The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, כרך 1W. Strahan, 1779 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 27
עמוד iv
... " body loved , for even the asperity of his verses seems 66 to have been forgiven to The best good man , with " the worst natur'd Mufe .'- This line is not more ❝ familiar It is as impoffible to mention that name , with- iv DEDICATION .
... " body loved , for even the asperity of his verses seems 66 to have been forgiven to The best good man , with " the worst natur'd Mufe .'- This line is not more ❝ familiar It is as impoffible to mention that name , with- iv DEDICATION .
עמוד ix
... Mufe . Yet even here , that character may juftly be ap- plied to him , which Perfius gives of the best writer in this kind , that ever lived : Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit , & admiffus circum præcordia ludit . And the ...
... Mufe . Yet even here , that character may juftly be ap- plied to him , which Perfius gives of the best writer in this kind , that ever lived : Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit , & admiffus circum præcordia ludit . And the ...
עמוד 6
... Mufe , What greater theme your mufick can produce ; My babling praifes I repeat no more , But hear , rejoice , ftand filent , and adore . * Anne , daughter of William Earl of Devonshire , and fifter to the first Duke of Devonshire ...
... Mufe , What greater theme your mufick can produce ; My babling praifes I repeat no more , But hear , rejoice , ftand filent , and adore . * Anne , daughter of William Earl of Devonshire , and fifter to the first Duke of Devonshire ...
עמוד 7
... Mufe might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To show how well you play , must play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your mufick muft disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that fhows ...
... Mufe might dictate , and the Poet tell : Your art no other art can speak ; and you , To show how well you play , must play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your mufick muft disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that fhows ...
עמוד 32
... Mufe ( as it may be infcribed ) of Mofchus . CAPRICE is the general sub . ject of both poems , and many images of the latter are tranf- planted into the former . " Note to Eunomus , 1774 , vol . iv . P. 108 . 1 With fecret joy I heard ...
... Mufe ( as it may be infcribed ) of Mofchus . CAPRICE is the general sub . ject of both poems , and many images of the latter are tranf- planted into the former . " Note to Eunomus , 1774 , vol . iv . P. 108 . 1 With fecret joy I heard ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
againſt Alma arms beſt blefs bleft breaſt Britiſh Cloe confefs Cupid Dæmon dear death defire Derry Dick e'er Emma Emma's erft eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fecret fenfe fent fhall fhew fide fighs filk fing firft firſt flame fome fong foon forrow ftand ftill fuch fure George Rooke grene wode go grief guife happy heart Heaven Henry hero himſelf honour houſe Jove juft king laft laſt leaſt lefs loft Lord Lucretius mafter maid mankynde I love Mufe muft muſt Namur ne'er numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion pain pleas'd pleaſure poet praiſe prefent profe purſue quoth rage raiſe reafon rife ſaid ſay ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſpoil ſtand ſtate ſtill tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe Venus verfe verſe virtue whilft whofe wiſh wode wyll youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 121 - 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 107 - Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both...
עמוד 385 - To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.
עמוד 339 - So whilst our mind its knowledge would improve, (Its feeble eye intent on things above) High as we may, we lift our reason up, By Faith directed, and confirm'd by Hope: Yet are we able only to survey Dawnings of beams, and promises of day.
עמוד iv - He was the finest gentleman in the voluptuous court of Charles II., and in the gloomy one of King William. He had as much wit as his first master, or his contemporaries Buckingham and Rochester, without the royal want of feeling, the Duke's want of principles, or the Earl's want of thought. The latter said with astonishment, " that he did not know how it was, but Lord Dorset might do anything, and yet was never to blame.
עמוד 209 - Marlborough when to fight. Or if it be his fate to meet With folks who have more wealth than wit. He loves cheap port, and double bub, And settles in the Humdrum Club...
עמוד iv - William. He had as much wit as his first master, or his contemporaries, Buckingham and Rochester ; without the royal want of feeling, the Duke's want of principles, or the Earl's want of thought. The latter said with astonishment, ' That he did not know how it was, but Lord Dorset might do any thing, and yet was never to blame...
עמוד 113 - ... 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 xiii - ... of his breeding, and the knowledge and practice of what was decent and magnificent ; that he could only be rivalled in thefe qualifications by one great man, who has fince held the fame ftafF.
עמוד 386 - In China, Dampier's Travels tell ye, (Look in his index for Pagelli) Soon as the British ships unmoor, And jolly longboat rows to shore, Down come the nobles of the land, Each brings his daughter in his hand...