The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, כרך 1W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols, and T. Evans, 1779 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 15
עמוד vii
... beft authors , though he quoted them very feldom , Contemnebat potiùs literas , quàm nesciebat : i and rather feemed to draw his knowledge from his own ftores , than to owe it to any foreign af- fiftance . The brightness of his parts ...
... beft authors , though he quoted them very feldom , Contemnebat potiùs literas , quàm nesciebat : i and rather feemed to draw his knowledge from his own ftores , than to owe it to any foreign af- fiftance . The brightness of his parts ...
עמוד xvi
... beft man- ners . As good - nature is faid , by a great * au- thor , to belong more particularly to the English , than any other nation ; it may again be faid , that it belonged more particularly to the late Earl of Dorfet , than to any ...
... beft man- ners . As good - nature is faid , by a great * au- thor , to belong more particularly to the English , than any other nation ; it may again be faid , that it belonged more particularly to the late Earl of Dorfet , than to any ...
עמוד 14
... beft , who never thinks at all . Verse comes from Heav'n , like inward light ; Meer human pains can ne'er come by ' t : The God , not we , the poem makes ; We only tell folks what he speaks . Hence when anatomifts difcourfe , How like ...
... beft , who never thinks at all . Verse comes from Heav'n , like inward light ; Meer human pains can ne'er come by ' t : The God , not we , the poem makes ; We only tell folks what he speaks . Hence when anatomifts difcourfe , How like ...
עמוד 62
... beft writers of the times . It may be doubted whe- ther there ever was a burlesque more agreeably or happily executed than this by our excellent countryman . Pindar , that eagle , mounts the skies : While Dix POEMS OF.
... beft writers of the times . It may be doubted whe- ther there ever was a burlesque more agreeably or happily executed than this by our excellent countryman . Pindar , that eagle , mounts the skies : While Dix POEMS OF.
עמוד 134
... beft is pain : And death is what we fhould difdain . So do it therefore , and adieu : For I will die for love of you .. Let wanton wives by death be fcar'd : But , to my comfort , I'm prepar'd . THE L А A D L E. THE fcepticks think ...
... beft is pain : And death is what we fhould difdain . So do it therefore , and adieu : For I will die for love of you .. Let wanton wives by death be fcar'd : But , to my comfort , I'm prepar'd . THE L А A D L E. THE fcepticks think ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
againſt arms blefs bleft bofom breaſt ceaſe charms Cloe confefs conqueft Cupid Dæmon darts dear death defire Derry dreft e'er Emma Emma's erft eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fecret fent fhall fhew fhould fighs fing firſt flame foft fome fong foon forrow ftand ftill fubject fuch fure fword George Rooke glorious goddeſs grene wode go grief happy heart Heaven Henry hero himſelf honour houſe Jove juft king laft lefs loft Lord maid mankynde I love maſter Mufe muft muſt Namur ne'er numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe preſent profe purſue quæ rage raiſe reafon rife rove ſaid Sambre ſay ſhall ſhe ſhow ſpeak ſpoils ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought Venus verfe verſe virtue whilft whofe William's wiſh wode wyll youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 119 - Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind.
עמוד 217 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
עמוד 30 - Gather all the fmiling hours ; Such as with friendly care have guarded Patriots and kings in rightful wars ; Such as with conqueft have rewarded Triumphant viftors' happy cares ; Such as ftory has recorded Sacred to Naflau's long renown, For countries fav'd, and battles won.
עמוד 111 - tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come: No matter what beauties I saw in my way; They were but my visits, but thou art my home.
עמוד 25 - tis thus complain, Since you appear'd upon the plain; You are the cause of all my care: Your eyes ten thousand dangers dart: Ten thousand torments vex my heart: I love, and I despair.
עמוד 111 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.
עמוד 111 - Chloe, and what I write, shows The difference there is betwixt nature and art: I court others in verse; but I love thee in prose: And they have my whimsies; but thou hast my heart.
עמוד 10 - Cheeks confest ; Thou hast, my Dear, undoubted Right To triumph o'er this destin'd Breast. My Reason bends to what thy Eyes ordain ; For I was born to Love, and Thou to Reign. II. But would You meanly thus rely On Power, You know I must Obey ? Exert a Legal Tyranny...
עמוד 376 - With honour take her back again ? From hence I logically gather, The woman cannot live with either. Now, I have two right...
עמוד 358 - Note here, Lucretius dares to teach (As all our youth may learn from Creech) That eyes were made but could not view, Nor hands embrace, nor feet pursue, But heedless Nature did produce The members first, and then the use : What each must act was yet unknown, Till all is mov'd by Chance alone.