The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Volume 3Little, Brown & Company, 1856 |
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Page 160 - It was drawn up by bishop Moreton, and dated from Greenwich, May 24, 1618, and it was to this effect :—" That for his good people's recreation, his majesty's pleasure was, that after the end of divine service, they should not be disturbed, letted, or discouraged, from any lawful recreations; such as dancing, either of men or women, archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any such harmless recreations ; nor having of may-games, whitson-ales, or morrice-dances, or setting up of may-poles, or other...
Page 73 - Funds, Physic, Corn, Poetry, Boxing, Romance, All excellent subjects for turning a penny; — To write upon all is an author's sole chance For attaining, at last, the least knowledge of any. Nine times out of ten, if his title is good, The material within of small consequence is; — Let him only write fine,' and, if not understood, Why — that's the concern of the reader, not his.
Page 187 - Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" And he said unto me, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Page 79 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 103 - Nay, fed as he was ( and this makes it a dark case) With sops every day from the lion's own pan, He lifts up his leg at the noble beast's carcase, And— does all a dog, so diminutive, can.
Page 172 - No matter (And. while he spoke, his cheeks grew fatter,) " The rogues may munch their Paddy crop, " But the rogues must still support our shop. " And, depend upon it, the way to treat " Heretical stomachs that thus dissent, " Is to burden all that wo'n't eat meat, " With a costly MEAT ESTABLISHMENT.
Page 59 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 47 - twas day or night ; And 'twas crost by many a mazy track, One didn't know how to get on or back ; And I felt like a needle that's going astray (With its one eye out) through a bundle of hay ; When the Spirit he grinn'd, and whisper'd me, " Thou'rt now in the Court of Chancery...
Page 196 - ... plenty as frogs in a Dutch inundation ; No shelter from Barons, from Earls no protection, And tadpole young Lords, too, in every direction, — Things created in haste, just to make a Court list of, Two legs and a coronet all they consist of! The prospect's quite frightful, and what Sir George...
Page 309 - Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth. And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute...