The British Poets, כרך 1Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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עמוד xii
... kind of mock- tragedy , in which the images were comic , and the action grave ; so that , as Pope relates , Mr. Crom- well , who could not hear what was said , was at a loss how to reconcile the laughter of the audience with the ...
... kind of mock- tragedy , in which the images were comic , and the action grave ; so that , as Pope relates , Mr. Crom- well , who could not hear what was said , was at a loss how to reconcile the laughter of the audience with the ...
עמוד xx
... of composition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the ballad opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was supposed to * Spence . † Ibid . delight only by its novelty , but has now , XX LIFE OF GAY .
... of composition , though it be not of the highest kind . We owe to Gay the ballad opera ; a mode of comedy which at first was supposed to * Spence . † Ibid . delight only by its novelty , but has now , XX LIFE OF GAY .
עמוד xxi
... kind of fables , the authors do not appear to have formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and al- legorical prosopopoeias . A fable or apologue , such as is now ...
... kind of fables , the authors do not appear to have formed any distinct or settled notion . Phædrus evidently confounds them with tales ; and Gay both with tales and al- legorical prosopopoeias . A fable or apologue , such as is now ...
עמוד xxii
... kind which Gay was by nature qua- lified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have done for Patty what is performed by Vulcan . The appearance of Cloacina is nauseous and ...
... kind which Gay was by nature qua- lified to adorn ; yet some of his decorations may be justly wished away . An honest blacksmith might have done for Patty what is performed by Vulcan . The appearance of Cloacina is nauseous and ...
עמוד xxiii
... kind , easily imitated , and unworthy of imitation . What the Italians call comedies from a happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tragical . There is something ...
... kind , easily imitated , and unworthy of imitation . What the Italians call comedies from a happy conclusion , Gay calls a tragedy from a mournful event ; but the style of the Italians and of Gay is equally tragical . There is something ...
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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.