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 8
... hear the grand dispute : To learn what northern kings defign , Or from Whitehall fome new exprefs , Papifts difarm'd , or fall of coin : For fure ( thought he ) it can't be lefs . My Lord , faid Bufh , a friend and I , Difguis'd in two ...
... hear the grand dispute : To learn what northern kings defign , Or from Whitehall fome new exprefs , Papifts difarm'd , or fall of coin : For fure ( thought he ) it can't be lefs . My Lord , faid Bufh , a friend and I , Difguis'd in two ...
Pàgina 18
... hear him harangue against Prior to - morrow . When once he begins , he never will flinch , But repeats the fame note a whole day , like a Finch . 66 I have heard all the speech repeated by Hoppy , And , Miftakes to prevent , I've ...
... hear him harangue against Prior to - morrow . When once he begins , he never will flinch , But repeats the fame note a whole day , like a Finch . 66 I have heard all the speech repeated by Hoppy , And , Miftakes to prevent , I've ...
Pàgina 33
... hear thee loud as trumpet , As bag - pipe fhrill , or oyfter - ftrumpet ; Methinks I fee thee , fpruce and fine , With coat embroider'd richly fhine , And dazzle all the idol faces As through the ball thy worship paces ; ( Though this I ...
... hear thee loud as trumpet , As bag - pipe fhrill , or oyfter - ftrumpet ; Methinks I fee thee , fpruce and fine , With coat embroider'd richly fhine , And dazzle all the idol faces As through the ball thy worship paces ; ( Though this I ...
Pàgina 58
... hear with fome concern you roar , And flying think to quit the fcore By clapping billets on your door Thy ruin , Tom , I never meant ; I'm griev'd to hear your banishment , But pleas'd to find you do relent poetafter ? thy master ...
... hear with fome concern you roar , And flying think to quit the fcore By clapping billets on your door Thy ruin , Tom , I never meant ; I'm griev'd to hear your banishment , But pleas'd to find you do relent poetafter ? thy master ...
Pàgina 65
... Hear him blafpheme , and swear , and rail , Threatening the pillory and jail : If this you think a pleasing scene , To London ftraight return again ; Where , you have told us from experience , Are fwarms of bugs and prefbyterians . I ...
... Hear him blafpheme , and swear , and rail , Threatening the pillory and jail : If this you think a pleasing scene , To London ftraight return again ; Where , you have told us from experience , Are fwarms of bugs and prefbyterians . I ...
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.