Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volym 21771 |
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... chas'd the murd'rous fox , With brazen trumpets , and inflated box , To kindle Mars with military sounds , Nor wanted horns t ' inspire fagacious hounds . [ fall . But fee how fortune can confound the wife , And 28 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... chas'd the murd'rous fox , With brazen trumpets , and inflated box , To kindle Mars with military sounds , Nor wanted horns t ' inspire fagacious hounds . [ fall . But fee how fortune can confound the wife , And 28 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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... fortune while you may , And bid the churls that envy you the prey , Call back their mungril curs , and cease their cry , See fools , the shelter of the wood is nigh , And Chanticleer in your defpight shall die . He fhall be pluck'd ...
... fortune while you may , And bid the churls that envy you the prey , Call back their mungril curs , and cease their cry , See fools , the shelter of the wood is nigh , And Chanticleer in your defpight shall die . He fhall be pluck'd ...
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... fortune , and of nature bless'd , ** The foremost place , for wealth and honour held , And all in feats of chivalry excell❜d . This noble youth to madness lov'd a dame , Of high degree , Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest , but ...
... fortune , and of nature bless'd , ** The foremost place , for wealth and honour held , And all in feats of chivalry excell❜d . This noble youth to madness lov'd a dame , Of high degree , Honoria was her name : Fair as the fairest , but ...
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... could find Might fave the fortune , if not cure the mind : This means they long propos'd , but little gain'd , Yet after much purfuit , at length obtain❜d . VOL . II . D Hard , you may think it was , to give THEODORE AND HONORIA . 33.
... could find Might fave the fortune , if not cure the mind : This means they long propos'd , but little gain'd , Yet after much purfuit , at length obtain❜d . VOL . II . D Hard , you may think it was , to give THEODORE AND HONORIA . 33.
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... fortune to repair , Tho ' late , yet is at last become my care : My heart shall be my own ; my vast expence Reduc'd to bounds , by timely providence : This only I require ; invite for me Honoria , with her father's family , Her friends ...
... fortune to repair , Tho ' late , yet is at last become my care : My heart shall be my own ; my vast expence Reduc'd to bounds , by timely providence : This only I require ; invite for me Honoria , with her father's family , Her friends ...
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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.