A Choice of EmblemesGeorg Olms Verlag, 1971 - 440 pages |
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... stanzas which , in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , were attached , as well to a ponderous folio edition of Plato's works as to a thin duodecimo Francfort , 1602 . of Alciat from the press of Christian Wechel . The affection ...
... stanzas which , in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , were attached , as well to a ponderous folio edition of Plato's works as to a thin duodecimo Francfort , 1602 . of Alciat from the press of Christian Wechel . The affection ...
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... stanzas of Bonaventura Introduction to Vulcanius of Bruges , " On the Emblems of GEFFREY WHITNEY , who bore the name of England's great poet in the old time , GEFFREY CHAUCER : " + Whitney's Emblems , translation . Ed . Roterodami M ...
... stanzas of Bonaventura Introduction to Vulcanius of Bruges , " On the Emblems of GEFFREY WHITNEY , who bore the name of England's great poet in the old time , GEFFREY CHAUCER : " + Whitney's Emblems , translation . Ed . Roterodami M ...
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... stanzas were penned , Vulcanius and Colvius were in the immediate presence of Leicester's greatness at its proudest height , and perceived in it only the promise of their country's deliverance from Spanish tyranny ; we may therefore ...
... stanzas were penned , Vulcanius and Colvius were in the immediate presence of Leicester's greatness at its proudest height , and perceived in it only the promise of their country's deliverance from Spanish tyranny ; we may therefore ...
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... stanzas in major Egerton Leigh's copy * of the Emblems , to which reference has already been made , p . xxvii . " Geffry thy name subscribed with thy pen , Extractinge honor from the noblest men ; ffor by thy Emblems thou dost moralize ...
... stanzas in major Egerton Leigh's copy * of the Emblems , to which reference has already been made , p . xxvii . " Geffry thy name subscribed with thy pen , Extractinge honor from the noblest men ; ffor by thy Emblems thou dost moralize ...
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... stanza : N christall towers , and turrets richlie sette " IN With glittering gemmes , that shine against the sonne : In regall roomes of Jasper , and of Jette , Contente of minde , not alwaies likes to wonne : But often times , it ...
... stanza : N christall towers , and turrets richlie sette " IN With glittering gemmes , that shine against the sonne : In regall roomes of Jasper , and of Jette , Contente of minde , not alwaies likes to wonne : But often times , it ...
Contents
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INDEX to the Mottoes with Translations and some Pro | lxxv |
POSTSCRIPT to the Introductory Dissertation lxxxilxxxviii | lxxxi |
Titlepage Frontispiece Dedication c 120 | c |
ESSAYS LITERARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL | 231 |
EXPLANATORY NOTES LITERARY AND BIOGRAPHICAL | |
Addenda 401412 | |
EMBLEMA FINALE 434 | |
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Alciat amor Antwerp Audlem Barthomley behoulde born Chau Cheshire Chester Chinnor Choice of Emblemes Christopher Plantin death defire Description of Device died doth earl edition Edward Elizabeth emblem writers emblem-books EMBLEMATA English Esquier Faerni fame farre felfe fhall fhee fhewe fhoulde fhowe firfte foes fome frendes ftande ftill fuche Geffrey Whitney Giovio giue harte hath haue Henry Herefordshire honour Horapollo Ightfield Isabella Whitney John John Whitney king Knight Knutsford large paper Latin learned Leicester Leyden liue London lord loue maie Manchester mofte motto Nantwich noble ofte Ormerod's Ouid Paolo Giovio Paradin Pericles Plantin Plate poet printed queen Quid quod reign Richard Cotton Robert Whitney Roville Samuel Daniell Scratby Shak stanzas thee thofe Thomas thou thoughe translation Vale Royal vertue vnto vppon weare Whit Whitney's Emblems Whoe whofe whome wife William woodcuts Yarmouth
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Page xxii - A ROT AMONGST THE BISHOPS ; or a Terrible Tempest in the Sea, of Canterbury, set forth in lively emblems, to please the judicious Reader.
Page lxxiii - Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt; And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell her of things, that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th
Page 340 - VIII., was so noted for his meek spirit, deep learning, prudence and piety, that the then Parliament and Convocation both, chose, enjoined, and trusted him to be the man to make a Catechism for public use, such a one as should stand as a rule for faith and manners to their posterity. And the good old man, though he was very learned, yet knowing that God leads us not to heaven by many nor by hard questions, like an honest Angler, made that good, plain, unperplexed Catechism which is printed with our...
Page 306 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad ; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent royal of their emperor : Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold ; The civil citizens kneading up the honey ; The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate...
Page 306 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting' endeavour in continual motion ; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience : for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page lv - WHITNEY (Geffrey). — A Choice of Emblemes, and other Devises, for the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized, And divers newly devised, by Geffrey Whitney.