A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts. Hamilton. A. Philips. G. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. HarteJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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Pàgina vi
... death , he was fully and usefully employed . He took upon himself the office of Preceptor to his niece , teaching her English , and directing her in a proper course of reading . At the same time , Miss Johnson , daughter of his steward ...
... death , he was fully and usefully employed . He took upon himself the office of Preceptor to his niece , teaching her English , and directing her in a proper course of reading . At the same time , Miss Johnson , daughter of his steward ...
Pàgina ix
... death of the Queen , foon after it went to prefs , put a stop to the publication . This event broke down at once the whole fyftem of Tory politics , put an end to all Swift's noble defigns for the public good , and cut off all his own ...
... death of the Queen , foon after it went to prefs , put a stop to the publication . This event broke down at once the whole fyftem of Tory politics , put an end to all Swift's noble defigns for the public good , and cut off all his own ...
Pàgina xi
... death warrant ; and fuch indeed it proved to be . The violent agitation of her mind threw her into a fever , which , in a fhort time , put a period to her exiftence . Before her death , which happened in 1723 , fhe had cancelled a will ...
... death warrant ; and fuch indeed it proved to be . The violent agitation of her mind threw her into a fever , which , in a fhort time , put a period to her exiftence . Before her death , which happened in 1723 , fhe had cancelled a will ...
Pàgina xii
... death arrived , he attended at court , and kiffed the hands of the new King and Queen three days after their acceffion . By the Queen , when she was Princess , he had been treated with fome diftinction , and was well received by her on ...
... death arrived , he attended at court , and kiffed the hands of the new King and Queen three days after their acceffion . By the Queen , when she was Princess , he had been treated with fome diftinction , and was well received by her on ...
Pàgina xiii
... Death of Dr. Swift , is perhaps one of the best of his com- pofitions in that way : nor are two of his other productions , written about the fame time , intituled An Epifile to a Lady , and A Rbaffody on Poetry , inferior to any of his ...
... Death of Dr. Swift , is perhaps one of the best of his com- pofitions in that way : nor are two of his other productions , written about the fame time , intituled An Epifile to a Lady , and A Rbaffody on Poetry , inferior to any of his ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 152 - 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 227 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Pàgina 200 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Pàgina 308 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Pàgina 417 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Pàgina 532 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
Pàgina 537 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Pàgina 150 - As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends, While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Pàgina 234 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Pàgina 10 - Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round ; Yet (what is wonderful !) they found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'da drop.