Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, כרך 21771 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 31
עמוד 10
... better cheer , Your father's fon was never born to fear . Madam , quoth he , grammercy for your care , But Cato , whom you quoted , you may spare : ' Tis true , a wife , and worthy man he seems , And ( as you fay ) gave no belief to ...
... better cheer , Your father's fon was never born to fear . Madam , quoth he , grammercy for your care , But Cato , whom you quoted , you may spare : ' Tis true , a wife , and worthy man he seems , And ( as you fay ) gave no belief to ...
עמוד 14
... better dreams . Dreams are but interludes , which fancy makes , When monarch - reafon fleeps , this mimic wakes : Compounds a medley of disjointed things , A mob of coblers , and a court of kings : Light fumes are merry , groffer fumes ...
... better dreams . Dreams are but interludes , which fancy makes , When monarch - reafon fleeps , this mimic wakes : Compounds a medley of disjointed things , A mob of coblers , and a court of kings : Light fumes are merry , groffer fumes ...
עמוד 20
... Better for thee thou hadst believ'd thy dream , And not that day defcended from the beam ! But here the doctors eagerly difpute : Some hold predeftination abfolute : Some clerks maintain , that heav'n at first forefees , And in the ...
... Better for thee thou hadst believ'd thy dream , And not that day defcended from the beam ! But here the doctors eagerly difpute : Some hold predeftination abfolute : Some clerks maintain , that heav'n at first forefees , And in the ...
עמוד 22
... better man had been By nature bound to good , not free to fin , I wave , for fear of splitting on a rock , The tale I tell is only of a cock ; Who had not run the hazard of his life Had he believ'd his dream , and not his wife : For ...
... better man had been By nature bound to good , not free to fin , I wave , for fear of splitting on a rock , The tale I tell is only of a cock ; Who had not run the hazard of his life Had he believ'd his dream , and not his wife : For ...
עמוד 30
... Better , fir cock , let all contention cease , Come down , faid Reynard , let us treat of peace . with all my foul , faid chanticleer ; But with your favour , I will treat it here : A peace And leaft the truce with treason fhould be ...
... Better , fir cock , let all contention cease , Come down , faid Reynard , let us treat of peace . with all my foul , faid chanticleer ; But with your favour , I will treat it here : A peace And leaft the truce with treason fhould be ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
עמוד 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
עמוד 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
עמוד 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
עמוד 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
עמוד 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
עמוד 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
עמוד 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.