The poetical works of Matthew Prior. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed1802 |
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עמוד xix
... force , candour must admit that it adds to many other proofs of that austerity and rigidity which feem congenial to his nature , and no incon- fiderable fhare of merit must be attributed to thofe , LIFE OF PRIOR . xix.
... force , candour must admit that it adds to many other proofs of that austerity and rigidity which feem congenial to his nature , and no incon- fiderable fhare of merit must be attributed to thofe , LIFE OF PRIOR . xix.
עמוד 28
... force of wit , which made even anger agreeable : while it lafted , he said and forgot a thousand things , which other men would have been glad to have studied and wrote : but the impetuofity was corrected upon a moment's reflection ...
... force of wit , which made even anger agreeable : while it lafted , he said and forgot a thousand things , which other men would have been glad to have studied and wrote : but the impetuofity was corrected upon a moment's reflection ...
עמוד 43
... force with beauty's join'd ? Could I their prevalence deny , I must at once be deaf and blind . V. Alas ! not hoping to fubdue , I only to the fight aspir'd : To keep the beauteous foe in view Was all the glory I defir'd . VI . But fhe ...
... force with beauty's join'd ? Could I their prevalence deny , I must at once be deaf and blind . V. Alas ! not hoping to fubdue , I only to the fight aspir'd : To keep the beauteous foe in view Was all the glory I defir'd . VI . But fhe ...
עמוד 45
... force , Muft now proceed from thee alone . XII . See , pious King ! with diff'rent strife Thy ftruggling Albion's bofom torn : So much the fears for William's life That Mary's fate fhe dare not mourn . 40 45 XIII . Her beauty , in thy ...
... force , Muft now proceed from thee alone . XII . See , pious King ! with diff'rent strife Thy ftruggling Albion's bofom torn : So much the fears for William's life That Mary's fate fhe dare not mourn . 40 45 XIII . Her beauty , in thy ...
עמוד 48
... force No dire event could ever stay , Muft carry on its deftin'd courfe Tho ' Death and Envy ftop the way . XXXI . For Britain's fake , for Belgia's , live ; Pierc'd by their grief , forget thy own ; New toils endure , new conqueft give ...
... force No dire event could ever stay , Muft carry on its deftin'd courfe Tho ' Death and Envy ftop the way . XXXI . For Britain's fake , for Belgia's , live ; Pierc'd by their grief , forget thy own ; New toils endure , new conqueft give ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abra againſt arms beauty Belgia blefs bleft breaſt charms Cloe Columbo confeft Cupid darts dear death defire deftin'd delight Derry dreft e'er earth erft ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fear fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhould fighs fight fing firft flain flame fmiling foft fome fong foon forrow foul ftand ftill fubject fuch fure goddeſs grief guife happy heart heav'n himſelf honour Jove juft king laft laſt lefs loft Lord maid MATTHEW PRIOR Mufe muft muſt Namur ne'er night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion pleaſe pleaſure poet pow'r praife praiſe prefent profe rage raiſe reafon reft rifing ſaid ſay ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtream tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Venus verfe verſe vex'd virtue Whilft whofe wife William's youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 92 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
עמוד 92 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
עמוד 142 - He thank'd her on his bended knee ; Then drank a quart of milk and tea : And leaving her ador'd embrace, Hasten'd to court to beg a place.
עמוד 92 - Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
עמוד 118 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
עמוד 61 - Sunday's due, Of slumbering in an upper pew. No man's defects sought they to know, So never made themselves a foe : No man's good deeds did they commend, So never raised themselves a friend.
עמוד 125 - I pronounce, That people die no more than once : But once is sure, and death is common To bird and man, including woman : From the spread eagle to the wren, Alas ! no mortal fowl knows when.
עמוד 209 - The least inclin'd to play the wanton's part ? Did e'er my eye one inward thought reveal, Which angels might not hear, and virgins tell...
עמוד 68 - ... to the next following ; and consequently, produces too frequent an identity in the sound, and brings every couplet to the point of an epigram It is indeed too broken and weak, to convey the sentiments and represent the images proper for epic. And, as it tires the writer while he composes, it must do the same to the reader while he repeats ; especially in a poem of any considerable length. If striking out into blank verse, as Milton did (and in this kind Mr. Philips, had he lived, would have excelled}...
עמוד 123 - She ne'er shall hear my second vow: The loves, that round their mother flew, Did in her face her sorrows view; Their drooping wings they...