The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Том 301790 |
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... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories fulfome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well - pleas'd at diftance all the fights , Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
... charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories fulfome grow , While the dull moral lies too plain below . We view well - pleas'd at diftance all the fights , Of arms and palfries , battles , fields , and fights , And ...
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... charms thou wouldst rehearse , In smoother numbers and a fofter verfe ; Thy pen had well defcrib'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have feem'd more fair . Nor muft Rofcommon pafs neglected by , That makes ev'n D 3 ON THE ENGLISH ...
... charms thou wouldst rehearse , In smoother numbers and a fofter verfe ; Thy pen had well defcrib'd her graceful air , And Gloriana would have feem'd more fair . Nor muft Rofcommon pafs neglected by , That makes ev'n D 3 ON THE ENGLISH ...
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... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay with thee ; Did not the Mufes ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whofe fancy's unexhausted store ...
... charms in all . How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay with thee ; Did not the Mufes ' other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve , and forbid our fear : Congreve ! whofe fancy's unexhausted store ...
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... charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And fhow th ' immortal labours in my verfe , Where from the mingled ftrength of fhade and light A new creation rises to my fight , Such heavenly ...
... charms that their proud hearts fubdued . Fain would I Raphael's godlike art rehearse , And fhow th ' immortal labours in my verfe , Where from the mingled ftrength of fhade and light A new creation rises to my fight , Such heavenly ...
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... charms of art , While proud oppreffion in her valleys reigns , And tyranny ufurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the fwelling grain : Joylefs he fees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
... charms of art , While proud oppreffion in her valleys reigns , And tyranny ufurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the fwelling grain : Joylefs he fees the growing oils and wines , And in ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Страница 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Страница 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Страница 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Страница 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Страница 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Страница 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Страница 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Страница 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Страница 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.