The Works of the English Poets: BlackmoreH. Hughs, 1779 |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 16.
Страница 13
... learned Gaffendus is eminent above all others for the warm zeal he had ex- preffed , and the great pains he has taken , to vindicate the honour of Epicurus , and clear his character from the imputation of irreligion . : After the ...
... learned Gaffendus is eminent above all others for the warm zeal he had ex- preffed , and the great pains he has taken , to vindicate the honour of Epicurus , and clear his character from the imputation of irreligion . : After the ...
Страница 23
... authors ; whence this attempt may be cenfured as impertinent and unneceffary . But all thofe excellent performances being writ in profe , and the greatest part in the learned languages , or at least in a C 4 in BLACKMORE'S CREATION . 23.
... authors ; whence this attempt may be cenfured as impertinent and unneceffary . But all thofe excellent performances being writ in profe , and the greatest part in the learned languages , or at least in a C 4 in BLACKMORE'S CREATION . 23.
Страница 24
Samuel Johnson. in the learned languages , or at least in a fcholaftic manner , are ill - accommodated to great numbers not of a learned education ; and many who have more knowledge , and greater genius , will not undergo the trouble of ...
Samuel Johnson. in the learned languages , or at least in a fcholaftic manner , are ill - accommodated to great numbers not of a learned education ; and many who have more knowledge , and greater genius , will not undergo the trouble of ...
Страница 25
... learned men . I have attempted , as Monfieur Fonte- nelle has done with great fuccefs in his Plurality of Worlds , to bring philofophy out of the fecret receffes of the fchools , and ftrip it of its uncouth and myfteri- ous dress , that ...
... learned men . I have attempted , as Monfieur Fonte- nelle has done with great fuccefs in his Plurality of Worlds , to bring philofophy out of the fecret receffes of the fchools , and ftrip it of its uncouth and myfteri- ous dress , that ...
Страница 52
... learned heads , by what mechanic laws Will you of either orb this motion cause ? Why do they move ? why in a circle ? why With fuch a measure of velocity ? 375 Say , why the earth - if not the earth , the fun Does through his winding ...
... learned heads , by what mechanic laws Will you of either orb this motion cause ? Why do they move ? why in a circle ? why With fuch a measure of velocity ? 375 Say , why the earth - if not the earth , the fun Does through his winding ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
æther affert Anaxagoras ariſe aſk Atheiſts atoms beaſts caufe cauſe Chance chufe chyle conftant courfe courſe defcend defign defign'd demonftration difplay divine earth eaſe endued Epicurean Epicurus eternal exiftence exiſtence fame fate fchools feat fecret fenfe fhould fide fince firft firſt fkies flood flow folar fome force form'd fource fpacious fpirits fpread fpring frame ftill ftores ftreams ftrong fubject fuch fuperior fyftem glebe globe heavenly hills honour immenfe impulfive irreligion juft juſt labour laws lefs light Lucretians Lucretius mafs mind motion move muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er neceffity o'er Obferve orbs pafs philofophers plain pleaſe pleaſure purſue race reafon reft religion rife ſcheme ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpace ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill taſk tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand uſe vaft vapours various veins vigour weft Whence whofe wife winds wondrous
Популярни откъси
Страница 108 - Does not the river from the mountain flow, And bring down riches to the vale below? See how the torrent rolls the golden sand From the high ridges to the flatter land. The lofty lines abound with endless store Of mineral treasure, and metallic ore; With precious veins of silver, copper, tin, Without how barren, yet how rich within!
Страница 192 - TV admitted nitre agitates the flood, .Revives its fire, and referments the blood. Behold, the streams now change their languid blue, Regain their glory, and their flame renew. With scarlet honours re-adorn'd the tide Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian pride, Advances to the heart, and fills -the cave On the left side, which the first motion gave. Now through the same involv'd arterial ways, Again th' exploded jets th
Страница 22 - If you say he has broken any law, tell us the law, and by whom it was made. If the laws of the supreme being are set aside, we can lie under no regulation, but have an unbounded liberty over all our actions.
Страница 93 - Amidst the glebe, small hollow fibres shoots ; Which drink with thirsty mouths the vital juice, And to the limbs and leaves their food diffuse : Peculiar pores peculiar juice receive, To this deny, to that admittance give.
Страница 81 - Saturn in thirty years his ring completes, Which swifter Jupiter in twelve repeats. Mars three and twenty months revolving spends; The earth in twelve her annual journey ends. Venus, thy race in twice four months is run; For his, Mercurius three demands; the moon Her revolution finishes in one. If all at once are mov'd, and by one spring, Why so unequal is their annual ring...
Страница 54 - See, how the rip'ning fruits the gardens crown, * Imbibe the sun, and make his light their own. See the...
Страница 170 - Nature's power. Hence metals, plants, and minerals arise, The clouds and all the meteors of the skies ! Hence all the clans that haunt the hill or wood, That beat the air, or cut the limpid flood! Even man, their lord, hence into being came, Breath'd the pure air, and felt the vital flame!
Страница 178 - From animated rock and flint began. Now to the learned schools of (Greece repair, Who chance the author of the world declare : Then judge if wise philosophers excel Those idle tales, which wanton poets tell.
Страница 97 - The' alternate sovereigns of the night and day; View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and woods, Rich in her herds, and fertile by her floods ; Walk through the deep apartments of the main, Ascend the air to visit clouds and rain ; And, while we...
Страница 24 - I persuade myself the Epicurean philosophy had not lived so long, nor been so much esteemed, had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem...