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 36
עמוד
... juft before pro- moted to the Board of Cuftoms . He was much employed in the bufinefs of the peace , as may be feen in the report of the Secret Committee . After returning to England he was again fent to France , in Auguft 1712 , to ...
... juft before pro- moted to the Board of Cuftoms . He was much employed in the bufinefs of the peace , as may be feen in the report of the Secret Committee . After returning to England he was again fent to France , in Auguft 1712 , to ...
עמוד 3
... juft limits of it's proper sphere ? Why does each confenting fign With prudent harmony combine In turns to move , and subsequent appear , To gird the globe , and regulate the year ? VI . Man does with dangerous curiofity Thefe unfathom ...
... juft limits of it's proper sphere ? Why does each confenting fign With prudent harmony combine In turns to move , and subsequent appear , To gird the globe , and regulate the year ? VI . Man does with dangerous curiofity Thefe unfathom ...
עמוד 4
Matthew Prior. 1 From this laft toil again what knowledge flows ? Juft as much , perhaps , as fhows , That all his predeceffor's rules Were empty cant , all Jargon of the schools ; That he on t'other's ruin rears his throne ; And shows ...
Matthew Prior. 1 From this laft toil again what knowledge flows ? Juft as much , perhaps , as fhows , That all his predeceffor's rules Were empty cant , all Jargon of the schools ; That he on t'other's ruin rears his throne ; And shows ...
עמוד 15
... juft like dice ; And lucky mains make people wife : That jumbled words , if fortune throw ' em , Shall , well as Dryden , form a poem ; Or make a speech , correct and witty , As you know who - at the committee . So So atoms dancing ...
... juft like dice ; And lucky mains make people wife : That jumbled words , if fortune throw ' em , Shall , well as Dryden , form a poem ; Or make a speech , correct and witty , As you know who - at the committee . So So atoms dancing ...
עמוד 18
... juft tell you how my time is Past in a country - life . — Imprimis , As foon as Phoebus ' rays infpect us , - First , Sir , I read , and then I breakfast ; So on , ' till forefaid God does fet , I fometimes ftudy , fometimes eat . Thus ...
... juft tell you how my time is Past in a country - life . — Imprimis , As foon as Phoebus ' rays infpect us , - First , Sir , I read , and then I breakfast ; So on , ' till forefaid God does fet , I fometimes ftudy , fometimes eat . Thus ...
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.