The Poetical Works of Matthew PriorJ. Nichol, 1858 - 475 עמודים |
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עמוד xii
... thought herself his Emma , is characterised by Dr Arbuthnot , in terms too coarse to be quoted , as a very worthless character . Pope says , " Prior was not a right good . man ; " and Richardson states that he would leave the com- pany ...
... thought herself his Emma , is characterised by Dr Arbuthnot , in terms too coarse to be quoted , as a very worthless character . Pope says , " Prior was not a right good . man ; " and Richardson states that he would leave the com- pany ...
עמוד xiv
... thought that the Poet meant to recommend Emma's conduct as a model , and few were likely to follow it even though he had . The story is simply an ingenious artifice , such as Malcolm , in Macbeth , employs in blackening his own ...
... thought that the Poet meant to recommend Emma's conduct as a model , and few were likely to follow it even though he had . The story is simply an ingenious artifice , such as Malcolm , in Macbeth , employs in blackening his own ...
עמוד 2
... 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 . Dryden determines by him , under the character of Eugenius , as to the laws of dramatic poetry . Butler ...
... 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 . Dryden determines by him , under the character of Eugenius , as to the laws of dramatic poetry . Butler ...
עמוד 3
... thought the politest nation ) , that one of the finest gentlemen in Europe was his subject ; and that we had a prince who understood his worth so well , as not to suffer him to be long out of his presence . The succeeding reign neither ...
... thought the politest nation ) , that one of the finest gentlemen in Europe was his subject ; and that we had a prince who understood his worth so well , as not to suffer him to be long out of his presence . The succeeding reign neither ...
עמוד 6
... thought the letter of the law too rigid . To those whose circumstances were such as made them ashamed of their poverty , he knew how to bestow his munificence without offending their modesty ; and under the notion of frequent presents ...
... thought the letter of the law too rigid . To those whose circumstances were such as made them ashamed of their poverty , he knew how to bestow his munificence without offending their modesty ; and under the notion of frequent presents ...
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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?