The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, כרך 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 4
... turn of diction , little notice can be gained but from those who can enjoy the graces of the original . To the Dialogues of Fontenelle he added two composed by himself ; and , though not only an honest , but a pious man , dedicated his ...
... turn of diction , little notice can be gained but from those who can enjoy the graces of the original . To the Dialogues of Fontenelle he added two composed by himself ; and , though not only an honest , but a pious man , dedicated his ...
עמוד 13
... turns they sink below , by turns they mount the " And must , " she said- [ skies ) : Then paus'd , and drew a sigh of anxious love ; " Must my dear lord this faithless ocean prove ? Escap'd the chance of war , and fraud of foes , Wilt ...
... turns they sink below , by turns they mount the " And must , " she said- [ skies ) : Then paus'd , and drew a sigh of anxious love ; " Must my dear lord this faithless ocean prove ? Escap'd the chance of war , and fraud of foes , Wilt ...
עמוד 18
... turn up bones , and broken spears , Amaz'd , he'll show his fellows of the plain , The reliques of victorious years ; her gore . Far other battles thou hast won , Thy standard still the public good : Lavish of thine , to save thy ...
... turn up bones , and broken spears , Amaz'd , he'll show his fellows of the plain , The reliques of victorious years ; her gore . Far other battles thou hast won , Thy standard still the public good : Lavish of thine , to save thy ...
עמוד 20
... turns the flitting voice , they cry'd , " Why , envious Wall , ah ! why dost thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why ... turn'd ; but soon as he beheld The crimson'd vesture scatter'd o'er the field , " One night , " he cry'd , " two ...
... turns the flitting voice , they cry'd , " Why , envious Wall , ah ! why dost thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why ... turn'd ; but soon as he beheld The crimson'd vesture scatter'd o'er the field , " One night , " he cry'd , " two ...
עמוד 30
... turn'd her flowing hair ; And rich diffus'd perfumes regal'd the wanton air . Heavens ! what new charm , what sudden light , Improves the grot , and entertains the sight ! A sprouting bud begins the tree t ' adorn ; The large the sweet ...
... turn'd her flowing hair ; And rich diffus'd perfumes regal'd the wanton air . Heavens ! what new charm , what sudden light , Improves the grot , and entertains the sight ! A sprouting bud begins the tree t ' adorn ; The large the sweet ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Apollo arms beauteous beauty Behold Belgia bless blest breast bright Cæsar charms Columbo confest crown'd Cupid darts dear death delight e'er Earth Epicurus ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame flow Ganymede goddess gods grace grief grove hand happy hast hear heart Heaven hero honour Jove kind king labour light live lord lov'd Lucretius lyre maid MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn Muse Namur Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er Ovid pain passion peace Peneus Phoebus Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pothinus praise pride queen rage rais'd reign rise sacred shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul swain sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil twas Venus verse vex'd Virg virtue weep Whilst winds wise wretched wyll youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 262 - And terror on my aching s'ight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
עמוד 42 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
עמוד 509 - From nature too I take my rule, To shun contempt and ridicule. I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise? My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much, must talk in vain.
עמוד 430 - Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay, what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate Pastoral might make. Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
עמוד 213 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits : I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
עמוד 430 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of VOL
עמוד 262 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
עמוד 430 - Its reception is thus recorded in the notes to the "Dunciad":— "This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixty-three days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time; at Bath and Bristol fifty, etc.
עמוד 43 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise; See the snakes that they rear. How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
עמוד 319 - A new Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches...