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 6
... divine fays , d'ye fee , [ from me ; You are no text for my handling ; fo take that I was never taken for a conjurer before , I'd have yon to know . Lord ! faid I , don't be angry , I am fure I never thought you fo ; You know I honour ...
... divine fays , d'ye fee , [ from me ; You are no text for my handling ; fo take that I was never taken for a conjurer before , I'd have yon to know . Lord ! faid I , don't be angry , I am fure I never thought you fo ; You know I honour ...
Pàgina 24
... divine , Does he regard on what we dine ? On a CURATE's Complaint of HARD DUTY . I MARCH'D three miles through fcorching fand , With zeal in heart , and notes in hand ; * Lord Chancellor . Sir Edward Northey , Attorney General . Written ...
... divine , Does he regard on what we dine ? On a CURATE's Complaint of HARD DUTY . I MARCH'D three miles through fcorching fand , With zeal in heart , and notes in hand ; * Lord Chancellor . Sir Edward Northey , Attorney General . Written ...
Pàgina 31
... divine , When , curft Difcretion ! all the fault was thine : Cupid and Hymen thou hast set at odds , And bred fuch feuds between thofe kindred gods , That Venus cannot reconcile her fons ; When one appears , away the other runs . The ...
... divine , When , curft Difcretion ! all the fault was thine : Cupid and Hymen thou hast set at odds , And bred fuch feuds between thofe kindred gods , That Venus cannot reconcile her fons ; When one appears , away the other runs . The ...
Pàgina 90
... divine , Whose verses far his rays out - fhine , Look down upon your quondam foe ; Oh let me never write again , If e'er I difoblige you , Dean , Should you compaflion show . Take those Iambics which I wrote , When anger made me piping ...
... divine , Whose verses far his rays out - fhine , Look down upon your quondam foe ; Oh let me never write again , If e'er I difoblige you , Dean , Should you compaflion show . Take those Iambics which I wrote , When anger made me piping ...
Pàgina 131
... divine His learnt his fables to refine : He ambles men and birds togeher , As they all were of a feather : You fee him first the peacock bring , Aganft all rules , to be a king ; That in his tail he wore his eyes , By which he grew both ...
... divine His learnt his fables to refine : He ambles men and birds togeher , As they all were of a feather : You fee him first the peacock bring , Aganft all rules , to be a king ; That in his tail he wore his eyes , By which he grew both ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
ANTISTROPHE beauty behold beneath blefs bleft breaft breath charms Dean dear death defcending defire delight divine dreft earth ECLOGUE Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fcene fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filk fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fubject fuch funk fure fwain fweet fwell glory grace heart heaven himſelf honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymph o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet praife praiſe pride profe rage reafon reft reign rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil verfe virtue Whig whofe wife youth
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.