The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15 |
מתוך הספר
עמוד 3
... on being asked whether the satire was • He seems to have taken pains to
conceal his origin . Some have said , he was the son of a joiner , in London : but ,
as he is registered , in his college , as Filius Georgii Prior , Generosi , he either
was ...
... on being asked whether the satire was • He seems to have taken pains to
conceal his origin . Some have said , he was the son of a joiner , in London : but ,
as he is registered , in his college , as Filius Georgii Prior , Generosi , he either
was ...
עמוד 4
There is ( says Dr . Johnson ) a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed ,
on this occasion , by Dryden , who thought it hard , that an old man should be so
treated by those to whom he had always been civil . ' By tales like these is envy ...
There is ( says Dr . Johnson ) a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed ,
on this occasion , by Dryden , who thought it hard , that an old man should be so
treated by those to whom he had always been civil . ' By tales like these is envy ...
עמוד 34
Thus while with fruitless hope and weary pain We seek great Nature ' s power ,
but seek in vain , Safe sits the goddess in her dark retreat , Around her myriads of
ideas wait , And endless shapes , which the mysterious queen Can take or quit ...
Thus while with fruitless hope and weary pain We seek great Nature ' s power ,
but seek in vain , Safe sits the goddess in her dark retreat , Around her myriads of
ideas wait , And endless shapes , which the mysterious queen Can take or quit ...
עמוד 51
Various discussions tear our heated brain : Opinions often turn ; still doubts
remain ; And who indulges thought increases pain . How narrow limits were to
wisdom given ! Earth she surveys ; she thence would measure Heaven : Through
mists ...
Various discussions tear our heated brain : Opinions often turn ; still doubts
remain ; And who indulges thought increases pain . How narrow limits were to
wisdom given ! Earth she surveys ; she thence would measure Heaven : Through
mists ...
עמוד 59
Fly swift , my friends ; my servants , fly ; employ Your instant pains to bring your
master joy . Let all my wives and concubines be dress ' d ; Let them to - night
attend the royal feast ; All Israel ' s beauty , all the foreign fair , The gifts of princes
or ...
Fly swift , my friends ; my servants , fly ; employ Your instant pains to bring your
master joy . Let all my wives and concubines be dress ' d ; Let them to - night
attend the royal feast ; All Israel ' s beauty , all the foreign fair , The gifts of princes
or ...
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.