Onely the Trinity, that made it, can Suffice the vast-triangled heart of man.
A shepheard loves no ill, but onely thee; He hath no care, but onely by thy causing: Why doost thou shoot thy cruell shafts at mee?
What fæmale now intreated of a king With gold and jewels, pearles and precious stones, Would willingly refuse so sweete a thing, Onely for a little show of Vertue ones?
And yet he loues a man as well as you, Onely this difference, she cannot fancie too.
Onely faire Countesse, and your daughter stay, With you I haue some other thing to say.
How much o mightie king, Is thy Ateukin bound to honour thee: Bowe thee Andrew, bend thine sturdie knees, Seest thou not here thine onely God on earth?
Tom Thumb is not my subiect, whom Fairies oft did aide, Nor that mad spirit Robin that plagues both wife and maid Nor is my song satyricke like, invented against no man, But onely of a pranke betwixt a Devill and a woman.
But she did not onely continue in her sorrow, but was also greatly displeased, that her father made any motion to her of any other husband.
What meaneth it, but onely to expresse How great a joy, well-grounded Patientnesse Retaines in Suff’rings?
And it is yet more observable, that when our blessed Saviour went up into the Mount, at his Transfiguration, when he left the rest of his Disciples and chose onely three to bear him company, that these three were all Fisher-men.
Oh happie hee that may enioy such and so great a treasure of loue; and not onely a happie possessor I account him, but most happie that shall possesse and obtaine her obedience, to hys desire and rule.
Wherevpon I at that present thought my selfe most happie, onely in the behoulding of such delights, because I was not able to resist the burning flames which did set vpon mee in the fornace of my heart.
Oh the excellency of passed wittes, and perfect golden age when Vertue did striue with Fortune, leauing onely behind him for an heritage to this our world, blinde, ignorant, and grudging desire of worldly pelfe.
Whereupon I assured my selfe, that she was Polia, and from top to the toe I found an extreeme alteration into a supreame delight, my hart flying onely to hir.
At the first sight I was perswaded that shee had beene Polia, but the place vnaccustomed & her apparell made mee thinke the contrarie, and therefore my doubtfull iudgement remained in suspence, hauing onely a reuerent suspition therof.
When Basilius first conquered those countries, he suffered then the natiues to keepe their possessions, and to inhabite all their townes, onely paying him a tribute, vnder the gouernment of his Russe Captaines.
A most gracious Letter giuen to the English Merchants Sir Iohn Hart and his company, by Theodore Iuanowich, the King, Lord, and great duke of all Russia, the onely vpholder thereof.
As in deede at that time it was not onely thicke, broad, and yellow coloured, but in length fiue foot and two inches of assize.
It may please his highnesse to giue order that the said Glouer may be payd, and that he may discharge his debt to the said company of merchants, and the rather for that hee found such mercie and fauour in England, onely for his Maiesties sake.
But not to you; that's onely to men; for lett the women fall downe afore 'em never so often they'le rather fall upon them.
Onely a Devonshire hugg, sir:--at your feete I lay my winnings.
Fortunes wings Are full of giddy feathers to unsure For me to fly with all, but I will stay with you, I like so well this aire; onely you must Provide to keepe me from the hands of Danger That wayts upon Dessert.
It is the onely gentile knowledge or philosophie in the world.
I have liv'd ever free, onely depended Upon the honestie of my faire Actions, Nor am I now to studdy how to die soe.
Are we shut out of Counsailes, privacies, And onely lymitted our household busines?
Secondly, the same kind of Ointment, applied to the Hurt it selfe, worketh not the Effect; but onely applied to the Weapon.
Warre ill begun, the onely way to mend, Is t' end the warre before the warre doe end.
I would be understood, not onely an Allower, but an humble Petitioner, that ignorant and tender conscienced Anabaptists may have due time and means of conviction.
That no man ought to forsake his owne countrey, but upon extraordinary cause, and when that cause ceaseth, he is bound in conscience to returne if he can: We are looking to him who hath our hopes and seasons in his onely wise hand.
I am sure Satan makes it his grand, if not onely taske, to adulterate Truth; Falshood is his sole Scepter, whereby he first ruffled, and ever since ruined the World.
All the Counties and shires of England have had wars in them since the Conquest, but Essex, which is onely free, and should be thankfull.
For what rigor or affliction soeuer Fortune offred, coulde neuer before that tyme put awaye the meanes from writing one to an other, but onely the vices before named, and the foolish and wicked loue wherin he suffred him selfe to fall.
Wherfore I do acknowledge and confesse you to be not onely a vertuous creature, but euen very vertue it self.
Now all these flatteringe Follies tended onely to make hir his owne, to keepe hir in hys Countrey House for hys Pleasure.
Whereupon the Gentleman toke him with him so sodainly, as he had no leasure to arme him selfe with other weapon but with his onely dagger.
More Excellent, not onely in respect the Invention of making of Iron with Pit-cole and Sea-cole will preserve Wood and Timber of Great Brittain so greatly consumed by Iron-Works of late.
Is meane and mediocrity, in all excellent Arts excluded, and onely to be admitted in religion?
Thus I have heard our Marchants complaine, that the set up blewes have made strangers loath the rich oaded blewes, onely in request; this is an olde sophisme.
Jethro maketh it their prime and essentiall character; God and Moses, their onely and sole, in the charge and commission to Jehoshuah so oft repeated; Onely be of good courage.
Six weekes being spent in this manner, Captaine Newport (who was hired onely for our transportation) was to returne with the ships.
Cape Cod is the next presents it selfe; which is onely a headland of high hils of sand, ouergrowne with shrubbie pines, hurts, and such trash; but an excellent harbor for all weathers.
For, vpon a quarrell wee had with one of them, hee onely with three others crossed the harbor of Quonahassit to certaine rocks whereby wee must passe; and there let flie their arrowes for our shot, till we were out of danger.
Use onely Morello-Cherries (I think) for pleasure, and black ones for health.
He useth to every Gallon of water, a good handful of Eglantine-leaves, and as much Cowslip flowers; but onely a Pugil of Thyme or Marjoram.
If you would have your whipped cream light and frothy, that hath but little substance in the eating, make it of onely plain milk; and if you would have it of a consistence between both, mingle cream and milk.
You may put a little Ginger into it, onely to give it a taste thereof, and let it have a little walm of heat after it.
Then cover your But-head with a sheet onely in Summer, but blankets in Winter; and let your Liquor work about 24 hours or more.
But first, lave and scoop your mixture exceedingly, (at least an hour) that the honey be not onely perfectly dissolved, but uniformly mixed throughout the water.
Therefore onely wipe or wash them well, and pick away the black excrescence at the top; and be sure to leave out all the seeds, which are hot.
You must put in so little, as not to taste strong of them, but onely to quicken the other flat Ingredients.
For which last they use to burn it (like wine) or rather onely heat it.
But boil it not to bear an Egge, but onely till it be well scummed and clarified.
Smoke theire Tobacco after a very meane, but I judge Original manner, Onelyye leafe rowled up, and light one end, holdinge ye other between their lips .
It is the place onely where Spaine is commended, and prefer'd before England itselfe.
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