The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 15
... should chuse the " time of their reftoration to begin a quarrel with " them . " It It appears , however , from the Theatri- cal Regifter of Downes , the Prompter , to have been popularly confidered as a fatire on the Royalifts . That he ...
... should chuse the " time of their reftoration to begin a quarrel with " them . " It It appears , however , from the Theatri- cal Regifter of Downes , the Prompter , to have been popularly confidered as a fatire on the Royalifts . That he ...
Pàgina 21
... should have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the ...
... should have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than par- takers of human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil , impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men , and the ...
Pàgina 32
... should hallow'd veftal's facred fhrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These pregnant wombs of heat would fitter be , Than a few embers , for a deity . Had he our pits , the Perfian would admire No fun , but warm's devotion at ...
... should hallow'd veftal's facred fhrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These pregnant wombs of heat would fitter be , Than a few embers , for a deity . Had he our pits , the Perfian would admire No fun , but warm's devotion at ...
Pàgina 34
... should have begun my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which ftray or fleep all day , and having lost Light and strength , dark and tir'd , must then ride post . All that man has to do is to ...
... should have begun my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which ftray or fleep all day , and having lost Light and strength , dark and tir'd , must then ride post . All that man has to do is to ...
Pàgina 63
... should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis impoftúre all ! And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , But glorifies his pregnant pot , ' If by the way to him befal Some odoriferous ...
... should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis impoftúre all ! And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , But glorifies his pregnant pot , ' If by the way to him befal Some odoriferous ...
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