Poems, Volym 1J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1786 |
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... plays upon its face , The fportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now ftrikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . Nous fommes nés pour la vérité et nous ne pouvons fouffrir fon abord . les figures , les paraboles , les emblémes ...
... plays upon its face , The fportive light , uncertain where it falls , Now ftrikes the roof , now flashes on the walls . Nous fommes nés pour la vérité et nous ne pouvons fouffrir fon abord . les figures , les paraboles , les emblémes ...
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... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks ; Should'ring and standing as if ftruck to ftone , While condescending majefty looks on ; If monarchy confift in fuch bafe things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected ...
... Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks ; Should'ring and standing as if ftruck to ftone , While condescending majefty looks on ; If monarchy confift in fuch bafe things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected ...
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... play ) To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely cenfur'd when they fail , To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend , If he indulge a cultivated taste His gall'ries with ...
... play ) To win no praise when well - wrought plans prevail , But to be rudely cenfur'd when they fail , To doubt the love his fav'rites may pretend , And in reality to find no friend , If he indulge a cultivated taste His gall'ries with ...
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... play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'er leaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you fell or flay your horfe For bounding and curvetting in his course Or if , when ridden with a ...
... play the wanton with her pow'rs , Grow freakish , and o'er leaping ev'ry mound Spread anarchy and terror all around ? B. Agreed . But would you fell or flay your horfe For bounding and curvetting in his course Or if , when ridden with a ...
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... play with fyllables , and fport in fong .. A. At Westminster , where little poets To fet a diftich upon fix and five , ftrive Where Where difcipline helps op'ning buds of fenfe , And makes ( 26 ) On a Goldfinch ftarved in a Cage.
... play with fyllables , and fport in fong .. A. At Westminster , where little poets To fet a diftich upon fix and five , ftrive Where Where difcipline helps op'ning buds of fenfe , And makes ( 26 ) On a Goldfinch ftarved in a Cage.
Vanliga ord och fraser
againſt becauſe beneath beſt bleft boaſt breaſt caufe cauſe charms clofe cloſe courſe defign diftant divine dream earth eaſe elfe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faft fame faſhion fcene fcorn fear fecure feek feel feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhow fide filent firſt fkies flave fleep flow'rs fmile folly fome fong foon form'd foul fpring ftands ftill fuch fupplied fure fweet grace happineſs heart heav'n himſelf itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs light loft luft mind moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt nature never o'er once peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe purpoſe reft reſt rife ſcene ſchool ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtream ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom worfe
Populära avsnitt
Sida 42 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Sida 215 - 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.
Sida 135 - 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.
Sida 341 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Sida 43 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Sida 347 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Sida 342 - Were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke As they had basted been. But still he...
Sida 338 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Sida 265 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Sida 202 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.