Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1784 |
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Σελίδα xxvii
... reason to induce me to believe that " there was any further design in the thing itself , or " that the King gave further countenance to it , I " fhould not at all conceal it . No man can imagine , " that if the King could have ...
... reason to induce me to believe that " there was any further design in the thing itself , or " that the King gave further countenance to it , I " fhould not at all conceal it . No man can imagine , " that if the King could have ...
Σελίδα xlii
... reason therefore to indulge those faults in his book , whereby it might be reconciled to fome , and commended to others . The printer alfo , he thought , would fare the worfe if thofe faults were amended , for we fee maimed fta- tues ...
... reason therefore to indulge those faults in his book , whereby it might be reconciled to fome , and commended to others . The printer alfo , he thought , would fare the worfe if thofe faults were amended , for we fee maimed fta- tues ...
Σελίδα xliii
... reasons of ours , ( or pleafed with our rhymes ) as wearied with our impor- tunity , he has at last given us leave to affure the rea- der that the Poems which have been fo long and fo ill fet forth under his name , are here to be found ...
... reasons of ours , ( or pleafed with our rhymes ) as wearied with our impor- tunity , he has at last given us leave to affure the rea- der that the Poems which have been fo long and fo ill fet forth under his name , are here to be found ...
Σελίδα 56
... reason fway'd ; Not fear'd , but honour'd , and with love obey'd . In courts and camps , in council and retreat , Wife , brave , and ftudious to fupport the state ; With candour firm , without ambition bold , No deed difcolour'd with ...
... reason fway'd ; Not fear'd , but honour'd , and with love obey'd . In courts and camps , in council and retreat , Wife , brave , and ftudious to fupport the state ; With candour firm , without ambition bold , No deed difcolour'd with ...
Σελίδα 68
... reason few can apprehend , And war brings ruin where it should amend ; But beauty , with a bloodless conqueft , finds A welcome fov'reignty in rudest minds . 40 Not ought which Sheba's wond'ring queen beheld Amongst the works of Solomon ...
... reason few can apprehend , And war brings ruin where it should amend ; But beauty , with a bloodless conqueft , finds A welcome fov'reignty in rudest minds . 40 Not ought which Sheba's wond'ring queen beheld Amongst the works of Solomon ...
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
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Σελίδα 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Σελίδα 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Σελίδα xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Σελίδα xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Σελίδα 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Σελίδα 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Σελίδα 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Σελίδα xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Σελίδα 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove