The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15 |
מתוך הספר
עמוד 12
His language is neat , pure , and , in general , smooth ; seldom stiffened by new
coined or unused terms ; deformed by quaint phrases ; or debased by vulgar
modes of expression . In his light pieces he is gay and easy ; but , in his graver
efforts ...
His language is neat , pure , and , in general , smooth ; seldom stiffened by new
coined or unused terms ; deformed by quaint phrases ; or debased by vulgar
modes of expression . In his light pieces he is gay and easy ; but , in his graver
efforts ...
עמוד 34
The object , spread too far , or rais ' d too high , Denies its real image to the eye ;
Too little , it eludes the dazzled sight , Becomes mix ' d blackness or unparted
light . Water and air the varied form confound ; The straight looks crooked , and
the ...
The object , spread too far , or rais ' d too high , Denies its real image to the eye ;
Too little , it eludes the dazzled sight , Becomes mix ' d blackness or unparted
light . Water and air the varied form confound ; The straight looks crooked , and
the ...
עמוד 37
... Bold and secure in half a year of light , Uninterrupted voyages they take To the
remotest wood and furthest lake , Manage the fishing , and pursue the course [
force With more extended nerves and more continued And when declining day ...
... Bold and secure in half a year of light , Uninterrupted voyages they take To the
remotest wood and furthest lake , Manage the fishing , and pursue the course [
force With more extended nerves and more continued And when declining day ...
עמוד 38
With plenty for the coming season bless ' d , Six solid months ( an age ) they live ,
releas ' d From all the labour , process , clamour , woe , Which our sad scenes of
daily action know ; They light the shining lamp , prepare the feast , And with full ...
With plenty for the coming season bless ' d , Six solid months ( an age ) they live ,
releas ' d From all the labour , process , clamour , woe , Which our sad scenes of
daily action know ; They light the shining lamp , prepare the feast , And with full ...
עמוד 40
Thus by a length of years and change of fate , All things are light or heavy , small
or great ; Thus Jordan ' s waves shall future clouds appear , And Egypt ' s
pyramids refine to air ; Thus later age shall ask for Pison ' s flood , And travellers ...
Thus by a length of years and change of fate , All things are light or heavy , small
or great ; Thus Jordan ' s waves shall future clouds appear , And Egypt ' s
pyramids refine to air ; Thus later age shall ask for Pison ' s flood , And travellers ...
מה אומרים אנשים - כתיבת ביקורת
לא מצאנו ביקורות במקומות הרגילים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
appear arms atoms beauty birth bodies breast bright bring cause chance command course death doubtful earth ease equal fair fate fear field fire flame flood flow force frame give grant grief hand happy head heart Heaven hills hope human keep kind King labour land laws learned leave less light live lost matter mind motion move nature Nature's ne'er never night object once orbs pain pass perfect plain pleasure pride pursue race rage rays reason reflect rest rise roll round seat sense skies skill soul space spirits spread spring streams tell thee things thou thought thousand turns various waves whence whole winds wise wood
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.