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 12
... voice to voice th ' harmonious notes rebound , And echoing lyres transmit the volant fugue around ! Meanwhile the steady bark , with prosperous gales , Fills the large sheets of her expanded sails , And gains th ' intended port ; thick ...
... voice to voice th ' harmonious notes rebound , And echoing lyres transmit the volant fugue around ! Meanwhile the steady bark , with prosperous gales , Fills the large sheets of her expanded sails , And gains th ' intended port ; thick ...
עמוד 13
... voice , that summon'd him away ; The lovely voice , whose soft - complaining charms Before had call'd the succour of his arins , Nor call'd in vain , when , fir'd with generous rage T'oppose the fury of a barbarous age , Like Jove with ...
... voice , that summon'd him away ; The lovely voice , whose soft - complaining charms Before had call'd the succour of his arins , Nor call'd in vain , when , fir'd with generous rage T'oppose the fury of a barbarous age , Like Jove with ...
עמוד 18
... voice o fever - living Fame Of thee more numerous triumphs sings . But , though no chief contends with thee , In all the long records of history , Thy own great deeds together strive , Which shall the fairest light derive , On thy ...
... voice o fever - living Fame Of thee more numerous triumphs sings . But , though no chief contends with thee , In all the long records of history , Thy own great deeds together strive , Which shall the fairest light derive , On thy ...
עמוד 20
... voice , they cry'd , " Why , envious Wall , ah ! why dost thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why forbid the joy ? How should we bless thee , would'st thou yield to charms , And , opening , let us rush into each other's arms ! At ...
... voice , they cry'd , " Why , envious Wall , ah ! why dost thou destroy The lovers ' hopes , and why forbid the joy ? How should we bless thee , would'st thou yield to charms , And , opening , let us rush into each other's arms ! At ...
עמוד 27
... voice and eyes . Her eyes alone can tenderest love inspire , Her heavenly voice improves the young desire . So western gales in fragrant gardens play On buds produc'd by the sun's quickening ray , And spread them into life , and gently ...
... voice and eyes . Her eyes alone can tenderest love inspire , Her heavenly voice improves the young desire . So western gales in fragrant gardens play On buds produc'd by the sun's quickening ray , And spread them into life , and gently ...
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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...