The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, כרך 1W. Strahan, 1779 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 20
עמוד
... fent for by an uncle , then fettled in town as a vintner , who undertook to give his nephew fuch an education as his parents were unable to be- ftow upon him . He was accordingly placed under the care of Dr. Busby , at Westminster ...
... fent for by an uncle , then fettled in town as a vintner , who undertook to give his nephew fuch an education as his parents were unable to be- ftow upon him . He was accordingly placed under the care of Dr. Busby , at Westminster ...
עמוד
... him under his protection , and foon after he was fent to St. John's College , Cambridge , where he was entered a penfioner on the 2d of April , 1683. He there took his degree degree of Batchelor of Arts in 1686 ; and on M. PRIOR.
... him under his protection , and foon after he was fent to St. John's College , Cambridge , where he was entered a penfioner on the 2d of April , 1683. He there took his degree degree of Batchelor of Arts in 1686 ; and on M. PRIOR.
עמוד xi
... fent to that of France , on fome fhort commiffions and embaffies of compliment : as if the king de- figned to fhew the French ( who would be thought the politeft nation ) , that one of the finest gen- tlemen in Europe was his fubject ...
... fent to that of France , on fome fhort commiffions and embaffies of compliment : as if the king de- figned to fhew the French ( who would be thought the politeft nation ) , that one of the finest gen- tlemen in Europe was his fubject ...
עמוד 4
... man ! That pregnant word fent forth again , Might to a world extend each atom there ; For every drop call forth a sea , a heav'n for every ftar . VIII . Let VIII . Let cunning Earth her fruitful wonders hide ; POEMS OF.
... man ! That pregnant word fent forth again , Might to a world extend each atom there ; For every drop call forth a sea , a heav'n for every ftar . VIII . Let VIII . Let cunning Earth her fruitful wonders hide ; POEMS OF.
עמוד 40
... seems to yield . VIII . So when the Parthian turn'd his fteed , And from the hoftile camp withdrew ; With cruel skill the backward reed He fent ; and as he fled , he flew $ E E- SEEING THE DUKE OF ORMON D'S * PICTURE , A 40 POEMS OF.
... seems to yield . VIII . So when the Parthian turn'd his fteed , And from the hoftile camp withdrew ; With cruel skill the backward reed He fent ; and as he fled , he flew $ E E- SEEING THE DUKE OF ORMON D'S * PICTURE , A 40 POEMS OF.
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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...