The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. kötetJohn & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 - 1157 oldal |
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... earth ; All Europe was too narrow for his birth . A young apoftle ; and with reverence may I fpeak it , infpir'd with gift of tongues , as they . Nature gave him a child , what men in vain Oft ftrive , by art though further'd , to ...
... earth ; All Europe was too narrow for his birth . A young apoftle ; and with reverence may I fpeak it , infpir'd with gift of tongues , as they . Nature gave him a child , what men in vain Oft ftrive , by art though further'd , to ...
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... earth could give . XXXIV . His latest victories ftill thickeft came , As , near the centre , motion doth increase ; Till he , prefs'd down by his own weighty name , Did , like the vestal , under spoils decease . Xxxv . But firft the ...
... earth could give . XXXIV . His latest victories ftill thickeft came , As , near the centre , motion doth increase ; Till he , prefs'd down by his own weighty name , Did , like the vestal , under spoils decease . Xxxv . But firft the ...
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... earth , it leaves our sense behind , While you so smoothly turn and rowl our sphere , That rapid motion does but reit appear . For , as in nature's fwiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is borne along , All feems at reft ...
... earth , it leaves our sense behind , While you so smoothly turn and rowl our sphere , That rapid motion does but reit appear . For , as in nature's fwiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is borne along , All feems at reft ...
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... earth and the wide ocean rings : A breeze from weftward waits their fails to fill , And refts in thofe high beds his downy wings . CLXXIX . The wary Dutch this gathering form forefaw , And durft not bide it on the English coaft : Behind ...
... earth and the wide ocean rings : A breeze from weftward waits their fails to fill , And refts in thofe high beds his downy wings . CLXXIX . The wary Dutch this gathering form forefaw , And durft not bide it on the English coaft : Behind ...
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... earth , from whence at first we came : Like flying fhades before the clouds we fhew , And fhrink like parchment to confuming flame . CCLXVII . O let it be enough what thou haft done ; [ ftreet , When spotted deaths ran arm'd through ...
... earth , from whence at first we came : Like flying fhades before the clouds we fhew , And fhrink like parchment to confuming flame . CCLXVII . O let it be enough what thou haft done ; [ ftreet , When spotted deaths ran arm'd through ...
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againſt arms beauty becauſe beſt bleft blood breaſt caft caufe cauſe charms death defire Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fear feas fecret fecure feems feen fenfe fent fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fighs fight fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame fleep foes foft fome foon forrow foul ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure fword Gods grace heart heaven himſelf HIPPOLITUS honour juft juſt king laft laſt leaſt lefs loft lord lov'd LYCON mighty mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt never night numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion pain Phædra pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poets praife praiſe prefent prince purſue rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated Twas uſe verfe Virgil whofe whoſe wife worfe youth
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168. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
264. oldal - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
147. oldal - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
106. oldal - These gross, half-animated lumps I leave; Nor can I think what thoughts they can conceive. But if they think at all, 'tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire: Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay; So drossy, so divisible are...
41. oldal - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
233. oldal - Lycurgus came, the surly king of Thrace ; Black was his beard, and manly was his face: The balls of his broad eyes...
133. oldal - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play: This is that boasted...
215. oldal - I have presumed farther in some places, and added somewhat of my own where I thought my author was deficient, and had not given his thoughts their true lustre, for want of words in the beginning of our language.
176. oldal - MARS. Inspire the vocal brass, inspire ; The world is past its infant age : Arms and honour, Arms and honour, Set the martial mind on fire, And kindle manly rage. Mars has look'd the sky to red ; And Peace, the lazy good, is fled.