The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15 |
מתוך הספר
עמוד 8
When the negociations at Utrecht were consuming time without advancing the
treaty , Bolingbroke was despatched to Paris to settle matters with less ceremony
. Prior followed him ; and was left be . hind , in the character of ambassador .
When the negociations at Utrecht were consuming time without advancing the
treaty , Bolingbroke was despatched to Paris to settle matters with less ceremony
. Prior followed him ; and was left be . hind , in the character of ambassador .
עמוד 46
... with savoury meat ? Whence should they fear ? or why did Lot engage To save
their bodies from abusive rage ? And how could Jacob , in a real fight , Feel or
resist the wrestling angel ' s might ? How could a form its strength with matter try ?
... with savoury meat ? Whence should they fear ? or why did Lot engage To save
their bodies from abusive rage ? And how could Jacob , in a real fight , Feel or
resist the wrestling angel ' s might ? How could a form its strength with matter try ?
עמוד 47
How could a form its strength with matter try ? Or how a spirit touch a mortal ' s
thigh ? Now are they air condens ' d , or gather ' d rays ? How guide they then our
prayer , or keep our ways , By stronger blasts still subject to be tost , By tempests
...
How could a form its strength with matter try ? Or how a spirit touch a mortal ' s
thigh ? Now are they air condens ' d , or gather ' d rays ? How guide they then our
prayer , or keep our ways , By stronger blasts still subject to be tost , By tempests
...
עמוד 50
Alas ! we grasp at clouds , and beat the air , Vexing that spirit we intend to clear .
Can thought beyond the bounds of matter climb Or who shall tell me what is
space or time ? In vain we lift up our presumptuous eyes To what 50 Book 1 .
Alas ! we grasp at clouds , and beat the air , Vexing that spirit we intend to clear .
Can thought beyond the bounds of matter climb Or who shall tell me what is
space or time ? In vain we lift up our presumptuous eyes To what 50 Book 1 .
עמוד 86
... that men should fear before him , ver . 14 . Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter ; Fear God , and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty
of man , chap . xii . ver . 13 , POWER . BOOK . III . THE ARGUMENT . Solomon.
... that men should fear before him , ver . 14 . Let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter ; Fear God , and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty
of man , chap . xii . ver . 13 , POWER . BOOK . III . THE ARGUMENT . Solomon.
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.