The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works. By Samuel Johnson. A New Edition, Corrected ..Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 33
... thou didst lie ; After enabled but to fuck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to moft , ' twas a poor A province pack'd up in two yards of fkin , And that ufurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of.fickneffes , or their true mother , age ...
... thou didst lie ; After enabled but to fuck and cry . Think , when ' twas grown to moft , ' twas a poor A province pack'd up in two yards of fkin , And that ufurp'd , or threaten'd with a rage Of.fickneffes , or their true mother , age ...
Pàgina 35
... Thou feeft me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such reft in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will fcarce be ...
... Thou feeft me here at midnight , now all rest : Time's dead low - water ; when all minds divest To - morrow's business , when the labourers have Such reft in bed , that their last church - yard grave , Subject to change , will fcarce be ...
Pàgina 36
... thou be to me , who muft Like th ' other foot obliquely run . Thy firmness makes my circle just , And makes me end , where I begun . DONNE . In all thefe examples it is apparent , that what- ever is improper or vitious is produced by a ...
... thou be to me , who muft Like th ' other foot obliquely run . Thy firmness makes my circle just , And makes me end , where I begun . DONNE . In all thefe examples it is apparent , that what- ever is improper or vitious is produced by a ...
Pàgina 44
... thou Sitt'ft to behold thy facred fhow , If in Alpheus ' filver flight , If in my verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that , and fmooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juftice ...
... thou Sitt'ft to behold thy facred fhow , If in Alpheus ' filver flight , If in my verfe thou take delight , My verfe , great Rhea's fon , which is Lofty as that , and fmooth as this . In the Nemean ode the reader muft , in mere juftice ...
Pàgina 45
... thou on it . He sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionick an oath is mentioned in a fingle word , and Cowley fpends three lines in fwearing by the Caftilian Stream . We are told of Theron's ...
... thou on it . He sometimes extends his author's thoughts with- out improving them . In the Olympionick an oath is mentioned in a fingle word , and Cowley fpends three lines in fwearing by the Caftilian Stream . We are told of Theron's ...
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