The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 11Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... whose yoke we bore , And ferv'd fo base a bondage to before ; ! Yet ' twas our curse , that bleffings flow'd too fast , Or we had appetites too coarse to taste . Fond Ifraelites , our manna to refufe , And Egypt's loathfome fleth - pots ...
... whose yoke we bore , And ferv'd fo base a bondage to before ; ! Yet ' twas our curse , that bleffings flow'd too fast , Or we had appetites too coarse to taste . Fond Ifraelites , our manna to refufe , And Egypt's loathfome fleth - pots ...
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... whose care hell vainly did decree , Nor fafter could design than that foresee , Guarding the crown upon his facred brow From all its blackest arts , was with him now , Affur'd him peace must be for him design'd , For he was born to give ...
... whose care hell vainly did decree , Nor fafter could design than that foresee , Guarding the crown upon his facred brow From all its blackest arts , was with him now , Affur'd him peace must be for him design'd , For he was born to give ...
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... Whose mind no disappointment here can shake , Who a true estimate of life does make , Knows ' tis uncertain , frail , and will have end , So to that prospect still his thoughts does bend ; Who , though his right a stronger power invade ...
... Whose mind no disappointment here can shake , Who a true estimate of life does make , Knows ' tis uncertain , frail , and will have end , So to that prospect still his thoughts does bend ; Who , though his right a stronger power invade ...
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... whose ancient frame Has outworn Time , and the records of Fame , 18 : 190 A reverend * dome there stands , where twice each day Affembling prophets their devotions pay , In prayers and hymns to heaven's eternal king , The cornet , flute ...
... whose ancient frame Has outworn Time , and the records of Fame , 18 : 190 A reverend * dome there stands , where twice each day Affembling prophets their devotions pay , In prayers and hymns to heaven's eternal king , The cornet , flute ...
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... Whose mind no disappointment here can shake , Who a true estimate of life does make , Knows ' tis uncertain , frail , and will have end , So to that profpect still his thoughts does bend ; Who , though his right a ftronger power invade ...
... Whose mind no disappointment here can shake , Who a true estimate of life does make , Knows ' tis uncertain , frail , and will have end , So to that profpect still his thoughts does bend ; Who , though his right a ftronger power invade ...
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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