The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, כרך 41804 |
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עמוד 6
... shall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Etna's fear . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy enterprizes of the great , I'll calmly ftoop to more inferior things , And try if my lov'd fnakes ...
... shall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Etna's fear . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy enterprizes of the great , I'll calmly ftoop to more inferior things , And try if my lov'd fnakes ...
עמוד 13
... Shall , for a Fleffe , a greater Mordaunt find . 360 Thus Ariadne in proud triumph rode ; She loft a hero , and fhe found a god . THE DISPENSARY . WHEN CANTO V. CHEN the ftill night with peaceful poppies crown'd , Had fpread her fhady ...
... Shall , for a Fleffe , a greater Mordaunt find . 360 Thus Ariadne in proud triumph rode ; She loft a hero , and fhe found a god . THE DISPENSARY . WHEN CANTO V. CHEN the ftill night with peaceful poppies crown'd , Had fpread her fhady ...
עמוד 23
... shall teach the proud , None but the virtuous are of noble blood : For Tyrants are but Princes in disguise , Though fprung by long defcents from Ptolemies . Right he fhall vindicate , good laws defend ; The firmeft patriot , and the ...
... shall teach the proud , None but the virtuous are of noble blood : For Tyrants are but Princes in disguise , Though fprung by long defcents from Ptolemies . Right he fhall vindicate , good laws defend ; The firmeft patriot , and the ...
עמוד 41
... Shall fhare the fhame , and in one ruin fall ; 270 Flies from the foe too oft in battle try'd , And heaven contending on the victor's fide ; Then mourns his rafh ambition's crime too late , And yields reluctant to the force of fate . So ...
... Shall fhare the fhame , and in one ruin fall ; 270 Flies from the foe too oft in battle try'd , And heaven contending on the victor's fide ; Then mourns his rafh ambition's crime too late , And yields reluctant to the force of fate . So ...
עמוד 48
... shall tell their flames by turns . As love and beauty with the light are born , So with the day thy honours fhall return ; The critic's art , and candour of a friend , Say what thou doft in thy retirement find , Worthy the labours of ...
... shall tell their flames by turns . As love and beauty with the light are born , So with the day thy honours fhall return ; The critic's art , and candour of a friend , Say what thou doft in thy retirement find , Worthy the labours of ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
arms behold beneath blood breaſt bright Cæfar caft caufe charms croud death defcending diftant doft dreadful earth ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fatal fate fatire fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide field fierce fighs fight fire firft firſt fix'd fkies flain flame flave flies flood fmile foft foldier fome foon foul fpread fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuccefs fuch fupplies fwelling fword Gaul gods grace hafte hand head heart heaven himſelf Jove juft labours laft laſt Latian lefs loft Lucan lyre maid mighty mourn Mufe muft muſt numbers nymph o'er once pain peace Pentheus PHARSALIA plain pleaſure Pompey Pompey's proud rage reft reign rife Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſkies ſky ſtand ſtate ſtill tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand verfe whofe winds wretched yield youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 27 - no more the fire of beauty warms, But wicked wealth ufurps the power of charms. What pains to get the gaudy thing you hate, To fwell in ihow, and be a wretch in ftate ! At plays you ogle, at the ring you bow ; Ev'n churches are no
עמוד 79 - And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs its endlefs race, And like a line, death but divides the fpace, A ftop which can but for a moment laft, A point between the future and the paft.
עמוד 216 - with fear, and fwiftly ran O'er craggy mountains, and the flowery plain ; Through brakes and thickets forc'd his way, and flew Through many a ring, where once he did purfue. In vain he oft endeavour'd to proclaim His new misfortune, and to tell his name ; Nor voice
עמוד 27 - now ; There golden idols all your vows receive ; She is no goddcfs who has nought to give. Oh may once more the happy age appear. When words were artlefs, and the thoughts fincere ¡ When gold and grandeur were unenvy'd things, And courts
עמוד 303 - can guefs your fenfe. Your unripe hopes their harveft muft attend : Be rul'd by me, and Time may be your friend. This is enough to let you underftand, For now my pen has tir'd my tender hand ; My woman knows the fecret of my heart, .And may hereafter better news
עמוד 210 - in his make He ript her womb, and fet the child at large,' And gave him to the centaur Chiron's charge': Then in his fury black'd the raven o'er, And bid him prate in his white plumes no more. OCYRRHOE TRANSFORMED TO A MARE.
עמוד 25 - form that glad's a nation's eyes ; Beneath her feet four mighty realms appear, And with due reverence pay their homage there. Britain and Ireland feem to own her grace, And even wild India wears a fmiling face. But France alone with downcaft eyes is feen, The fad attendant of fo good a Queen : Ungrateful country ! to forget fo
עמוד 50 - to believe To forfake the fine folk of the town ? To think that a beauty fo gay, She could doat on fo lowly a clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve, So kind and fo confiant would prove ; Or go clad like our maidens in gray, Or live in a cottage
עמוד 282 - may at laft my weary age •**• ' Find out the peaceful hermitage, ' The hairy gown and niofly cell,
עמוד 47 - While in your early days of reputation, You for blue garters had not fuch a paffion ; While yet you did not ufe (as now your trade is) To drink with noble lords, and toaft their ladies ; Thou, Jacob Tonfon, wert to my conceiving, The