The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20Samuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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... firft Canto ; the fenfe of which line is entirely his , and I could wish it were not the only good one in mine . I have fpoke to the most material objections I have heard of , and fhall tell these gentlemen , that for every fault they ...
... firft Canto ; the fenfe of which line is entirely his , and I could wish it were not the only good one in mine . I have fpoke to the most material objections I have heard of , and fhall tell these gentlemen , that for every fault they ...
Halaman 17
... firft efforts produce , ' Tis an abortive , or an infant Mufe : Whilst yours , like Pallas , from the head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with nobleft pace to move . What ancient poets to their subjects owe , Is here inverted , and ...
... firft efforts produce , ' Tis an abortive , or an infant Mufe : Whilst yours , like Pallas , from the head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with nobleft pace to move . What ancient poets to their subjects owe , Is here inverted , and ...
Halaman 70
... firft was heard ; His labouring lungs the throng'd prętorium rent , 205 Addreffing thus the paffive prefident : + Machaon , whose experience we adore , Great as your matchlefs merit , is your power . At your approach , the baffled ...
... firft was heard ; His labouring lungs the throng'd prętorium rent , 205 Addreffing thus the paffive prefident : + Machaon , whose experience we adore , Great as your matchlefs merit , is your power . At your approach , the baffled ...
Halaman 82
... firft : the hag relentless hears The virgin's fighs , and fees the infant's tears . In her parch'd eye - balls fiery meteors reign ; And reftlefs ferments revel in each vein . Then Hydrops next appears amongst the throng ; Bloated , and ...
... firft : the hag relentless hears The virgin's fighs , and fees the infant's tears . In her parch'd eye - balls fiery meteors reign ; And reftlefs ferments revel in each vein . Then Hydrops next appears amongst the throng ; Bloated , and ...
Halaman 92
... firft commit ; And take off ftill the offal of their wit . So fhamelefs , fo abandon'd , are their ways ; They poach Parnaffus , and lay fnares for praise . None None ever can without admirers live , Who have a 92 POEM S. GARTH'S.
... firft commit ; And take off ftill the offal of their wit . So fhamelefs , fo abandon'd , are their ways ; They poach Parnaffus , and lay fnares for praise . None None ever can without admirers live , Who have a 92 POEM S. GARTH'S.
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
ancient Apicius arms Art of Cookery becauſe beſt Britiſh charms Cook cries defign defire difh diſhes drefs eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fair fame fate fatire fear feas Feaſt feem feen fend fent feven fhall fhew fhould fighs filk filver fince fire firft firſt Fiſh fkies flame fleep fmiles fome fomething foon foul fprings freſh Friend ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace greateſt himſelf honour Jove juft juſt King laft laſt Latian leaſt lefs loft Love Mafter meat moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er Nymph o'er obferves occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poets prefent purſue raiſe reaſon reign rife riſe ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand unleſs uſe verfe Vertumnus Whilft whofe whoſe wife Wine
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 203 - Ingenious Lister, were a picture drawn, With Cynthia's face, but with a neck like Brawn ; With wings of Turkey, and with feet of Calf, Though drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh.
Halaman 110 - Gentiles' great apostle's name, With grace divine great Anna's seen to rise, An awful form, that glads a nation's eyes. Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there) Britain and Ireland seem to owe her grace, And e'en wild India wears a smiling face.
Halaman 5 - It is hard, that to think well of you, fhould be but juftice, and to tell you fo, mould be an offence : thus, rather than violate your modefty, I muft be wanting to your other virtues ; and, to gratify one good quality, do wrong to a thoufand. The world...
Halaman 410 - WHEN the young people ride the Skimmington, There is a general trembling in a town : Not only he for whom the person rides Suffers, but they sweep other doors besides ; And by that hieroglyphic does appear That the good woman is the master there.
Halaman 15 - Should not have leave to judge, as well as kill : Nay, let them write ; let them their forces join, And hope the motley piece may rival thine. Safely defpife their malice, and their toil, Which vulgar ears alone will reach, and will defile.
Halaman 406 - More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Halaman 170 - Clafficks as if we were never to get higher than our Tully or our Virgil. You tantalize me only, when you tell me of the Edition of a Book by the ingenious Dr. Lifter, which you fay is a Treatife De Condlmentis & Offoniis Peterum, ••Of " Of the Sauces and Soups of the Ancients,
Halaman 44 - Dissensions, like small streams, are first begun, Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run : So lines that from their parallel decline, More they proceed, the more they still disjoin.
Halaman 10 - ... far real, though the poetical relation be fictitious. I hope no body will think the author too undecently reflecting through the whole, who being too liable to faults himfelf, ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others.
Halaman 11 - I think in my conscience a very able physician as well as a gentleman of extraordinary learning. If I am hard upon any one it is my reader ; but some worthy gentlemen, as remarkable for their humanity as their extraordinary parts, have taken, care to make him amends for it, by prefixing something of their own.