Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volym 21771 |
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... aloft we bound , With rhumes opprefs'd we fink in rivers drown'd . More I could fay , but thus conclude my theme , The dominating humour makes the dream . Cato was in his time accounted wife , And he THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... aloft we bound , With rhumes opprefs'd we fink in rivers drown'd . More I could fay , but thus conclude my theme , The dominating humour makes the dream . Cato was in his time accounted wife , And he THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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... bound He leapt the fence of the forbidden ground : Yet fearing to be feen , within a bed Of colworts he conceal'd his wily head ; There fculk'd till afternoon , and watch'd his time , ( As murd❜rers ufe ) to perpetrate his crime . O ...
... bound He leapt the fence of the forbidden ground : Yet fearing to be feen , within a bed Of colworts he conceal'd his wily head ; There fculk'd till afternoon , and watch'd his time , ( As murd❜rers ufe ) to perpetrate his crime . O ...
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... free , I not difpute ; the point's too high for me ; For heaven's unfathom'd power what man can found , Or put to his omnipotence a bound ? VOL . II . C He made us to his image all agree ; That THE COCK AND THE FOX . 28.
... free , I not difpute ; the point's too high for me ; For heaven's unfathom'd power what man can found , Or put to his omnipotence a bound ? VOL . II . C He made us to his image all agree ; That THE COCK AND THE FOX . 28.
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... bound to good , not free to fin , I wave , for fear of splitting on a rock , The tale I tell is only of a cock ; Who had not run the hazard of his life Had he believ'd his dream , and not his wife : For women , with a mischief to their ...
... bound to good , not free to fin , I wave , for fear of splitting on a rock , The tale I tell is only of a cock ; Who had not run the hazard of his life Had he believ'd his dream , and not his wife : For women , with a mischief to their ...
Sida 60
... what the feeks , With cruel blows she pounds her blubber'd cheeks : Then from her beaten breast the linnen tare , And cut the golden caull that bound her hair . ८ Her nurse demands the cause with louder cries , 60 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
... what the feeks , With cruel blows she pounds her blubber'd cheeks : Then from her beaten breast the linnen tare , And cut the golden caull that bound her hair . ८ Her nurse demands the cause with louder cries , 60 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
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Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Populära avsnitt
Sida 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Sida 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Sida 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Sida 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Sida 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Sida 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Sida 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Sida 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.