The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volum 9Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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Pàgina xi
... most explicit confeffion of his paffion for her . After fuch a confeffion , the concluded , that fome reports which had reached her of his being mar- ried to Mifs Johnson was the real obstacle to their union . To put an end to all ...
... most explicit confeffion of his paffion for her . After fuch a confeffion , the concluded , that fome reports which had reached her of his being mar- ried to Mifs Johnson was the real obstacle to their union . To put an end to all ...
Pàgina xv
... most eminent men of the age ; and the fages of antiquity were eften the companions of his closet ; and although he avoided an oftentation of learning , and genc- rally chofe to draw his materials from his own ftore , yet his knowledge ...
... most eminent men of the age ; and the fages of antiquity were eften the companions of his closet ; and although he avoided an oftentation of learning , and genc- rally chofe to draw his materials from his own ftore , yet his knowledge ...
Pàgina 7
... most profound , Like good king § Phyz , and good king Ush , While all the reft food gaping round . * To Ireland , as one of the Lords Juices . + Bufb , by fome underband infinuation , obtained the poft of fecretary , which had been ...
... most profound , Like good king § Phyz , and good king Ush , While all the reft food gaping round . * To Ireland , as one of the Lords Juices . + Bufb , by fome underband infinuation , obtained the poft of fecretary , which had been ...
Pàgina 28
... most excell'd ; Thus , making others ' wisdom known , Could please them , and improve her own . A modeft youth faid fomething new ; She plac'd it in the strongest view . All humble worth the ftrove to raise ; Would not be prais'd , yet ...
... most excell'd ; Thus , making others ' wisdom known , Could please them , and improve her own . A modeft youth faid fomething new ; She plac'd it in the strongest view . All humble worth the ftrove to raise ; Would not be prais'd , yet ...
Pàgina 30
... most difcerning head ! ' Tis an old maxim in the schools , That flattery's the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condefcend to take a bit . So , when Cadenus could not hide , He chose to justify , his pride ...
... most difcerning head ! ' Tis an old maxim in the schools , That flattery's the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condefcend to take a bit . So , when Cadenus could not hide , He chose to justify , his pride ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 142 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Pàgina 213 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Pàgina 365 - To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, three in one, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Pàgina 539 - Beautiful in various dyes : The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir, that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Pàgina 23 - Now angry Somerset her vengeance vows On Swift's reproaches for her From her red locks her mouth with venom fills, And thence into the royal ear instils. The queen, incensed, his services forgot, Leaves him a victim to the vengeful Scot. Now through the realm a proclamation spread* To fix a price on his devoted head; "While, innocent, he scorns ignoble flight, His watchful friends preserve him by a sleight.
Pàgina 512 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Pàgina 509 - Till, faint and weak, Secander thus began : SECANDER. O stay thee, Agib, for my feet deny, No longer friendly to my life, to fly. Friend of my heart, O turn thee <* Trace our sad flight through all its length of way...
Pàgina 186 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Pàgina 367 - Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment: All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou'rt attended Than the Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee! Soft and easy is thy cradle: Coarse and hard thy Saviour lay, When His birthplace was a stable And His softest bed was hay.
Pàgina 514 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.