The poetical works of Matthew Prior. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed1802 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 77
עמוד ix
... head , formed expectations of expelling the whigs from court and from power ; to effect which a paper , called the Examiner , was published periodically , in order to convey intelligence to the people of ministerial LIFE OF PRIOR . is.
... head , formed expectations of expelling the whigs from court and from power ; to effect which a paper , called the Examiner , was published periodically , in order to convey intelligence to the people of ministerial LIFE OF PRIOR . is.
עמוד xiii
... head was my own . " The only remaining occurrence of the life of Prior upon re- cord is , that he formed a design of writing a Hifiory of his own Times , but had made but little progress in it , when a lingering fever put a period to ...
... head was my own . " The only remaining occurrence of the life of Prior upon re- cord is , that he formed a design of writing a Hifiory of his own Times , but had made but little progress in it , when a lingering fever put a period to ...
עמוד 38
... head , Marching through different paths to different lands ? Why does the conftant fun V. With meafur'd steps his radiant journies run ? Why does he order the diurnal hours To leave earth's other part , and rife in ours ? Why does he ...
... head , Marching through different paths to different lands ? Why does the conftant fun V. With meafur'd steps his radiant journies run ? Why does he order the diurnal hours To leave earth's other part , and rife in ours ? Why does he ...
עמוד 47
... head , her eyes are dry'd ; 85 90 She fmiles as William ne'er had mourn'd ; 95 She looks as Mary ne'er had dy'd . XXV . That freedom which all forrows claim She does for thy content refign ; Her piety itself would blame If her regrets ...
... head , her eyes are dry'd ; 85 90 She fmiles as William ne'er had mourn'd ; 95 She looks as Mary ne'er had dy'd . XXV . That freedom which all forrows claim She does for thy content refign ; Her piety itself would blame If her regrets ...
עמוד 52
... head ; Judges of writings and of men have dy'd , Mæcenas , Sackville , Socrates , and Hyde ; And in their various turns the fons must tread- Thofe gloomy journies which their fires have led .. The ancient fage , who did fo long maintain ...
... head ; Judges of writings and of men have dy'd , Mæcenas , Sackville , Socrates , and Hyde ; And in their various turns the fons must tread- Thofe gloomy journies which their fires have led .. The ancient fage , who did fo long maintain ...
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...