The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 2Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... virtues . The Ode ( ac- cording to the constant custom of the Poet ) confifts more in digreffions , than in the main fubject : and the Reader must not be choqued to hear him speak so often of his own Mufe ; for that is a liberty which ...
... virtues . The Ode ( ac- cording to the constant custom of the Poet ) confifts more in digreffions , than in the main fubject : and the Reader must not be choqued to hear him speak so often of his own Mufe ; for that is a liberty which ...
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... Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own fwift forefathers has outgone , They through rough ways ... virtues did more sweet and clear , In Fortune's graceful dress , appear . To which , great fon of Rhea ! fay The firm ...
... Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own fwift forefathers has outgone , They through rough ways ... virtues did more sweet and clear , In Fortune's graceful dress , appear . To which , great fon of Rhea ! fay The firm ...
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... virtues doft revive 9 He in my verfe and thee again does live . Loud Olympus happy thee , Ifthmus and Nemea does twice ... Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on fhort man ...
... virtues doft revive 9 He in my verfe and thee again does live . Loud Olympus happy thee , Ifthmus and Nemea does twice ... Virtue's picture feen aright But in Fortune's golden light . Riches alone are of uncertain date , And on fhort man ...
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... virtue found : But all the malice they profefs , Thy fecure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are fo numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impoffible ! THE V b THE FIRST NEMEEAN ODE OF PINDA R ...
... virtue found : But all the malice they profefs , Thy fecure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are fo numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impoffible ! THE V b THE FIRST NEMEEAN ODE OF PINDA R ...
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... virtue , and how fwiftly run , And borne the noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet at the barriers stay ! None but Alcides e'er fet earlier forth than he : The God , his father's , blood nought could reftrain , ' Twas ripe at first ...
... virtue , and how fwiftly run , And borne the noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet at the barriers stay ! None but Alcides e'er fet earlier forth than he : The God , his father's , blood nought could reftrain , ' Twas ripe at first ...
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Страница 318 - I found everywhere there (though my understanding had little to do with all this) ; and, by degrees, with the tinkling of the rhyme and dance of the numbers, so that I think I had read him all over before I was twelve years old, and was thus made a poet as immediately as a child is made an eunuch.
Страница 300 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Страница 276 - I NEVER had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life only to the culture of them, and study of nature...
Страница 315 - ... of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity.
Страница 278 - I myself am able yet to do, is only to recommend to mankind the search of that felicity, •which you instruct them how to find and to enjoy.
Страница 183 - ... lastly, for there is no end of all the particulars of his glory, to bequeath all this with one word to his posterity ; to die with peace at home, and triumph abroad ; to be buried among kings, and with more than regal solemnity ; and to leave a name behind him, not to be...
Страница 337 - And because the truth is, we want good poets (I mean we have but few), who have purposely treated of solid and learned, that is, natural matters (the most part indulging to the weakness of the world, and feeding it either with the follies of love, or with the fables of gods and heroes...
Страница 323 - Instead of art and luxury in food, Let mirth and freedom make thy table good. If any cares into thy day-time creep, At night, without wine's opium, let them sleep. Let rest, which nature does to darkness wed, And not lust, recommend to thee thy bed. Be satisfied, and pleas'd with what thou art, Act chearfully and well th' allotted part ; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, th
Страница 265 - Sometimes he lops the barren trees around, And grafts new life into the fruitful wound ; Sometimes he shears his flock, and sometimes he Stores up the golden treasures of the bee.
Страница 254 - Behold the original and primitive nobility of all those great persons, who are too proud now, not only to till the ground, but almost to tread upon it. We may talk what we please of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles in fields d'or, or d'argent, but if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable, would be the most noble and ancient arms.