The poetical works of Matthew Prior. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed1802 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 80
עמוד xi
... turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal em- baffy to Paris : Dr. Johnson obferves ...
... turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal em- baffy to Paris : Dr. Johnson obferves ...
עמוד xii
... turn to our Parliament and our people according to their refolution at this crifis . " Prior retained his dignity and fplendour , from August 13 , to the Auguft following , and continued at Paris fome months after the acceffion of ...
... turn to our Parliament and our people according to their refolution at this crifis . " Prior retained his dignity and fplendour , from August 13 , to the Auguft following , and continued at Paris fome months after the acceffion of ...
עמוד xviii
... ; he borrows no lucky turns or commodious modes of language from his predeceffors . His phrafes are original ; but they are sometimes harsh ; as he inherited no elegancies , none has he bequeathed . His xviii LIFE OF PRIOR .
... ; he borrows no lucky turns or commodious modes of language from his predeceffors . His phrafes are original ; but they are sometimes harsh ; as he inherited no elegancies , none has he bequeathed . His xviii LIFE OF PRIOR .
עמוד 23
... turn of his profe . Dryden determines by him , under the character of Eugenius , as to the laws of dramatic poetry . But- ler owed it to him that the Court tafted his Hudibras : Wycherley that the Town liked his Plain Dealer : and the ...
... turn of his profe . Dryden determines by him , under the character of Eugenius , as to the laws of dramatic poetry . But- ler owed it to him that the Court tafted his Hudibras : Wycherley that the Town liked his Plain Dealer : and the ...
עמוד 28
... the shades will still appear very finely joined with their lights , and every imper- fection will be diminished by the lufire of fome neigh- bouring bouring virtue : but if we turn the great drawings 28 DEDICATION .
... the shades will still appear very finely joined with their lights , and every imper- fection will be diminished by the lufire of fome neigh- bouring bouring virtue : but if we turn the great drawings 28 DEDICATION .
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...