The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 11Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... last his thoughts compos'd ; 105 Peace was the choice , and their debates were clos'd . But , oh ! Through all this ifle , where it seems moft defign'd , Nothing fo hard as wifh'd - for peace to find . The elements due order here ...
... last his thoughts compos'd ; 105 Peace was the choice , and their debates were clos'd . But , oh ! Through all this ifle , where it seems moft defign'd , Nothing fo hard as wifh'd - for peace to find . The elements due order here ...
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... last : And as he did its hopeless distance fee , Sigh'd deep , and cry'd , How far is Peace from me ! II . Nor ended there his moan : The diftance of his future joy Had been enough to give him pain alone ; But who can undergo Despair of ...
... last : And as he did its hopeless distance fee , Sigh'd deep , and cry'd , How far is Peace from me ! II . Nor ended there his moan : The diftance of his future joy Had been enough to give him pain alone ; But who can undergo Despair of ...
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... last prevail'd . A line came forth , but fuch a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more astonish'd at th ' unlook'd - for shape Of fome deform'd baboon , or ape , Than I ...
... last prevail'd . A line came forth , but fuch a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more astonish'd at th ' unlook'd - for shape Of fome deform'd baboon , or ape , Than I ...
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... Their hearts from me , nor Pride distemper mine . Thus my first years in happiness I paft , Nor any bitter cup did taste : But , oh ! a deadly potion came at last . } As As I lay loosely on my bed , A thousand 5 28 OTWAY'S POEM S.
... Their hearts from me , nor Pride distemper mine . Thus my first years in happiness I paft , Nor any bitter cup did taste : But , oh ! a deadly potion came at last . } As As I lay loosely on my bed , A thousand 5 28 OTWAY'S POEM S.
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... last prevail'd . A line came forth , but such a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more aftonifh'd at th ' unlook'd - for fhape Of fome deform'd baboon , or ape , Than I ...
... last prevail'd . A line came forth , but such a one , No travailing matron in her child - birth pains , Full of the joyful hopes to bear a fon , Was more aftonifh'd at th ' unlook'd - for fhape Of fome deform'd baboon , or ape , Than I ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
Acontius arms beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Cæfar caft charms Cyclops Cydippe dæmon Daphnis defire delight dreadful e'er eaſe ev'n eyes facred fad grave fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feem'd fent fhall fhew fhining fhould fighs fince firft firſt flain flave fmiles foft fome fong fools forrow foul ftill ftreams fuch fure fwain good-natur'd grace grave he lies head heart heaven herſelf himſelf Hippolytus honour juft king laft laſt laurels lefs lord lov'd Lucretius mighty mind moft MOPSUS moſt mournful Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf noble nymphs o'er peace pleaſe pleaſure Poet praiſe pride rage rais'd raiſe reft reſt rife riſe royal ſee ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch Tartuffe tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand triumph Twas twill verfe virtue Whilft whofe wonder Worfe
Bagian yang populer
Halaman 151 - prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouze the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our fhips at fea, With a fa, &c.
Halaman 152 - The Dutch would fcorn fo weak a foe, And quit their fort at Goree : For what refiftance can they find From men who've left their hearts behind ! With a fa, .&c. * VI. Let wind and weather do its
Halaman 151 - How hard it is to write ; The Mufes now, and Neptune too, We muft implore to write to you, With a fa, la, la, la, la. II.
Halaman 153 - When any mournful tune you hear, That dies in every note ; As if it figh'd with each man's care, For being fo remote ; Think how often love we've
Halaman 22 - By titles, which but few can boaft, A moft juft mafter, and a faithful friend ? One who never yet did wrong To high or low, to old or young ? Of him what orphan can complain ? Of him what widow make her moan? But fuch as wifh him here again, And mifs his goodnefs now
Halaman 23 - With fpoils of viftory and glory fraught. To him then every heart was open, down From the great man to the clown : In him rejoic'd, to him inclin'd ; And as his health round the glad board did pafs, Each honeft fellow cry'd, Fill full my glafs; And fhew'd the fullnefs of his mind. No
Halaman 44 - vain have prov'd the labours of the ftage, -*.-*- In ftriving to reclaim a vicious age ! Poets may write, the mifchief to impeach ; You care as little what the poets teach, As you regard at church what parfons preach. But where fuch follies and fuch vices reign, What honeft pen
Halaman 46 - weary marches, fleeplefs nights, For this feeds hard, and lodges cold ; Which can't be bought with hills of gold. Since wealth and power too weak we find, To quell the tumults of the mind ; Or from the monarch's roofs of
Halaman 21 - Ballads, and all the fpurious excefs Of ills that malice could devife, Or ever fwarm'd from a licentious prefs, Hung round about him like a fpell : And in his own hand too was writ, That worthy piece of modern wit, The country's late appeal. But from fuch ills when will our wretched
Halaman 48 - of eager love, She coldly calls me friend. Ah, Sylvia ! thus in vain you ftrive To aft a healer's part, 'Twill keep but lingering pain alive, Alas ! and break my heart. When, on my lonely, penfive bed I lay me down to reft, In hope to calm my raging head, And cool my burning breaft. Her cruelty all