Poems on Several OccasionsJ. and R. Tonson, 1760 - 252 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
עמוד 91
... critic well . Ovid himself might wish to sing the dame Whom Windfor foreft fees a gliding stream , On filver feet , with annual ofier crown'd , She runs for ever thro ' poetic ground . How How flame the glories of Belinda's hair , Made ...
... critic well . Ovid himself might wish to sing the dame Whom Windfor foreft fees a gliding stream , On filver feet , with annual ofier crown'd , She runs for ever thro ' poetic ground . How How flame the glories of Belinda's hair , Made ...
עמוד 117
... Critics ! born to vex the Mufe , " Go mourn the grand ally you lose . An ALLEGORY on MAN . A Thoughtful Being , long and fpare , Our race of mortals call him Care : ( Were Homer living , well he knew What name the Gods have call'd him ...
... Critics ! born to vex the Mufe , " Go mourn the grand ally you lose . An ALLEGORY on MAN . A Thoughtful Being , long and fpare , Our race of mortals call him Care : ( Were Homer living , well he knew What name the Gods have call'd him ...
עמוד 207
... critics . In this chair , to carry on the figure , have fat Ari- stotle , Demetrius Phalereus , Dionyfius Halicarnaf- fenfis , Cicero ,. Horace , Quintilian , and Longinus ; all great names of antiquity , the cenfors of thofe ages which ...
... critics . In this chair , to carry on the figure , have fat Ari- stotle , Demetrius Phalereus , Dionyfius Halicarnaf- fenfis , Cicero ,. Horace , Quintilian , and Longinus ; all great names of antiquity , the cenfors of thofe ages which ...
עמוד 208
... critics of his complexion . He has a load of infamy thrown upon him , great , in pro- portion to the fame of HOMER , against whom he oppofed himself : if the one was esteemed as the very refidue of wit , the other is defcribed as a pro ...
... critics of his complexion . He has a load of infamy thrown upon him , great , in pro- portion to the fame of HOMER , against whom he oppofed himself : if the one was esteemed as the very refidue of wit , the other is defcribed as a pro ...
עמוד 209
... critic is not un- feasonably put before the works of his poet , especi- ally when his cenfures accompany him . If what he advances be juft , he stands here as a cenfor ; if otherwife , he appears as an addition to the poet's fame , and ...
... critic is not un- feasonably put before the works of his poet , especi- ally when his cenfures accompany him . If what he advances be juft , he stands here as a cenfor ; if otherwife , he appears as an addition to the poet's fame , and ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
עמוד 142 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
עמוד 98 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
עמוד 136 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
עמוד 137 - Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
עמוד 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
עמוד 138 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
עמוד 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
עמוד 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
עמוד 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.