The Poetical Works of Matthew PriorJ. Nichol, 1858 - 475 עמודים |
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עמוד vii
... sense and skill , that King William made him one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber , in which office he remained for several years , quietly follow- ing his chosen pursuits of literature and poetry . He at this time , too , became ...
... sense and skill , that King William made him one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber , in which office he remained for several years , quietly follow- ing his chosen pursuits of literature and poetry . He at this time , too , became ...
עמוד viii
... sense of duty , the solemn Calvinism of spirit and purpose , which dwelt in the poor , prematurely - old , and cough - shattered frame of the Orange - King ; who never knew when he was beat , and in whom defeat always developed new ...
... sense of duty , the solemn Calvinism of spirit and purpose , which dwelt in the poor , prematurely - old , and cough - shattered frame of the Orange - King ; who never knew when he was beat , and in whom defeat always developed new ...
עמוד xvi
... sense , coolness , and self - command of a man of the world , rather than the ardour and enthusiasm of a bard , and has been well called the " most natural of artificial poets . " CONTENTS . 2 2 2 2 2 38885 37 38 xvi THE LIFE OF MATTHEW ...
... sense , coolness , and self - command of a man of the world , rather than the ardour and enthusiasm of a bard , and has been well called the " most natural of artificial poets . " CONTENTS . 2 2 2 2 2 38885 37 38 xvi THE LIFE OF MATTHEW ...
עמוד 1
... sense . Such were the natural faculties and strength of his mind , that he had occasion to borrow very little from education ; and he owed those advantages to his own good parts , which others acquire by study and imitation . His 1 ...
... sense . Such were the natural faculties and strength of his mind , that he had occasion to borrow very little from education ; and he owed those advantages to his own good parts , which others acquire by study and imitation . His 1 ...
עמוד 2
... sense and learning . The most eminent masters in their several ways appealed to his determination . Waller thought it an honour to consult him in the softness and harmony of his verse and Dr Sprat , in the delicacy and turn of his prose ...
... sense and learning . The most eminent masters in their several ways appealed to his determination . Waller thought it an honour to consult him in the softness and harmony of his verse and Dr Sprat , in the delicacy and turn of his prose ...
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Abra Alma Apollo arms beauty Belgia bless breast breath charms Cloe Columbo command confessed crowned cruel cruel doubt Cupid dame Danube dart dear death delight Derry Dick dread e'er earth Emma Emma's fair fame fate favour fear flame George Rooke glorious goddess grace grief hand happy hast heart Heaven hero honour hope Jove king labour light live look Lord Lucretius lyre maid master MATTHEW PRIOR mighty mind mourn Muse Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er obey pain passion peace plain pleasure poet praise pride queen quoth rage reign rise sighs sing smiling song sorrow soul St John's College tears tell thee things thou thought throne toil triumph truth twas Venus verse virtue vows ween weep WESTMINSTER SCHOOL Whilst William wings wise wound wretched youth
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עמוד 294 - 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 271 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
עמוד 84 - Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind ; Let all her ways be unconfin'd ; And clap your padlock — on her mind.
עמוד 271 - 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 271 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
עמוד 213 - And, finishing its act, exists no more : Thus in obedience to what heaven decrees, Knowledge shall fail, and prophecy shall cease ; But lasting Charity's more ample sway, Nor bound by time, nor subject to decay, In happy triumph shall for ever live, And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive.
עמוד 271 - I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
עמוד 137 - Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus
עמוד 101 - Animula vagula, blandula, Hospes comesque corporis, Quae nunc abibis in loca? Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee (ut soles) dabis joca...
עמוד 152 - Did I but purpose to embark with thee On the smooth surface of a summer's sea, While gentle zephyrs play in prosperous gales, And Fortune's favour fills the swelling sails, But would forsake the ship and make the shore, When the winds whistle and the tempests roar?