The Poetical Works of John Gay, כרך 1Little, Brown, 1854 |
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עמוד
... Daily Advertiser . " We really know nothing more worthy of the cordial support of the American public than the Boston edition of the English Poets . " - New York Times . " A fairer printed , a more tasteful , or more valuable set of ...
... Daily Advertiser . " We really know nothing more worthy of the cordial support of the American public than the Boston edition of the English Poets . " - New York Times . " A fairer printed , a more tasteful , or more valuable set of ...
עמוד
... Daily Advertiser . " As models of English prose they stand unrivalled , and deserve a place in every library , public or private , but es- pecially in every school and town library in the country . " Boston Atlas . " A series of ...
... Daily Advertiser . " As models of English prose they stand unrivalled , and deserve a place in every library , public or private , but es- pecially in every school and town library in the country . " Boston Atlas . " A series of ...
עמוד 4
... daily labours of the bee Awake my soul to industry : Who can observe the careful ant , And not provide for future want ? My dog ( the trustiest of his kind ) With gratitude inflames my mind : I mark his true , his faithful way , And in ...
... daily labours of the bee Awake my soul to industry : Who can observe the careful ant , And not provide for future want ? My dog ( the trustiest of his kind ) With gratitude inflames my mind : I mark his true , his faithful way , And in ...
עמוד 17
... daily cant ? Did I , base wretch ! corrupt mankind ? The fault's in thy rapacious mind . Because my blessings are abus'd , Must I be censur'd , curs'd , accus'd ? Ev'n Virtue's self by knaves is made A cloak to carry on the trade ; And ...
... daily cant ? Did I , base wretch ! corrupt mankind ? The fault's in thy rapacious mind . Because my blessings are abus'd , Must I be censur'd , curs'd , accus'd ? Ev'n Virtue's self by knaves is made A cloak to carry on the trade ; And ...
עמוד 22
... of kings . ' The surly Mastiff thus returns : ' Within my bosom glory burns . Like heroes of eternal name , Whom poets sing , I fight for fame . The butcher's spirit - stirring mind To daily war my 22 FABLES . The Bull and the Mastiff.
... of kings . ' The surly Mastiff thus returns : ' Within my bosom glory burns . Like heroes of eternal name , Whom poets sing , I fight for fame . The butcher's spirit - stirring mind To daily war my 22 FABLES . The Bull and the Mastiff.
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
address'd bear beauty Beggar's Opera Behold beneath bids bird blood boast bosom boys breast Cloacina Clown coach court courtiers Coxcombs creature cries crowd curs'd disgrace dread envy Ev'n eyes Fable fame fate favourite fear flattery flies foes fool friends gain grew hand happy hate hath head heart Heav'n hence honest honour hound hour JOHN GAY Jove kind kings knaves knew labours lion mankind Mastiff merit midnight oil mind miry morning Muse ne'er never night o'er pace plain Plutus pow'r praise prey pride Princess of Wales pursue race rais'd reign replies Reynard round says scorn self-convicted shower shun sire skies Snail spaniel spleen spoke steed stept street Swift sycophants taste thee Think thou thought throng toil tongue Town trade train tread Turkey Twas vex'd virtue Whene'er wind wise youth
קטעים בולטים
עמוד xviii - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her Life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
עמוד 5 - Thy fame is just, the Sage replies; Thy virtue proves thee truly wise. Pride often guides the Author's pen, Books as affected are as men: But he who studies Nature's laws, From certain truth his maxims draws ; And those, without our schools, suffice To make men moral, good, and wise.
עמוד 100 - Excuse me, then. You know my heart ; But dearest friends, alas ! must part. How shall we all lament! Adieu! For see, the hounds are just in view.
עמוד 4 - From nature too I take my rule, To shun contempt and ridicule. I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise ? My tongue within my lips I rein ; For who talks much, must talk in vain.
עמוד 191 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let nature guide thee : sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail: Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings: Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
עמוד xviii - Of this performance, when it was printed, the reception was different, according to the different opinion of its readers. Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality, as a piece that " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and most odious light ;" but others, and among them Dr.
עמוד 3 - O'er books consum'd the midnight oil ? Hast thou old Greece and Rome...
עמוד xiv - South-sea stock, and once supposed himself to be master of twenty thousand pounds. His friends persuaded him to sell his share : but he dreamed of dignity and splendour, and could not bear to obstruct his own fortune. He was then importuned to sell as much as would purchase a hundred a year for life, " which," says Fenton, " will make " you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton
עמוד 38 - Tis done. The Dog the parley thus begun. " How can that strong intrepid mind Attack a weak defenceless kind ? Those jaws should prey on nobler food, And drink the boar's and lion's blood. Great souls with generous pity melt, Which coward tyrants never felt. How harmless is our fleecy care ! Be brave, and let thy mercy spare.
עמוד 98 - Tis thus in friendships ; who depend On many, rarely find a friend. A Hare who, in a civil way, Complied with every thing, like GAY, Was known by all the bestial train Who haunt the wood or graze the plain ; Her care was never to offend, And every creature was her friend. As forth she went at early dawn, To...