... (1691), which, giving a vivid picture of the times, show these drunken and blackguardly gentry in a very unamiable light. Several plays treat of their exploits. Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife (1696), Act III, ii, and IV, ii and iv, is perhaps the locus... — The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn
... Jesu, In desideriis moram. Ardet iam medio summa dies polo, Jam parcit segeti messor, & algidas Pastor cum grege valleis, Et picta volucres petunt. At te quae tacitis destinet otiis O Jesu regio? quis mihi te locus Caecis invidet umbris, Aut spissa nemorum coma? Scirem quo jaceas cespite languidus, Quis ventus gracili praeflet anhelitu, Quis rivus tibi grato Somnum praetereat sono; Ah! ne te nimio murmure suscitent Nostrae diluerent flumina lacrymae, ... — The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils • Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski
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