Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the Logographic Printing OfficeJ. Walter, 1785 - 225 страници |
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... by exercife , the more the foul exerts this her internal fenfe of beauty upon any particular object , the more she will enlarge and refine her her relish of that peculiar fpecies . For this reason IN VERSE AND PROSE . 61.
... by exercife , the more the foul exerts this her internal fenfe of beauty upon any particular object , the more she will enlarge and refine her her relish of that peculiar fpecies . For this reason IN VERSE AND PROSE . 61.
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... reason the works of those great masters , whofe performances have long and generally been admired , supply a farther criterion of fine taste , equally fixed and certain as that which is derived from Nature herself . The truth is , fine ...
... reason the works of those great masters , whofe performances have long and generally been admired , supply a farther criterion of fine taste , equally fixed and certain as that which is derived from Nature herself . The truth is , fine ...
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... reason , And that's the only life to live . Through youth and age in love excelling , We'll hand in hand together tread ; Sweet fmiling peace fhall crown our dwelling , And babes , sweet smiling babes our bed . How should I love the ...
... reason , And that's the only life to live . Through youth and age in love excelling , We'll hand in hand together tread ; Sweet fmiling peace fhall crown our dwelling , And babes , sweet smiling babes our bed . How should I love the ...
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... reason , but needlefs here to quote . Is any thing more common , or more ufeful , than to caution wife men in high ftations against put- ting too much truft in undertaking fervants , cringing flatterers , or defigning friends ? Since ...
... reason , but needlefs here to quote . Is any thing more common , or more ufeful , than to caution wife men in high ftations against put- ting too much truft in undertaking fervants , cringing flatterers , or defigning friends ? Since ...
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... reasons , the faults of men who are most trusted in public bufinefs , are , of all others , the most difficult to be defended . A man may be perfuaded into a wrong opinion , wherein he hath small concern ; but no oratory can have the ...
... reasons , the faults of men who are most trusted in public bufinefs , are , of all others , the most difficult to be defended . A man may be perfuaded into a wrong opinion , wherein he hath small concern ; but no oratory can have the ...
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Страница 142 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn; "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Страница 143 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Страница 87 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Страница 139 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Страница 142 - Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Страница 142 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Страница 138 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Страница 168 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Страница 89 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Страница 142 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.