The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 12
... phrases ; or debased by vulgar modes of expression . In his light pieces he is gay and easy ; but , in his graver efforts , he becomes too serious and formal . Wit is the natural element of his mind ; and , 12 LIFE OF PRIOR .
... phrases ; or debased by vulgar modes of expression . In his light pieces he is gay and easy ; but , in his graver efforts , he becomes too serious and formal . Wit is the natural element of his mind ; and , 12 LIFE OF PRIOR .
עמוד 13
... mind ; and , when he assumes dignity , he loses his gracefulness . His poetical faculties were not of the highest order ; and it may be questioned whether they were the gift of nature , or the acquirements of study . We have here to ...
... mind ; and , when he assumes dignity , he loses his gracefulness . His poetical faculties were not of the highest order ; and it may be questioned whether they were the gift of nature , or the acquirements of study . We have here to ...
עמוד 18
... mind to collect and digest such ob- servations and apothegms as most particularly tend to the proof of that great assertion , laid down in the beginning of the Ecclesiastes , All is vanity . Upon the subject thus chosen , such various ...
... mind to collect and digest such ob- servations and apothegms as most particularly tend to the proof of that great assertion , laid down in the beginning of the Ecclesiastes , All is vanity . Upon the subject thus chosen , such various ...
עמוד 29
... mind : Oh ! hadst thou ever been by Heaven design'd To Adam , and his mortal race , the boon Entire had been reserv'd for Solomon : On me the partial lot had been bestow'd , And in my cup the golden draught had flow'd . But , O ! ere ...
... mind : Oh ! hadst thou ever been by Heaven design'd To Adam , and his mortal race , the boon Entire had been reserv'd for Solomon : On me the partial lot had been bestow'd , And in my cup the golden draught had flow'd . But , O ! ere ...
עמוד 30
... mind . ' I know not why the beach delights the glade , With boughs extended and a rounder shade , Whilst touring firs in conic forms arise , And with a pointed spear divide the skies ; Nor why , again , the changing oak should shed The ...
... mind . ' I know not why the beach delights the glade , With boughs extended and a rounder shade , Whilst touring firs in conic forms arise , And with a pointed spear divide the skies ; Nor why , again , the changing oak should shed The ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abra Alma assert atoms beams beauty birth Blackmore bless'd brain breast bright cause chance charms chyle Columbo crown'd cruel doubt death delight Derry design'd destin'd Dick distinguish'd earth Epicurus eternal fair fate fear fire fix'd flame flood flow force form'd frame give glebe globe grant grief happy head heart Heaven heavenly hills honour hope King labour land light Lucretius lyre mighty mind motion move Namur nature Nature's nature's ends ne'er never night Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er orbs pain Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure poem poets Poltis pride pursue race rage rais'd rays reason rise roll Sambre seat sense sing skies sorrow soul spheres Spiritus intus alit spring streams swift tell thee things thou thought throne toil various veins vex'd vigour waves whence Whilst winds wise wondrous
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 48 - 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 25 - 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 82 - 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 81 - 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 24 - 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 48 - 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 24 - 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 49 - 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.
עמוד 140 - I mention'd different ways of breeding: Begin we in our children's reading. To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells, and gnaws, from left to right.