This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...wit and humour were finely contrasted with Parker's extravagances, set off in his declamatory style; of which Marvell wittily descrihes "the volume and circumference of the periods, which, though he takes always to he his chiefest strength, yet, indeed, like too great a line, weakens the defence, and requires too many ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...wit and humour were finely contrasted with Parker's extravagances, set off in his declamatory style; of which Marvell wittily descrihes "the volume and circumference of the periods, which, though he takes always to he his chiefest strength, yet, indeed, like too great a line, weakens the defence, and requires too many men to make it good." The tilt was now opened, and certain masqued knights appeared in the course; they attempted to grasp the sharp and polished weapon of Marvell, to turn it on himselfj. But Marvell, with malicious ingenuity, nishes always the offence), hut in the cooler hlood and sedentary execution of an high court of justice," He wrote a very remarkahle hook (after he had heen petitioned against for a misdemeanour) in defence of that usurped irregular state called "The Government of the People of England." It had "a most hieroglyphical title" of several emhlems: two hands joined, and heneath a sheaf of arrows, stuffed ahout with half-a-dozen mottoes, " enough," says Marvell, " to have supplied the mantlings and achievement of this (godly) family." An anecdote in this secret history of Parker is prohahly true. "He shortly afterwards did inveigh against his father's memory, and in his mother's presence, hefore witnesses, for a couple of whining fanatics."--Rehearsal Trans. prosed, second part, p. 75. t This preface was prefixed to Bishop Bramhall's "Vindication of the Bishops from the Preshyterian Charge of Popery." J Asa specimen of what old Anthony calls " a jerking flirting way of writing," I transcrihe the titles of these answers which Marvell received. As Marvell had nicknamed Parker, Bayes, the quaint humour of one, entitled his reply, " Rosemary...
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