The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 42
עמוד 3
He went , for a time , to the Westminster school ; but was taken away , when
somewhat advanced in his studies ; and would , perhaps , have died in the
obscurity of his birth , had not the earl of Dorset , as it is said , accidentally
discovered him ...
He went , for a time , to the Westminster school ; but was taken away , when
somewhat advanced in his studies ; and would , perhaps , have died in the
obscurity of his birth , had not the earl of Dorset , as it is said , accidentally
discovered him ...
עמוד 9
soon after , sent on a formal embassy to France ; and , refusing to be associated
with a person of Prior ' s low birth , our poet acted without a title , until his high -
born grace returned . He had acquired the favour of the king , and the confidence
...
soon after , sent on a formal embassy to France ; and , refusing to be associated
with a person of Prior ' s low birth , our poet acted without a title , until his high -
born grace returned . He had acquired the favour of the king , and the confidence
...
עמוד 12
The writer of Prior ' s Epitaph has rightly said , that the muses smiled upon his
birth . The whole Nine may be said to have smiled ; for he has tried every sort of
verse , from the heroic to the hudi . brastic ; and , what is a rare felicity , has
treated ...
The writer of Prior ' s Epitaph has rightly said , that the muses smiled upon his
birth . The whole Nine may be said to have smiled ; for he has tried every sort of
verse , from the heroic to the hudi . brastic ; and , what is a rare felicity , has
treated ...
עמוד 36
See daily showers rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds '
succeeding birth : May they not pity us , condemn ' d to bear The various heaven
of an obliquer sphers . While by fix ' d laws , and with a 36 Book 1 . SOLOMON.
See daily showers rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds '
succeeding birth : May they not pity us , condemn ' d to bear The various heaven
of an obliquer sphers . While by fix ' d laws , and with a 36 Book 1 . SOLOMON.
עמוד 38
... hungry crocodile and hissing snake Lurk in the troubled stream and fenny
brake ; And man , untaught and ravenous as the beast , Does valley , wood , and
brake , and stream , infest ; Deriv ' d these men and animals their birth From trunk
of ...
... hungry crocodile and hissing snake Lurk in the troubled stream and fenny
brake ; And man , untaught and ravenous as the beast , Does valley , wood , and
brake , and stream , infest ; Deriv ' d these men and animals their birth From trunk
of ...
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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.