The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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Pàgina xxiv
... truth ; the diffident , refolution ; the pre- fumptuous , modefty ; the oppreffor , mer- cy ; the proud , humility ; and the power- ful , juftice . Youth and age may improve equally by confulting it : The one it directs , the other it ...
... truth ; the diffident , refolution ; the pre- fumptuous , modefty ; the oppreffor , mer- cy ; the proud , humility ; and the power- ful , juftice . Youth and age may improve equally by confulting it : The one it directs , the other it ...
Pàgina 2
... truth was kept without ; There faw I drunkennefs , with dropfies fwoll'n ; And pamper'd luft , that many a night had stol'n Over the abby - wall , when gates were lock'd , To be in Venus ' wanton bofom rock'd : And gluttony that ...
... truth was kept without ; There faw I drunkennefs , with dropfies fwoll'n ; And pamper'd luft , that many a night had stol'n Over the abby - wall , when gates were lock'd , To be in Venus ' wanton bofom rock'd : And gluttony that ...
Pàgina 10
... truth , and no mistake of rage ; If every ftar were guilty of thofe crimes Of which fo fev'rally they've been accus'd , By the long continu'd race of erring men , They would have loft their hurtful influence Ere this , for the supreme ...
... truth , and no mistake of rage ; If every ftar were guilty of thofe crimes Of which fo fev'rally they've been accus'd , By the long continu'd race of erring men , They would have loft their hurtful influence Ere this , for the supreme ...
Pàgina 14
... did here , by great example , well T'inlive pofterity , her fame may tell . And calling truth to witness , make that good From the inherent graces in her blood . Johnson . ADOP- ADOPTION . " Tis often feen , Adoption strives with 14 ADM.
... did here , by great example , well T'inlive pofterity , her fame may tell . And calling truth to witness , make that good From the inherent graces in her blood . Johnson . ADOP- ADOPTION . " Tis often feen , Adoption strives with 14 ADM.
Pàgina 21
... truth . Johnfon's Catiline . I counsel gave according to my skill , It was my upright mind that made me bold , And though my wit not answer'd to my will , Still zeal what it conceives , must needs unfold . We should be loath to speak in ...
... truth . Johnfon's Catiline . I counsel gave according to my skill , It was my upright mind that made me bold , And though my wit not answer'd to my will , Still zeal what it conceives , must needs unfold . We should be loath to speak in ...
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