Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit : Editio Princeps : 1579 ; Euphues and His England : Editio Princeps : 1580 |
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accompt againſt almoſt alſo alwayes ANATOMY OF WIT aunfwere beautie beleeue beſt bicauſe Callimachus Camilla cauſe chaunge coulour courſe court defire delight diſcourſe doth England euery Euphues eyther faid farre father fauour fayd feeke feeme ferue fhal fhall fhew firſt fome fonne ftraunge fuch gaue Gentleman giue glaffe greateſt hath haue hauing heart heere himſelfe honeftie houſe Lady Ladyes laſt leaſt leaue leffe liue loue loued louer Lucilla luft lyfe lyke Lyly maketh minde moft moſt muſt Naples neuer neuer fo ouer perceiue perfwade Philautus pleaſe pleaſure praiſe queſtion reaſon receiue ſay ſee ſeeme ſhal ſhall ſhalt ſharpe ſhe ſhee ſhould ſome ſpeake ſuch Sunne Surius ſweete thee ther theſe thine thing thinke thoſe thou art thought thy felfe tryall vertue vnto vpon vppon vſe wher whofe whome whoſe wife wiſdome wiſh witte women
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Page 6 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows ; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his...
Page 480 - Edition, in 8vo, one complete copy in the Library of the Baptist College at Bristol, and an imperfect one in that of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
Page 3 - For so it was that his genie being naturally bent to the pleasant paths of poetry (as if Apollo had given to him a wreath of his own bays, without snatching or strugling), did in a manner neglect academical studies, yet not so much but that he took the degrees in arts, that of master being compleated 1575.
Page 94 - And in that you bring in the example of a beast to confirm your folly you show therein your beastly disposition, which is ready to follow such beastliness. But Venus played false. And what for that ? Seeing her lightness serveth for an example, I would wish thou mightest try her punishment for a reward : that...
Page 21 - ... manual of all that is worthy to be known — which indoctrines the rude in civility, the dull in intellectuality, the heavy in jocosity, the blunt in gentility, the vulgar in nobility, and all of them in that unutterable perfection of human utterance, that eloquence which no other eloquence is sufficient to praise, that art which, when we call it by its own name of Euphuism, we bestow on it its richest panegyric.
Page 79 - ... inherit all my possessions. Mine only care hath been hitherto to match thee with such an one, as should be of good wealth able to maintain thee, of great worship able to compare with thee in birth, of honest conditions to deserve thy love, and an Italian born to enjoy my lands.
Page 53 - A starter before thy companion? Why Euphues doth perhappes desyre my love, but Philautus hath deserved it. Why Euphues feature is worthy as good as I. But Philautus his fayth is worthy a better. I but the latter love is moste fervent. I but the firste ought to be most faythfull. I but Euphues hath greater perfection. I but Philautus hath deeper affection.