The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 15Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Halaman 53
... breast the sickness durft aspire ; And , forc'd from that fair temple to retire , Profanely fet the holy place on fire . In vain your lord like young Vefpafian mourn'd , When the fierce flames the fan & tuary burn'd : And I prepar'd to ...
... breast the sickness durft aspire ; And , forc'd from that fair temple to retire , Profanely fet the holy place on fire . In vain your lord like young Vefpafian mourn'd , When the fierce flames the fan & tuary burn'd : And I prepar'd to ...
Halaman 61
... breast with kindly warmth fhe inoves ; Infpires new flames , revives extinguish'd loves . In this remembrance Emily ere day Arofe , and dress'd herself in rich array ; Fresh as the month , and as the morning fair ; Adown her shoulders ...
... breast with kindly warmth fhe inoves ; Infpires new flames , revives extinguish'd loves . In this remembrance Emily ere day Arofe , and dress'd herself in rich array ; Fresh as the month , and as the morning fair ; Adown her shoulders ...
Halaman 93
... breast , And the green waves but ill conceal'd the reft ; A lute fhe held ; and on her head was seen A wreath of rofes red , and myrtles green ; Her turtles fann'd the buxom air above ; And , by his mother , stood an infant Love , With ...
... breast , And the green waves but ill conceal'd the reft ; A lute fhe held ; and on her head was seen A wreath of rofes red , and myrtles green ; Her turtles fann'd the buxom air above ; And , by his mother , stood an infant Love , With ...
Halaman 100
... breast - plate and a light juppon , Their horfes cloth'd with rich caparifor : Some for defence would leathern bucklers use , Of folded hides ; and others fhields of pruce . One hung a pole - axe at his faddle - bow , And one a heavy ...
... breast - plate and a light juppon , Their horfes cloth'd with rich caparifor : Some for defence would leathern bucklers use , Of folded hides ; and others fhields of pruce . One hung a pole - axe at his faddle - bow , And one a heavy ...
Halaman 106
... breast , Thus lowly the preferr'd her chaste request . O Goddefs , haunter of the woodland green , To whom both heaven and earth and seas are seen ; Queen of the nether skies , where half the year Thy filver beams defcend , and light ...
... breast , Thus lowly the preferr'd her chaste request . O Goddefs , haunter of the woodland green , To whom both heaven and earth and seas are seen ; Queen of the nether skies , where half the year Thy filver beams defcend , and light ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
againſt Arcite arms becauſe befides behold beſt betwixt blood breaſt caft Canterbury tales caufe cauſe Chanticleer Chaucer cry'd Cymon dame death defcended deferve defire earth eaſe Emily ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecret feem'd fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain fome foon forc'd forrow fought foul ftill ftood fuch fuffer fure fweet fword grace heart heaven himſelf honour iffuing king knight laft laſt lefs liv'd loft lord lov'd maid mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf numbers o'er Ovid Palamon Pirithous plac'd pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent prepar'd prifon purfue purſued reaſon refolv'd reft reſt Reynard ſaid ſeen ſhall ſhe ſky ſpace ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſteed ſtill ſtood Synalepha Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated turn'd Twas Virgil whofe wife Wife of Bath
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 32 - Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity, their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling and their breeding — such as are becoming of them and of them only.
Halaman 27 - Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine...
Halaman 37 - ... when the reason ceases for which they were enacted. As for the other part of the argument, that his thoughts will lose of their original beauty by the innovation of words; in the first place, not only their beauty, but their being is lost, where they are no longer understood, which is the present case.
Halaman 279 - God's images; he forms and equips those ungodly man-killers, whom we poets, when we flatter them, call heroes ; a race of men who can never enjoy quiet in themselves, till they have taken it from all the world.
Halaman 26 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil...
Halaman 211 - ... him, too, with envious eye, And, as on Job, demanded leave to try. He took the time when Richard was deposed, And high and low with happy Harry closed.
Halaman 31 - Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him. All his pilgrims are severally distinguished from each other; and not only in their inclinations, but in their very physiognomies and persons.
Halaman 309 - Because thou can'st not be My mistress, I espouse thee for my tree : Be thou the prize of honour and renown ; The deathless poet, and the poem, crown. Thou shalt the Roman festivals adorn, And, after poets, be by victors worn...
Halaman 25 - Dido: he would not destroy what he was building. Chaucer makes Arcite violent in his love, and unjust in the pursuit of it; yet when he came to die, he...
Halaman 32 - May I have leave to do myself the justice (since my enemies will do me none, and are so far from granting me to be a good poet, that they will not allow me so much as to be a Christian, or a moral man), may I have leave, I say...