The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, כרך 1W. Strahan, 1779 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 81
עמוד
... must be confidered as doubtful ; and the second , The History of his own Time , compiled from his original manufcripts , which in the state it was published , cannot be deemed one of his productions . Many Poems are said to remain ftill ...
... must be confidered as doubtful ; and the second , The History of his own Time , compiled from his original manufcripts , which in the state it was published , cannot be deemed one of his productions . Many Poems are said to remain ftill ...
עמוד iv
... must be a judge and master of polite learning ; a friend and pa- tron to men of letters and merit ; a faithful and able counsellor to your prince ; a true patriot to your country ; an ornament and honor to the titles you poffefs ; and ...
... must be a judge and master of polite learning ; a friend and pa- tron to men of letters and merit ; a faithful and able counsellor to your prince ; a true patriot to your country ; an ornament and honor to the titles you poffefs ; and ...
עמוד xxv
... must likewise own myself obliged to Mrs. Singer † , who has given me leave to print a paftoral of her writing ; that poem having pro- duced the verses immediately following it . I wish fhe might be prevailed with to publish some other ...
... must likewise own myself obliged to Mrs. Singer † , who has given me leave to print a paftoral of her writing ; that poem having pro- duced the verses immediately following it . I wish fhe might be prevailed with to publish some other ...
עמוד xxvi
Matthew Prior. POST SCRIPT . I MUST help my preface by a postscript , to tell the reader , that there are ten years distance between my writing the one and the other ; and that ( whatever I thought then , and have fome- where faid , that ...
Matthew Prior. POST SCRIPT . I MUST help my preface by a postscript , to tell the reader , that there are ten years distance between my writing the one and the other ; and that ( whatever I thought then , and have fome- where faid , that ...
עמוד 7
... must play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your mufick muft disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that fhows . Strange force of harmony , that thus controuls Our thoughts , and turns and fanctifies our fouls : While with its ...
... must play anew : * Your mufick's pow'r your mufick muft disclose ; For what light is , ' tis only light that fhows . Strange force of harmony , that thus controuls Our thoughts , and turns and fanctifies our fouls : While with its ...
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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...