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 14
... thee the Bull will lend his bide , By Phoebus newly tann'd and dry'd ; For thee they Argo's hulk will tax , And fcrape her pitchy fides for zax : Then Ariadne kindly lends Her braided hair to make the ends : The points of Sagittarius ...
... thee the Bull will lend his bide , By Phoebus newly tann'd and dry'd ; For thee they Argo's hulk will tax , And fcrape her pitchy fides for zax : Then Ariadne kindly lends Her braided hair to make the ends : The points of Sagittarius ...
Pàgina 33
... thee , Dick , thou wert Renown'd , for skill in Fauftus ' art † , Which made thy closet much frequented By buxom laffesfome repented Their lucklefs choice of hufbands - others , Inpatient to be like their mothers , Receiv'd from thee ...
... thee , Dick , thou wert Renown'd , for skill in Fauftus ' art † , Which made thy closet much frequented By buxom laffesfome repented Their lucklefs choice of hufbands - others , Inpatient to be like their mothers , Receiv'd from thee ...
Pàgina 34
... thee , whofe hafty zcal Against the late rejected commerce - bill Made thee rife up , like an audacious elf , To do the Speaker bonour , not thyself . But , if thou foar'ft above the common prices , By virtue of subscription to thy ...
... thee , whofe hafty zcal Against the late rejected commerce - bill Made thee rife up , like an audacious elf , To do the Speaker bonour , not thyself . But , if thou foar'ft above the common prices , By virtue of subscription to thy ...
Pàgina 66
... Thee to attend , where'er thou goeft . Byzantians boaft , that on the clod Where once their Sultan's horse had trod , Grows neither grafs , nor fhrub , nor tree ; The fame thy fubjects boast of thee . The greatest lord , when you appear ...
... Thee to attend , where'er thou goeft . Byzantians boaft , that on the clod Where once their Sultan's horse had trod , Grows neither grafs , nor fhrub , nor tree ; The fame thy fubjects boast of thee . The greatest lord , when you appear ...
Pàgina 73
... thee , boaft That they to others give thee most . Mean time , the wife a queftion start , If thou a real being art ; Or but a creature of the brain , That gives imaginary pain . But the fly giver better knows thee , Who feels true joys ...
... thee , boaft That they to others give thee most . Mean time , the wife a queftion start , If thou a real being art ; Or but a creature of the brain , That gives imaginary pain . But the fly giver better knows thee , Who feels true joys ...
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.