The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... it the more , that we might " feem to be above the cenfure , & c . 66 66 66 DRYDEN , Ibid . " This is but doing juftice to my country , part of " which honour will reflect on your lordship , whofe thoughts are always juft , your numbers ...
... it the more , that we might " feem to be above the cenfure , & c . 66 66 66 DRYDEN , Ibid . " This is but doing juftice to my country , part of " which honour will reflect on your lordship , whofe thoughts are always juft , your numbers ...
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... it ! Your kindness , where you have once placed it , is inviolable ; and it is to that only I attribute my happiness in your love , This makes me more easily forfake an argument on which I could otherwife delight to dwell ; I mean your ...
... it ! Your kindness , where you have once placed it , is inviolable ; and it is to that only I attribute my happiness in your love , This makes me more easily forfake an argument on which I could otherwife delight to dwell ; I mean your ...
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... it evident you will refufe no opportunity of rendering yourself useful to the nation , when either your courage or ... it was formerly , chiefly since the correction that was given by the Rehearsal ; and it is to be hoped that the Effay ...
... it evident you will refufe no opportunity of rendering yourself useful to the nation , when either your courage or ... it was formerly , chiefly since the correction that was given by the Rehearsal ; and it is to be hoped that the Effay ...
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... it commands ; Round is its figure , and four iron gates Divide mankind , by order of the Fates : Thither in crowds come to one common grave The young , the old , the monarch , and the slave . Old age and pains , thofe evils man deplores ...
... it commands ; Round is its figure , and four iron gates Divide mankind , by order of the Fates : Thither in crowds come to one common grave The young , the old , the monarch , and the slave . Old age and pains , thofe evils man deplores ...
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... She made a prince whene'er the made a flave . Love , under whose tyrannic power I groan , Shew'd me this beauty ere ' twas fully blown ; Het Her timorous charms , and her unpractis'd look , Their 14 BUCKINGHAM'S POEMS .
... She made a prince whene'er the made a flave . Love , under whose tyrannic power I groan , Shew'd me this beauty ere ' twas fully blown ; Het Her timorous charms , and her unpractis'd look , Their 14 BUCKINGHAM'S POEMS .
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Страница 7 - I could otherwise delight to dwell, I mean your judgment in your choice of friends, because I have the honour to be one: after which, I am sure, you will more easily permit me to be silent in the care you have taken of my fortune, which you have rescued not only from the power of others, but from my worst of enemies, my own modesty and laziness...
Страница 14 - Their fears eclipfe the glory of their grave : Before thy face they make indecent moan, And feel a hundred deaths in fearing one : Thy flame becomes unhallow'd in their breaft, And he a murderer who was a prieft.
Страница 61 - O you pow'rs above, How rude I am in all the arts of love! My hand is yet untaught to write to men: This is th...
Страница 79 - But fome fad accident, tho' yet unknown, Parting this pair, to leave the fwain alone ; He ftrait grows jealous, tho' we know not why ; Then, to oblige his rival, needs will die : But firft he makes a...
Страница 5 - 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.
Страница 58 - I'll not complain; for who's displeas'd with love, If it sincere, discreet, and constant prove? But that I fear ; not that I think you base, Or doubt the blooming beauties of my face ; But all your sex is subject to deceive, And ours alas, too willing to believe. Yet others yield; and love o'ercomes the best: But why should I not shine above the rest?
Страница 175 - Ungrateful nymphs ! and, though a god, ador'd ' When could my wit, my beauty, or my youth, Move one hard heart ? or mov'd, fecure its truth...
Страница 76 - tis a bold pretence To judgment, breeding, wit, and eloquence : Nay more ; for they must look within, to find Those secret turns of nature in the mind : Without this part, in vain would be the whole, And but a body all, without a soul.
Страница 234 - Wycherley, every thing is masculine ; his Muse is not led forth as to a review, but as to a battle ; not adorned for parade, but execution ; he would be tried by the sharpness of his blade, and not by the finery ; like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron, and seems to despise all ornament but...
Страница 141 - Beauty, and so wide the fame, Which, like our flag upon the seas, gives law By right avow'd, and keeps the world in awe* Our gallant kings, of whom large annals prove The mighty deeds...