,

327 Alexander's Feast,

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At Penshurst,

327 Theodore and Honoria,

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The Bud,

328 The Cock and the Fox,

Song-(Say, Lovely Dream),

328 Inconveniences of Life in Rome,

Bong-Go, Lovely Rose),

328 Enjoyment of the Present Hour Recommended,

328 The Splendid Shilling,

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Hymn on the Nativity,

331 John POMFRET,

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On May Morning,

333 Extract from The Choice,

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EARL OF DORSET,

377 Of Modesty, opposed to Ambition,

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Song-Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes),

377 THOMAS FULLER,

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Song-To all you ladies now at land),

377 The Good Schoolmaster,

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DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE,

378 Recreation,

Extract from the Essay on Poetry,

378 Books,

Education confined too much to Language,

Rules for Improving the Memory,

DRAMATISTS.

379 Terrors of a Guilty Conscience,

John DBYDEN,

381 Domestic Economy,

Tears,

381 Miscellaneous Aphorisms,

381 The Angler's Wish,

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Love Anticipated after Death,

381 Thankfulness for Worldly Blessings,

Scene between Mark Antony and Ventidins, his general, 382 The Great Fire in London,

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Scene between Dorax and Sebastian,

384 A Fortunate Courtier not Envied,

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THOMAS OTWAY,

386 Evelyn's Account of his Daughter Mary,

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Scenes from Venice Preserved,

387 Fashions in Dress,

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Parting,

3000 Sir Roger L'ESTRANGE,

Picture of a Witch,

36 Æsop's Invention to bring his Mistress back again to her

Description of Morning,

390 Husband after she had loft him,

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Killing a Boar,

391) The Popish Plot,

NATHANIEL LEE,

390 Ingratitude,

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Scene between Brutus and Titus, his Son,

391 Dr RALPH CUDWORTH,

Self-Murder,

302 God, though Incomprehensible, not Inconceivable, 426

John CROWNE,

392 Difficulty of Convincing Interested Unbelievers,

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Extract from Thyestes,

392 Creation,

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Wishes for Obscurity,

392 Dr RICHARD CUMBERLAND,

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Passions,

392 The Tabernacle and Temple of the Jews,

Inconstancy of the Multitude,

392 The Excellency of the Christian Religion,

THOMAS SHADWELL-SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE-WILLIAN Wise Selection of Pleasures,

431

WYCHERLEY-MRS APHRA BEHN,

392 Grief Controlled by Wisdom,

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Scene from Sir George Etherege's Comical Revenge, 393 Honour to God,

Song—(Love in fantastic triumph sat),

393 The Goodness of God,

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE FOURTH Period, 393 Charity,

Hallo my Fancy,

393 Concord and Discord,

Alas, poor Scholar! whither wilt thou go?

Advantages of Truth and Sincerity,

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PROSE WRITERS.

Virtue and Vice Declared by the General Vote of Man.

MILTON,

396 kind,

435

Milton's Literary Musings,

397 Evidence of a Creator in the Structure of the World, 436

Education,

398 Sin and Holiness,

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Liberty of the Press,

399 Resolution necessary in forsaking Vice,

400 Commencement of a Vicious Courso,

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Expiration of the Roman Power in Britain,

401 The Moral Feelings Instinotive,

402 EDWARD STILLINOFLEET,

Of Obscurity,

403 True Wisdom,

Of Procrastination,

403 Immoderate Self-Love,

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Vision of Oliver Cromwell,

403 DR WILLIAM SHERLOCK,

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JAMES HARRINGTON,

404 Longing after Immortality,

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ALGERNON SIDNEY,

406 Life not too Short,

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Liberty and Government,

406 Advantages of our Ignorance of the Timo of Death, 440

LADY RACHEL RUSSELL,

406 DR ROBERT SOUTH,

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To Dr Fitzwilliam-On her Sorrow,

407 The Will for the Deed,

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To the Earl of Galway-On Friendship,

407 Ill-natured and Good-natured Men,

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To Dr Fitzwilliam-Domestic Misfortunos,

407 The Glory of the Clergy,

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To Lord Cavendish-Bereavement,

408 The Pleasures of Amusement and Industry Compared, 444

BANUEL BUTLER,

408 Hypocritical Sanctimony,

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A Bmall Poet,

408 Ignorance in Power,

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A Vintner,

409 Religion not Hostile to Pleasure,

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A Prater,

409 Labour overcomes Apparent Impossibilities,

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An Antiquary,

409 Ingratitude an Incurable Vice,

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WALTER CHARLETON,
400 DR Joux WILKINS,

The Ready and Nimble Wit,

409 How a Man may Fly to the Moon,

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The Slow but Suro Wit,

410 DR JOHN PEARSON,

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Sir MATTHEW IIALE,

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On Conversation,

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Јонх LocКЕ,

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Causes of Weakness in Men's Understandings,

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Practice and Habit,

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Prejudices,

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Injudicious Haste in Study,

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Pleasure and Pain,

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Importance of Moral Education,

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Fading of Ideas from the Mind,

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History,

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Orthodoxy and Ileresy,

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Opposition to New Doctrincs,

Duty of Preserving Health,

Toleration of Other Men's Opinions,

The IIONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE,