A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts. Hamilton. A. Philips. G. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. HarteJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 4
... these days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of poetry Is at a lofs for figures to exprefs Men's folly , whimfies and inconftancy , And by a faint defcription makes them lefs . Then tell us what is fame , where shall we search ...
... these days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of poetry Is at a lofs for figures to exprefs Men's folly , whimfies and inconftancy , And by a faint defcription makes them lefs . Then tell us what is fame , where shall we search ...
עמוד 5
... these traces of your wit remain , Like a juft map , to tell the vast extent Of conqueft in your fhort and happy reign ; And to all future mankind fhow How ftrange a parodox is true , That men who liv'd and dy'd without a name Are the ...
... these traces of your wit remain , Like a juft map , to tell the vast extent Of conqueft in your fhort and happy reign ; And to all future mankind fhow How ftrange a parodox is true , That men who liv'd and dy'd without a name Are the ...
עמוד 12
... these , Van is become by due degrees For building fam'd , and juftly reckon'd , At Court , Vitruvius the fecond : No wonder , fince wife authors show That beft foundations must be low : And now the Duke has wifely ta'en him To be his ...
... these , Van is become by due degrees For building fam'd , and juftly reckon'd , At Court , Vitruvius the fecond : No wonder , fince wife authors show That beft foundations must be low : And now the Duke has wifely ta'en him To be his ...
עמוד 24
... these mighty labours done Before one race of his was run . All this perform'd by Robert Hewit : What mortal elfe could e'er go through it ! A True and Faithful INVENTORY of the GOODS belonging to Dr. SWIFT , Vicar of Laracor ; Upon ...
... these mighty labours done Before one race of his was run . All this perform'd by Robert Hewit : What mortal elfe could e'er go through it ! A True and Faithful INVENTORY of the GOODS belonging to Dr. SWIFT , Vicar of Laracor ; Upon ...
עמוד 51
... these mufes with their play - house stuff ? The player in mimic piety may storm , Deplore the comb , and bid her heroes arm : The arbitrary mob , in paltry rage , May curfe the belles and chintzes of the age : Yet til the artift worm ...
... these mufes with their play - house stuff ? The player in mimic piety may storm , Deplore the comb , and bid her heroes arm : The arbitrary mob , in paltry rage , May curfe the belles and chintzes of the age : Yet til the artift worm ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ANTISTROPHE beauty behold beneath blefs bleft breaft breath charms Dean dear death defcending defire delight divine dreft earth ECLOGUE Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fcene fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filk fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fubject fuch funk fure fwain fweet fwell glory grace heart heaven himſelf honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymph o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet praife praiſe pride profe rage reafon reft reign rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil verfe virtue Whig whofe wife youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 152 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
עמוד 227 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
עמוד 200 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
עמוד 308 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
עמוד 417 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
עמוד 532 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
עמוד 537 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
עמוד 150 - As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends, While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
עמוד 234 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
עמוד 10 - Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round ; Yet (what is wonderful !) they found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'da drop.