The Poetical Works of John Gay, כרך 1Little, Brown, 1854 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 37
עמוד 9
... virtue worthy of a throne . Heav'n gives you power above the rest , Like Heav'n , to succour the distrest . ' The case is plain , ( the monach said ) False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have FABLES . 9.
... virtue worthy of a throne . Heav'n gives you power above the rest , Like Heav'n , to succour the distrest . ' The case is plain , ( the monach said ) False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have FABLES . 9.
עמוד 14
... plains , and vales , and mountains , go . The morning sees my chase begun , Nor ends it till the setting sun . ' 6 When ... plain , The Beasts to skim beneath the main : Thus , envious of another's state , Each blam'd the partial hand of ...
... plains , and vales , and mountains , go . The morning sees my chase begun , Nor ends it till the setting sun . ' 6 When ... plain , The Beasts to skim beneath the main : Thus , envious of another's state , Each blam'd the partial hand of ...
עמוד 19
... plain We Geese must feel a tyrant reign . What havoc now shall thin our race , When every petty clerk in place , To prove his taste , and seem polite , Will feed on Geese both noon and night ? ' THE LADY AND THE WASP . WHAT whispers ...
... plain We Geese must feel a tyrant reign . What havoc now shall thin our race , When every petty clerk in place , To prove his taste , and seem polite , Will feed on Geese both noon and night ? ' THE LADY AND THE WASP . WHAT whispers ...
עמוד 22
... plain , A Mastiff pass'd ; inflam'd with ire , His eyeballs shot indignant fire ; He foam'd , he rag'd with thirst of blood . Spurning the ground the monarch stood , And roar'd aloud : ' Suspend the fight ; In a whole skin go sleep to ...
... plain , A Mastiff pass'd ; inflam'd with ire , His eyeballs shot indignant fire ; He foam'd , he rag'd with thirst of blood . Spurning the ground the monarch stood , And roar'd aloud : ' Suspend the fight ; In a whole skin go sleep to ...
עמוד 24
... But let this author's worth be tried , ' Tis plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the pow'r of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so 24 FABLES .
... But let this author's worth be tried , ' Tis plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the pow'r of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so 24 FABLES .
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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...