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- 1 From a Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmark-house, December 14. 1617
- 2 From a Sermon Preached at Lincoln's Inne. [?Spring or Summer 1618]
- 3 From a Lent-Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 12. 1619
- 4 From a Sermon Preached to the Lords upon Easter-day, the King being then dangerously sick at New-Market. [1619]
- 5 A Sermon of Valediction at my going into Germany, at Lincolns-Inne, April 18. 1619
- 6 From a Sermon Preached at White-Hall, April 2. 1620
- 7 From a Sermon Preached at Lincoln's Inne. [?Easter Term 1620]
- 8 From a Sermon Preached to the Countess of Bedford, then at Harrington house, January 7. 1621
- 9 From a Sermon Preached [at Lincoln's Inn in Trinity Term 1621]
- 10 From a Sermon Preached at Lincolns Inne
- 11 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls upon Christmas day. 1621
- 12 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, March 8. 1622
- 13 From a Sermon Preached upon Easter-day. [1622]
- 14 From a Sermon Preached at the Spittle, Upon Easter-Monday. 1622
- 15 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls on Midsummer day. 1622
- 16 From a Sermon Preached at Hanworth, to my Lord of Carlile, and his company .. Aug. 25. 1622
- 17 From a Sermon Preached to the Earl of Carlile, and his Company, at Sion. [?Autumn 1622]
- 18 From a Sermon Preached to the Honourable Company of the Virginian Plantation, 13o November. 1622
- 19 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls, upon Christmas day. 1622
- 20 From a Sermon Preached upon Candlemas day. [?1623]
- 21 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, the first Friday in Lent, 1623
- 22 From a Sermon Preached to the Nobility
- 23 From a Sermon Preached upon All-Saints Day. [?1623]
- 24 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day in the Evening. 1624
- 25 From a Sermon Preached to the Earl of Exeter, and his company, in his Chapel at Saint Johns, 13. June. 1624
- 26 From an Anniversary Sermon Preached at St. Dunstans, upon the commemoration of a Parishioner. [?29 June 1624]
- 27 From a Sermon Preached upon the Penitential Psalms. [?1624–5]
- 28 From a Sermon Preached upon the Penitential Psalms. [?1624–5]
- 29 From a Sermon Preached at Pauls, upon Christmas Day, in the Evening. 1624
- 30 From a Sermon Preached At S. Pauls, the Sunday After the Conversion of S. Paul. 1625
- 31 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, March 4. 1625
- 32 From the First Sermon Preached to King Charles, at Saint James, 3o April. 1625
- 33 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, in the Evening, upon Easter-day. 1625
- 34 From a Sermon Preached at Denmark house, some few days before the body of King James was buried, Apr. 26. 1625
- 35 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, May 8. 1625
- 36 From a Sermon Preached upon Whitsunday. [?1625]
- 37 From the second of my Prebend Sermons upon my five Psalmes. Preached at S. Pauls, January 29. 1626
- 38 From a Sermon Preached to the King in my Ordinary waiting at White-hall, 18. April. 1626
- 39 From a Sermon Preached to the Household at White-hall, April 30. 1626
- 40 From a Sermon Preached upon Whitsunday. [?1626]
- 41 From the Third of My Prebend Sermons Upon My Five Psalmes: Preached At S. Pauls, November 5. 1626. in Vesperis
- 42 From a Sermon Preached At the Funerals of Sir William Cokayne Knight, Alderman of London, December 12. 1626
- 43 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls upon Christmas day. 1626
- 44 From the fourth of my Prebend Sermons upon my five Psalmes: Preached at S. Pauls, 28 January. 1627
- 45 From a Sermon Preached upon Candlemas day. [?1627]
- 46 From a Sermon Preached to the King at White-hall, the first Sunday in Lent. [?11 February 1627]
- 47 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day. 1627
- 48 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls Cross, 6 May. 1627
- 49 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls
- 50 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls
- 51 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall
- 52 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall
- 53 From a Sermon Preached at S. Dunstanes upon Trinity Sunday. 1627
- 54 From a Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers
- 55 From a Sermon Preached at the Earl of Bridgewaters house in London at the marriage of his daughter
- 56 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 29. 1628
- 57 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, for Easter-day. 1628
- 58 From a Sermon Preached to the King at White-hall, April 15. 1628
- 59 From a Sermon Preached in Saint Pauls in the Evening, November 23. 1628
- 60 From a Sermon Preached At S. Pauls in the Evening, Upon the Day of S. Pauls Conversion. 1629
- 61 From a Sermon Preached upon Easter-day. 1629
- 62 From a Sermon Preached to the King, at the Court in April. 1629
- 63 From a Sermon Preached to the King, at the Court. [April or May 1629]
- 64 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Whitsunday. 1629
- 65 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls Cros, November 22. 1629
- 66 From a Sermon Preached upon Christmas Day. [?1629]
- 67 From a Sermon Preached on the Conversion of S. Paul. 1630
- 68 A Lent-Sermon Preached to the King, at White-hall, February 12. 1630
- 69 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day. 1630
- 70 From a Sermon Preached in Lent, to the King, April 20. 1630 [?]
- 71 Deaths Duel, or, a Consolation to the Soul
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Evelyn Simpson, Helen Gardner, and T. S. Healy (eds), John Donne: Selected Prose
Contents
- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionParadoxes and Problems
- Close sectionPARADOXES AND PROBLEMS
- Close sectionParadoxes
- 1 A Defence of Womens Inconstancy
- 2 That Women ought to paint
- 3 That by Discord things increase
- 4 That good is more common then evill
- 5 That all things kill themselves
- 6 That it is possible to find some vertue in Some Women
- 7 That Old men are more fantastike than Young
- 8 That Nature is our worst Guide
- 9 That only Cowards dare dye
- 10 That a Wise Man is knowne by much laughing
- 11 That the gifts of the Body are better than those of the Minde
- Close sectionProblems
- 1 Why Puritanes make long Sermons?
- 2 Why is there more variety of Green, than of other Colours?
- 3 Why hath the common Opinion afforded Women Soules?
- 4 Why do Women delight much in Feathers?
- 5 Why doth not Gold soyl the fingers?
- 6 Why are Courtiers sooner Atheists than men of other conditions?
- 7 Why was Sir Walter Raleigh thought the fittest Man, to write the Historie of these Times?
- Close sectionParadoxes
- Close sectionPARADOXES AND PROBLEMS
- Biathanatos
- Pseudo-Martyr
- Ignatius His Conclave
- Close sectionEssays in Divinity
- Close sectionDevotions Upon Emergent Occasions
- Close sectionLetters
- Close sectionLETTERS
- 1 [To…?] [August 1597]
- 2 [To Sir Henry Wotton?] [?1600]
- 3 [To Sir Henry Wotton?] [?1600]
- 4 To Sir George More. 2 February 1602
- 5 To Sir George More. 11 February 1602
- 6 To Sir Thomas Egerton. 12 February 1602
- 7 To Sir George More. 13 February 1602
- 8 To Sir George More. March 1602
- 9 To Sir Thomas Egerton. 1 March 1602
- 10 To Sir Thomas Egerton. [?February or March 1602]
- 11 [To Sir Henry Goodyer] [?1604]
- 12 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [1606]
- 13 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?January 1607]
- 14 To Mrs. Magdalen Herbert. July 1607
- 15 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?1607]
- 16 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [1608]
- 17 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [September 1608]
- 18 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?1608]
- 19 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?1608–9]
- 20 To the Countess of Bedford. [?1608–9]
- 21 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [1609]
- 22 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?1609]
- 23 To Sir Edward Herbert. [?1610]
- 24 To a Friend [?1611–12]
- 25 To Mr. George Gerrard. 14 April 1612
- 26 To Sir Robert More. 10 August 1614
- 27 To Sir Henry Goodyer. 20 December 1614
- 28 To Sir Edward Herbert. 23 January 1615
- 29 To Sir Henry Goodyer. [?April 1615]
- 30 To his Mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Rainsford) [?1616]
- 31 To the Countess of Montgomery. [March/April 1619]
- 32 To Sir Robert Ker. [April/May 1619]
- 33 To Sir Toby Mathew. [September 1619]
- 34 [To Sir Henry Goodyer] 4 October 1622
- 35 To Sir Robert Ker. [April, May, or June 1623]
- 36 To Sir Robert Ker. [January 1624]
- 37 To the Queen of Bohemia. [1624]
- 38 To Lady Kingsmill. 26 October 1624
- 39 To Sir Robert Ker. [April 1627]
- 40 To Sir Robert Ker. [April 1627]
- 41 To Sir Robert Ker. [April 1627]
- 42 To Mrs. Cokayne. [?1625–1628]
- 43 To Mrs. Cokayne. [August 1628]
- 44 To Mrs. Cokayne. [1629]
- 45 To Mr. George Gerrard. [? December 1630]
- 46 To Mrs. Cokayne. 15 January 1631
- Close sectionLETTERS
- Close sectionSermons
- Close sectionSERMONS
- 1 From a Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmark-house, December 14. 1617
- 2 From a Sermon Preached at Lincoln's Inne. [?Spring or Summer 1618]
- 3 From a Lent-Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 12. 1619
- 4 From a Sermon Preached to the Lords upon Easter-day, the King being then dangerously sick at New-Market. [1619]
- 5 A Sermon of Valediction at my going into Germany, at Lincolns-Inne, April 18. 1619
- 6 From a Sermon Preached at White-Hall, April 2. 1620
- 7 From a Sermon Preached at Lincoln's Inne. [?Easter Term 1620]
- 8 From a Sermon Preached to the Countess of Bedford, then at Harrington house, January 7. 1621
- 9 From a Sermon Preached [at Lincoln's Inn in Trinity Term 1621]
- 10 From a Sermon Preached at Lincolns Inne
- 11 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls upon Christmas day. 1621
- 12 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, March 8. 1622
- 13 From a Sermon Preached upon Easter-day. [1622]
- 14 From a Sermon Preached at the Spittle, Upon Easter-Monday. 1622
- 15 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls on Midsummer day. 1622
- 16 From a Sermon Preached at Hanworth, to my Lord of Carlile, and his company .. Aug. 25. 1622
- 17 From a Sermon Preached to the Earl of Carlile, and his Company, at Sion. [?Autumn 1622]
- 18 From a Sermon Preached to the Honourable Company of the Virginian Plantation, 13o November. 1622
- 19 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls, upon Christmas day. 1622
- 20 From a Sermon Preached upon Candlemas day. [?1623]
- 21 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, the first Friday in Lent, 1623
- 22 From a Sermon Preached to the Nobility
- 23 From a Sermon Preached upon All-Saints Day. [?1623]
- 24 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day in the Evening. 1624
- 25 From a Sermon Preached to the Earl of Exeter, and his company, in his Chapel at Saint Johns, 13. June. 1624
- 26 From an Anniversary Sermon Preached at St. Dunstans, upon the commemoration of a Parishioner. [?29 June 1624]
- 27 From a Sermon Preached upon the Penitential Psalms. [?1624–5]
- 28 From a Sermon Preached upon the Penitential Psalms. [?1624–5]
- 29 From a Sermon Preached at Pauls, upon Christmas Day, in the Evening. 1624
- 30 From a Sermon Preached At S. Pauls, the Sunday After the Conversion of S. Paul. 1625
- 31 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, March 4. 1625
- 32 From the First Sermon Preached to King Charles, at Saint James, 3o April. 1625
- 33 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, in the Evening, upon Easter-day. 1625
- 34 From a Sermon Preached at Denmark house, some few days before the body of King James was buried, Apr. 26. 1625
- 35 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, May 8. 1625
- 36 From a Sermon Preached upon Whitsunday. [?1625]
- 37 From the second of my Prebend Sermons upon my five Psalmes. Preached at S. Pauls, January 29. 1626
- 38 From a Sermon Preached to the King in my Ordinary waiting at White-hall, 18. April. 1626
- 39 From a Sermon Preached to the Household at White-hall, April 30. 1626
- 40 From a Sermon Preached upon Whitsunday. [?1626]
- 41 From the Third of My Prebend Sermons Upon My Five Psalmes: Preached At S. Pauls, November 5. 1626. in Vesperis
- 42 From a Sermon Preached At the Funerals of Sir William Cokayne Knight, Alderman of London, December 12. 1626
- 43 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls upon Christmas day. 1626
- 44 From the fourth of my Prebend Sermons upon my five Psalmes: Preached at S. Pauls, 28 January. 1627
- 45 From a Sermon Preached upon Candlemas day. [?1627]
- 46 From a Sermon Preached to the King at White-hall, the first Sunday in Lent. [?11 February 1627]
- 47 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day. 1627
- 48 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls Cross, 6 May. 1627
- 49 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls
- 50 From a Sermon Preached at Saint Pauls
- 51 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall
- 52 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall
- 53 From a Sermon Preached at S. Dunstanes upon Trinity Sunday. 1627
- 54 From a Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers
- 55 From a Sermon Preached at the Earl of Bridgewaters house in London at the marriage of his daughter
- 56 From a Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 29. 1628
- 57 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, for Easter-day. 1628
- 58 From a Sermon Preached to the King at White-hall, April 15. 1628
- 59 From a Sermon Preached in Saint Pauls in the Evening, November 23. 1628
- 60 From a Sermon Preached At S. Pauls in the Evening, Upon the Day of S. Pauls Conversion. 1629
- 61 From a Sermon Preached upon Easter-day. 1629
- 62 From a Sermon Preached to the King, at the Court in April. 1629
- 63 From a Sermon Preached to the King, at the Court. [April or May 1629]
- 64 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Whitsunday. 1629
- 65 From a Sermon Preached at St. Pauls Cros, November 22. 1629
- 66 From a Sermon Preached upon Christmas Day. [?1629]
- 67 From a Sermon Preached on the Conversion of S. Paul. 1630
- 68 A Lent-Sermon Preached to the King, at White-hall, February 12. 1630
- 69 From a Sermon Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day. 1630
- 70 From a Sermon Preached in Lent, to the King, April 20. 1630 [?]
- 71 Deaths Duel, or, a Consolation to the Soul
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