The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 43Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... every thing that other men praise ; they have an antipathy to a fhining character , like fome animals , that hate the fun only because of its cious cri- bright- I brightness : it is a crime with them to 10 PREFACE . Of partial Critics, ·
... every thing that other men praise ; they have an antipathy to a fhining character , like fome animals , that hate the fun only because of its cious cri- bright- I brightness : it is a crime with them to 10 PREFACE . Of partial Critics, ·
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... praise The chariot thundering in the race i Where conquelt won , and palms beltow'd , Lift the proud mortal to a God . The man , who courts the people's voice , And doats on offices and noife ; Or they , who till the peaceful fields ...
... praise The chariot thundering in the race i Where conquelt won , and palms beltow'd , Lift the proud mortal to a God . The man , who courts the people's voice , And doats on offices and noife ; Or they , who till the peaceful fields ...
Halaman 41
... praise from fuch injurious tongues is shame , They rail the happy author into fame ; Thus Phoebus through the zodiac takes his way , And rifes amid monsters into day : Oh vileness of mankind ! when writing well Becomes a crime , and ...
... praise from fuch injurious tongues is shame , They rail the happy author into fame ; Thus Phoebus through the zodiac takes his way , And rifes amid monsters into day : Oh vileness of mankind ! when writing well Becomes a crime , and ...
Halaman 47
... Praise them for praife is always true , Though with both eyes the cheat they view ; From hateful truths the virgin flies ; But the falfe fex is caught with lyes . A Poem on the Seat of War in FLANDERS , chiefly with relation to the ...
... Praise them for praife is always true , Though with both eyes the cheat they view ; From hateful truths the virgin flies ; But the falfe fex is caught with lyes . A Poem on the Seat of War in FLANDERS , chiefly with relation to the ...
Halaman 64
... praise ; Or carve with fruitlefs toil , to fame unknown , The mimic feature on the breathing stone ' ; Mere mortals , fubject to death's total fway , ' Reptiles of earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on every heart to grave thy ...
... praise ; Or carve with fruitlefs toil , to fame unknown , The mimic feature on the breathing stone ' ; Mere mortals , fubject to death's total fway , ' Reptiles of earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on every heart to grave thy ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
Æneid arms Atrides Bard beauty beneath bleft blooming bofom brave breaft breathe bright charms death Diomed diſplay dreadful earth Ev'n eyes facred fair fame fate feas fhades fhall fhining fhores fhould fierce fighs fight filent fing fire fkies flain flames fleep flies floods FLORUS flowers fmiles foft fome fong fons forrows foul fpring ftands ftill ftorms ftreams fuch fweet fwell fword glorious Gods grace Greece ground groves heaven hero hoft honours Iliad Jove king labours laſt Latian loft Lord LYCIDAS lyre mighty Mufe Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe proud purſue rage Rainham raiſe rife riſe roar rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtrains tears thee thefe theſe thofe thou thouſand Thracian thunder toils trembling Troy vaft verſe waves whofe WILLIAM BROOME youth
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 302 - And then conclude divinely with their own ; Like oil on water mounts the prelate up, His grace is always fure to be at top ; That vein of mercury its beams will fpread, And mine more ftrongly thro
Halaman 395 - Till generous Bacchus help'd to fan the fire. Warm'd by two Gods at once, they drink and write, Rhyme all the day, and tipple all the night.
Halaman 333 - Then grieved returns, or waits with vain delay Till the tumultuous deluge rolls away. But in no Iliad let the youth engage His tender years, and...
Halaman 303 - Nay, though flie licks the Ruins, all her Cares Scarce mend the Lumps, and bring them but to Bears. Ye Country Vicars, when you preach in Town A Turn at Paul's, to pay your Journey down, If...
Halaman 61 - If aught on earth, when once this breath is fled, With human tranfport touch the mighty dead...
Halaman 244 - Led by his arm, undaunted I appear In the firft ranks of death, and front of war. He taught me firft the pointed fpear to wield, And mow the glorious harveft of the field. By him infpir'd, from ftrength to ftrength I part, Plung'd through the troops, and laid the battle wafte.
Halaman 164 - When pain afflicts, or sickness grieves, Its juice the drooping heart relieves; And, after death, its odours shed A pleasing fragrance o'er the dead; And when its withering charms decay, And sinking, fading, die away; Triumphant o'er the rage of time, It keeps the fragrance of its prime.
Halaman 396 - Let the grave judges too the glafs forbear, Who never fing and dance but once a year. This truth once known, our poets take the hint, Get drunk or mad, and then get into print: To raife their flames indulge the mellow fit, And lofe their fenfes in the fearch of wit: * Late r.illn.n of London. And when with claret fir'd they take the pen, Swear they can write, becaufe they drink, like Ben.
Halaman 272 - You praife low-living, but you live at large. Perhaps you fcarce believe the rules you teach, Or find it hard to praftife what you preach.