Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 19
... . I admire , None more admires the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I fhall never fee , Conveys a diftant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative C 2 BOOK I. 19 THE SOFA .
... . I admire , None more admires the painter's magic skill , Who shows me that which I fhall never fee , Conveys a diftant country into mine , And throws Italian light on English walls : But imitative C 2 BOOK I. 19 THE SOFA .
Σελίδα 26
... skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless drofs into its place ; Loud when they beg , dumb only when they steal . Strange ! that a creature rational , and caft In human mould ...
... skill have they in palmistry , and more To conjure clean away the gold they touch , Conveying worthless drofs into its place ; Loud when they beg , dumb only when they steal . Strange ! that a creature rational , and caft In human mould ...
Σελίδα 52
... skill it coft ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fteal away the thought With fuch addrefs from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man ! He feels the anxieties of life , denied Their ...
... skill it coft ; Are occupations of the poet's mind So pleafing , and that fteal away the thought With fuch addrefs from themes of fad import , That , loft in his own mufings , happy man ! He feels the anxieties of life , denied Their ...
Σελίδα 96
... skill than force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than e'en their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel ; These therefore ...
... skill than force . Proud of his well - fpread walls , he views his trees That meet ( no barren interval between ) With pleasure more than e'en their fruits afford , Which , fave himself who trains them , none can feel ; These therefore ...
Σελίδα 102
... skill , That day and night are exercifed , and hang Upon the ticklish balance of fufpenfe , That ye may garnish your profufe regales With fummer fruits brought forth by wintry funs . Ten thousand dangers lie in wait to thwart The ...
... skill , That day and night are exercifed , and hang Upon the ticklish balance of fufpenfe , That ye may garnish your profufe regales With fummer fruits brought forth by wintry funs . Ten thousand dangers lie in wait to thwart The ...
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againſt Becauſe beneath beſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defigned diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n facred fafe fame faſhion fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fince firſt flaves fleep flowers fome fong foon foul ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou art thouſand truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
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Σελίδα 236 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Σελίδα 121 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Σελίδα 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Σελίδα 121 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots, bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles.
Σελίδα 159 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Σελίδα 89 - In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Σελίδα 48 - Suspend the effect, or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use, and ready at his will...
Σελίδα 224 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Σελίδα 330 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Σελίδα 189 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.