The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volym 16Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... : Another , and another night fhe came ; For frequent fin had left no sense of shame : Till Cinyras defir'd to see her face , Whofe body he had held in close embrace , } And And brought a taper ; the revealer , light , FROM O VID . 47.
... : Another , and another night fhe came ; For frequent fin had left no sense of shame : Till Cinyras defir'd to see her face , Whofe body he had held in close embrace , } And And brought a taper ; the revealer , light , FROM O VID . 47.
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... sense , To mollify the man , and draw him thence : But Xanthus fhall run backward ; Ida ftand A leaflefs mountain ; and the Grecian band Shall fight for Troy ; if , when my counfels fail , The wit of heavy Ajax can prevail . Hard Philo ...
... sense , To mollify the man , and draw him thence : But Xanthus fhall run backward ; Ida ftand A leaflefs mountain ; and the Grecian band Shall fight for Troy ; if , when my counfels fail , The wit of heavy Ajax can prevail . Hard Philo ...
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... sense . Your unripe hopes their harvest must attend : Be rul'd by me , and time may be your friend . This is enough to let you understand ; For now my pen has tir'd my tender hand : My woman knows the fecret of my heart , And may ...
... sense . Your unripe hopes their harvest must attend : Be rul'd by me , and time may be your friend . This is enough to let you understand ; For now my pen has tir'd my tender hand : My woman knows the fecret of my heart , And may ...
Sida 194
... sense , To vote fucceffion from a native prince ? Yet there new fceptres and new loves you feek ; New vows to plight , and plighted vows to break . When will your towers the height of Carthage know ? Or when your eyes difcern fuch ...
... sense , To vote fucceffion from a native prince ? Yet there new fceptres and new loves you feek ; New vows to plight , and plighted vows to break . When will your towers the height of Carthage know ? Or when your eyes difcern fuch ...
Sida 282
... sense it bears : yet the numbers are perpetually varied , to increase the delight of the reader ; fo that the same sounds are never repeated twice together . On the contrary , Ovid and Claudian , though they write in ftyles differing ...
... sense it bears : yet the numbers are perpetually varied , to increase the delight of the reader ; fo that the same sounds are never repeated twice together . On the contrary , Ovid and Claudian , though they write in ftyles differing ...
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The Works of the English Poets, Volym 17–19 John Dryden,Samuel Johnson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1779 |
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Achelous Achilles Æneid againſt Ajax arms Baucis and Philemon bear becauſe beſt blood boaſt breaſt caft call'd caufe cauſe Ceyx Cinyras crime cry'd death defire Eurytus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas fecret fecure feems fenfe fent fhades fhall fhore fhun fide fight fince fire firft firſt flain flame fleep fome foon foul ftands ftill ftreams fubject fuch fword Gods Grecian hand heaven himſelf huſband Iphis Jove king laft laſt leaſt lefs Lelex loft lov'd Lucretius maid mind moſt muſt Myrrha myſelf nymph o'er Ovid OVID'S paffion Pindar Pirithous pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet prefent Priam purſue rage rais'd reafon reft reſt rife ſaid ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation Trojan Troy Virgil Whofe Whoſe wife winds words wound
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Sida 301 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Sida 301 - And always in extreme. Now with a noiseless gentle course It keeps within the middle bed.; . Anon it lifts aloft the head, And bears down all before it with impetuous force : And trunks of trees come rolling down...
Sida 252 - I have already hinted a word or two concerning it ; that is, the maintaining the character of an author, which distinguishes him from all others, and makes him appear that individual poet whom you would interpret.
Sida 301 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Sida 77 - Immortal offspring of my brother Jove ; My brightest nephew, and whom best I love, Whose hands were join'd with mine, to raise the...
Sida 55 - I can fpare, As only decorations of the war : So Mars is arm'd for glory, not for need. 'Tis fomewhat more from Neptune to proceed,.
Sida 297 - Let him alone, with what he made, To toss and turn the world below; At his...
Sida 133 - em twinkling up in air. Take not away the life you cannot give, For all things have an equal right to live. Kill noxious creatures, where 'tis sin to save ; This only just prerogative we have: But nourish life with vegetable food, And shun the sacrilegious taste of blood.
Sida 162 - O you pow'rs above, How rude I am in all the arts of love! My hand is yet untaught to write to men: This is th...
Sida 305 - His children and his family, And order all things till he come, Sweaty and...