The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... seems a blacker fate To be inconftant , than unfortunate ; Remember all thofe vows between us paft , When I from all I value parted last ; May you alike with kind impatience burn , And fomething mifs , till I with joy return ; And foon ...
... seems a blacker fate To be inconftant , than unfortunate ; Remember all thofe vows between us paft , When I from all I value parted last ; May you alike with kind impatience burn , And fomething mifs , till I with joy return ; And foon ...
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... seems agreed with love . If from the glorious height he falls , He greatly daring dies ; Or mounting where bright beauty calls , An empire is the prize . THE SURPRIZE . SAFELY perhaps dull crowds admire ; But I , alas ! am all on fire ...
... seems agreed with love . If from the glorious height he falls , He greatly daring dies ; Or mounting where bright beauty calls , An empire is the prize . THE SURPRIZE . SAFELY perhaps dull crowds admire ; But I , alas ! am all on fire ...
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... seems to fay , I would be seen . But of all womankind this only the , Full of its charms , and from its frailty free , Deferves fome nobler Mufe her fame to raife , By making the whole fex befide her pyramid of praise . She , the appear ...
... seems to fay , I would be seen . But of all womankind this only the , Full of its charms , and from its frailty free , Deferves fome nobler Mufe her fame to raife , By making the whole fex befide her pyramid of praise . She , the appear ...
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... Seems not a compofition more divine , Or more abftrufe , than all that does in friendship shine . VII . From mighty Cæfar and his boundless grace , Though Brutus , once at leaft , his life receiv'd ; Such obligations , though so high ...
... Seems not a compofition more divine , Or more abftrufe , than all that does in friendship shine . VII . From mighty Cæfar and his boundless grace , Though Brutus , once at leaft , his life receiv'd ; Such obligations , though so high ...
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... seems to me , Where we fuch despicable vermin see , Who creep through filth a thousand crooked ways , Infenfible of infamy or praise : Loaded with guilt , they ftill pursue their course , Not ev'n restrain'd by love or friendship's ...
... seems to me , Where we fuch despicable vermin see , Who creep through filth a thousand crooked ways , Infenfible of infamy or praise : Loaded with guilt , they ftill pursue their course , Not ev'n restrain'd by love or friendship's ...
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Amadis ARCABON ARCALAUS arms beauty behold beſt bleffing bleft breaſt bright Brutus caufe cauſe charms CONSTANTIUS death deferve defire delight deſpair deſtroy difdain Effay ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatires fcorn fear fecret feem fenfe fhall fhining fhould fighs fight fince fing firft firſt flame flave foft fome fong foul fpirits ftill ftrong fuch fure fweet goddeſs gods grace grief happy heart heaven HENRY PURCELL himſelf honour immortal inſpires itſelf Jove joys juft juſt kings laft languiſhing laſt lefs loft lov'd Love's lover Marcus Brutus mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Myra nymph Oriana paffion pain paſt Peleus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet praiſe prefent rage raiſe reafon reft ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhine ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand trembling Vex'd whofe whoſe wife worfe wretched
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Страница 4 - Your essay of poetry, which was published without a name, and of which I was not honoured with the confidence, I read over and over with much delight, and as much instruction : and, without flattering you, or making myself more moral than I am, not without some envy. I was loth to be informed how an epic poem should be written, or how a tragedy should be contrived and managed, in better verse, and with more judgment, than I could teach others.