The British Poets, כרך 1Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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עמוד xiii
... fate which such outrages deserve ; the scene in which Woodward was directly and apparently ridiculed , by the introduction of a mummy and a crocodile , disgusted the audience , and the performance was driven off the stage with general ...
... fate which such outrages deserve ; the scene in which Woodward was directly and apparently ridiculed , by the introduction of a mummy and a crocodile , disgusted the audience , and the performance was driven off the stage with general ...
עמוד xv
... fate of The Captives , ' which was acted at Drury Lane in 1723-4 , I know not ; * but he now thought himself in favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the im- provement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this ...
... fate of The Captives , ' which was acted at Drury Lane in 1723-4 , I know not ; * but he now thought himself in favour , and undertook ( 1726 ) to write a volume of Fables for the im- provement of the young Duke of Cumberland . For this ...
עמוד 3
... And hast thou fathom'd Tully's mind ? Or , like the wise Ulysses , thrown , By various fates , on realms unknown , Hast thou through many cities stray'd , Their customs , INTRODUCTION to the Fables -The Shepherd and Philosopher.
... And hast thou fathom'd Tully's mind ? Or , like the wise Ulysses , thrown , By various fates , on realms unknown , Hast thou through many cities stray'd , Their customs , INTRODUCTION to the Fables -The Shepherd and Philosopher.
עמוד 5
... fate . Do not we just abhorrence find Against the toad and serpent kind ? But Envy , Calumny , and Spite , Bear stronger venom in their bite . Thus every object of creation Can furnish hints to contemplation ; And from the most minute ...
... fate . Do not we just abhorrence find Against the toad and serpent kind ? But Envy , Calumny , and Spite , Bear stronger venom in their bite . Thus every object of creation Can furnish hints to contemplation ; And from the most minute ...
עמוד 14
... skim beneath the main : Thus , envious of another's state , Each blam'd the partial hand of Fate . The Bird of Heav'n then cried aloud , ' Jove bids disperse the murmuring crowd ; The god rejects your idle prayers . Would ye , 14 FABLES .
... skim beneath the main : Thus , envious of another's state , Each blam'd the partial hand of Fate . The Bird of Heav'n then cried aloud , ' Jove bids disperse the murmuring crowd ; The god rejects your idle prayers . Would ye , 14 FABLES .
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
address'd bear beauty Beggar's Opera Behold beneath bids bird blood boast bosom boys breast Cloacina Clown coach court courtiers Coxcombs creature cries crowd curs'd disgrace dread envy Ev'n eyes Fable fame fate favourite fear flattery flies foes fool friends gain grew hand happy hate hath head heart Heav'n hence honest honour hound hour JOHN GAY Jove kind kings knaves knew labours lion mankind Mastiff merit midnight oil mind miry morn Muse ne'er never night o'er pace plain Plutus pow'r praise prey pride Princess of Wales pursue race rais'd reign replies Reynard round says scorn self-convicted shower shun sire skies Snail spaniel spleen spoke steed stept street Swift sycophants taste thee Think thou thought throng toil tongue Town trade train tread Turkey Twas vex'd virtue Whene'er wind wise youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 5 - From nature too I take my rule, To shun contempt and ridicule. I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise? My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much, must talk in vain.
עמוד 100 - She now the trotting Calf address'd, To save from death a friend distress'd, ' Shall I,' says he, ' of tender age, In this important care engage ? Older and abler passed you by ; How strong are those ! how weak am I ! Should I presume to bear you hence, Those friends of mine may take offence.
עמוד xviii - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her Life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
עמוד 99 - And from the deep-mouthed thunder flies: She starts, she stops, she pants for breath; She hears the near advance of death; She doubles, to mislead the hound, And measures back her mazy round, Till, fainting in the public way, Half dead with fear she gasping lay. What transport in her bosom grew, When first the Horse appeared in view! "Let me," says she, "your back ascend, And owe my safety to a friend.
עמוד 243 - And with the savoury fish indulge thy taste : The damsel's knife the gaping shell commands, While the salt liquor streams between her hands. The man had sure a palate cover'd o'er With brass or steel, that on the rocky shore First broke the oozy oyster's pearly coat, And risk'd the living morsel down his throat.
עמוד xiv - South-sea stock, and once supposed himself to be master of twenty thousand pounds. His friends persuaded him to sell his share : but he dreamed of dignity and splendour, and could not bear to obstruct his own fortune. He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make " you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton
עמוד 61 - The counsel's good, a Fox replies, Could we perform what you advise. Think what our ancestors have done — • A line of thieves from son to son ! To us descends the long disgrace, And infamy hath mark'd our race. Though we, like harmless sheep, should feed. Honest in thought, in word, and deed, Whatever hen-roost is decreas'd, We shall be thought to share the feast. The change shall never be believ'd : A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd. Nay then, replies the feeble Fox, (But hark ! I hear a hen...
עמוד 98 - FRIENDSHIP, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame. The child, whom many fathers share, Hath seldom known a father's care.
עמוד 216 - Be sure observe the signs, for signs remain, Like faithful landmarks, to the walking train.
עמוד 75 - I'll read my fable. .Betwixt her swagging pannier's load A FARMER'S WIFE to market rode, And, jogging on, with thoughtful care Summ'd up the profits of her ware ; When, starting from her silver dream, Thus far and wide was heard her scream : — That RAVEN on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak !) Bodes me no good.