The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 35
עמוד 15
... nature no thirster for blood . Prior was , a week after , committed to close custody , with orders that no person should be ad- mitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed ...
... nature no thirster for blood . Prior was , a week after , committed to close custody , with orders that no person should be ad- mitted to see him without leave from the Speaker . " When , two years after , an Act of Grace was passed ...
עמוד 21
... nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit ; the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adven- tures to write something about Chloe , and trying ...
... nature or by passion , and have neither gallantry nor tenderness . They have the coldness of Cowley , without his wit ; the dull exercises of a skilful versifier , resolved at all adven- tures to write something about Chloe , and trying ...
עמוד 22
... nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the Prologue before the queen , the pedant has found his ...
... nature , a poem of any length , cold and lifeless like this , may be easily written on any subject . In his Epilogues to Phædra and to Lucius he is very happily facetious ; but in the Prologue before the queen , the pedant has found his ...
עמוד 42
... nature is said , by a great authors , to be- long more particularly to the English than any other nation ; it may again be said , that it be- longed more particularly to the late Earl of Dor- set than to any other Englishman . A kind ...
... nature is said , by a great authors , to be- long more particularly to the English than any other nation ; it may again be said , that it be- longed more particularly to the late Earl of Dor- set than to any other Englishman . A kind ...
עמוד 43
... nature did not consent to it without the greatest reluctance and difficulty . Let me give one instance of this amongst many . When , as Lord Chamberlain , he was obliged to take the King's pension from Mr. Dryden , ( who had long before ...
... nature did not consent to it without the greatest reluctance and difficulty . Let me give one instance of this amongst many . When , as Lord Chamberlain , he was obliged to take the King's pension from Mr. Dryden , ( who had long before ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abra arms battle of Ramillies beauty Belgia bless'd Boileau breast breath bright call'd Carvel charms command confess'd court crown'd cruel cruel doubt death delight Derry distinguish'd dread Earl Earl of Dorset earth Elector of Bavaria fair fame fate fear flame flies force glory grace grief grieve happy hast heart Heaven hero Hippolytus honour hope Hudibras Jove king labour land light live Lord lyre maid master Matthew Prior mind mourn Muse Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er obey pain pass'd passion peace Pindaric pleasure poem poet praise pride prince Prior Queen rage reason reign rising Sambre sighs sing Solomon song sorrow soul tell thee things thou thought throne to-morrow toil triumph truth Twas verse vex'd virtue ween weep whence Whilst William wound wretched youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 204 - 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 204 - 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 260 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
עמוד 204 - 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." — Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.
עמוד 204 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
עמוד 204 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
עמוד 229 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
עמוד 58 - THE merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrow'd name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure; But Cloe is my real flame. My softest verse, my darling lyre, Upon Euphelia's toilet lay; When Cloe noted her desire, That I should sing, that I should play. My lyre I tune, my voice I raise; But with my numbers mix my sighs: And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise, I fix my soul on Cloe's eyes.
עמוד 260 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
עמוד 230 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.