Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II, as quoted in The Book of Days : A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities (1832) by Robert Chambers, Viol. II, July 26, p. 126.
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ll. 1-7.
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)
As quoted in The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) by Herbert Victor Prochnow
Upon Nothing, ll. 28–33.
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Letter to the diplomat Henry Savile (1673-1674).
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About King Charles II of England, as quoted in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol. XLIV (January - June 1857) p. 592; It is said to that this was written on the door of Charles II’s bedchamber, and that on seeing it, the king replied, “This is very true: for my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers’....”
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The Maim'd Debauchee, ll. 13–20.
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Love a woman! Y’are an ass, ll. 9–12.
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“Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind,
Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind.”
ll. 12-13.
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)
“For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose,
The best good man with the worst-natured muse.”
An allusion to Horace, Satire x. Book i. Compare: "Thou best-humour'd man with the worst-humour'd muse!", Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation, Postscript.
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Absent from thee, I languish still, ll. 13-16.
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ll. 212-221
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)
Epigram, sometimes attributed to John Bromfield
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A Song of a Young Lady to Her Ancient Lover, ll. 7-14.
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“Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find”
A Letter from Artemisia in Town to Chloe in the Country (1679)
ll. 16–21.
A Satire Against Mankind (1679)
A Letter from Artemisia in Town to Chloe in the Country (1679)
The Imperfect Enjoyment (published 1680).
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“For all Men would be Cowards if they durst:
And Honesty’s against all common Sense.”
ll. 158-159.
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