The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volym 16Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... pleasing chat . A beam there was , on which a beechen pail Hung by the handle , on a driven nail : This fill'd with water , gently warm'd , they set Before their guests ; in this they bath'd their feet , And after with clean towels dry ...
... pleasing chat . A beam there was , on which a beechen pail Hung by the handle , on a driven nail : This fill'd with water , gently warm'd , they set Before their guests ; in this they bath'd their feet , And after with clean towels dry ...
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... pleasing fleep , of all the powers the best ! of mind , repairer of decay , O peace Whose balms renew the limbs to labours of the day , Care fhuns thy foft approach , and fullen flies away ! Adorn a dream , expreffing human form , The ...
... pleasing fleep , of all the powers the best ! of mind , repairer of decay , O peace Whose balms renew the limbs to labours of the day , Care fhuns thy foft approach , and fullen flies away ! Adorn a dream , expreffing human form , The ...
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... pleasing grove , Under my name , thofe charming words , I love . I , frowning , feem'd not to believe your flame But now , alas , am come to write the fame . If I were capable to do amifs , I could not but be fenfible of this . For oh ...
... pleasing grove , Under my name , thofe charming words , I love . I , frowning , feem'd not to believe your flame But now , alas , am come to write the fame . If I were capable to do amifs , I could not but be fenfible of this . For oh ...
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... , And every feature spoke aloud the curftness of a fhrew . Yet could not he his obvious fate escape : His love ftill dress'd her in a pleasing shape ; ༣ And And every fullen frown , and bitter fcorn , But 308 TRANSLATIONS.
... , And every feature spoke aloud the curftness of a fhrew . Yet could not he his obvious fate escape : His love ftill dress'd her in a pleasing shape ; ༣ And And every fullen frown , and bitter fcorn , But 308 TRANSLATIONS.
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... pleasing death . There while thy curling limbs about him move , Involv'd and fetter'd in the links of love , When , wishing all , he nothing can deny , Thy charms in that auspicious moment try ; With winning eloquence our peace implore ...
... pleasing death . There while thy curling limbs about him move , Involv'd and fetter'd in the links of love , When , wishing all , he nothing can deny , Thy charms in that auspicious moment try ; With winning eloquence our peace implore ...
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The Works of the English Poets, Volym 17–19 John Dryden,Samuel Johnson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1779 |
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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...