The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50-52. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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4. oldal
... mind To know the dignity of human - kind ; By ftricter rules well - govern'd life to scan , And practife o'er the angel in the man . Madg . Coll . Oxon . T. WARTON . TO A LADY , WITH THE LAST DAY . MADAM , HE ERE , facred truths , in ...
... mind To know the dignity of human - kind ; By ftricter rules well - govern'd life to scan , And practife o'er the angel in the man . Madg . Coll . Oxon . T. WARTON . TO A LADY , WITH THE LAST DAY . MADAM , HE ERE , facred truths , in ...
6. oldal
... mind ; First , beyond time our thoughts to raise ; Then lash our love of transient praise . In both , we own thy doctrine just ; And fame's a breath , and men are duft . 1736 . J. BANCKS . THE LAST DAY . BOOK I. " Ipfe pater , [ 6 ]
... mind ; First , beyond time our thoughts to raise ; Then lash our love of transient praise . In both , we own thy doctrine just ; And fame's a breath , and men are duft . 1736 . J. BANCKS . THE LAST DAY . BOOK I. " Ipfe pater , [ 6 ]
8. oldal
... mind difpel ; To my great fubject Thou my breast inspire , And raise my labouring foul with equal fire . my -20 25 30 .35 Man , bear thy brow aloft , view every grace In God's great offspring , beauteous nature's face : See fpring's gay ...
... mind difpel ; To my great fubject Thou my breast inspire , And raise my labouring foul with equal fire . my -20 25 30 .35 Man , bear thy brow aloft , view every grace In God's great offspring , beauteous nature's face : See fpring's gay ...
11. oldal
... mind , Can promise for the safety of mankind : None are fupinely good : through care and pain , And various arts , the steep afcent we gain . This is the fcene of combat , not of reft , Man's is laborious happiness at best ; On this ...
... mind , Can promise for the safety of mankind : None are fupinely good : through care and pain , And various arts , the steep afcent we gain . This is the fcene of combat , not of reft , Man's is laborious happiness at best ; On this ...
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... mind , Before the ftructure firm with lasting oak , And marble bowels of the folid rock , Turns the ftrong arch , and bids the columns rise , And bear the lofty palace to the skies ; The wrongs of time enabled to furpass , With bars of ...
... mind , Before the ftructure firm with lasting oak , And marble bowels of the folid rock , Turns the ftrong arch , and bids the columns rise , And bear the lofty palace to the skies ; The wrongs of time enabled to furpass , With bars of ...
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1. oldal - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
31. oldal - How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!
5. oldal - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
123. oldal - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
45. oldal - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
264. oldal - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
15. oldal - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
226. oldal - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
59. oldal - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
35. oldal - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth...