Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volym 21771 |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 32
Sida 14
... heard : His friend fmit'd fcornful , and with proud contempt Rejects as idle what his fellow dreamt . Stay , who will stay : for me no fears restrain , Who follow Mercury the god of gain : Let each man do as to his fancy feems , I wait ...
... heard : His friend fmit'd fcornful , and with proud contempt Rejects as idle what his fellow dreamt . Stay , who will stay : for me no fears restrain , Who follow Mercury the god of gain : Let each man do as to his fancy feems , I wait ...
Sida 15
... heard the fhouting crew That call'd aboard , and took his last adieu . The veffel went before a merry gale , And for quick paffage put on ev'ry fail : But when leaft fear'd , and ev'n in open day , The mischief overtook her in the way ...
... heard the fhouting crew That call'd aboard , and took his last adieu . The veffel went before a merry gale , And for quick paffage put on ev'ry fail : But when leaft fear'd , and ev'n in open day , The mischief overtook her in the way ...
Sida 23
... heard , The fong as of an angel in the yard : A fong that wou'd have charm'd th ' infernal gods , And banish'd horror from the dark abødes : C & This Chanticleer of whom the story fings , Stood high THE COCK AND THE FOX . 23.
... heard , The fong as of an angel in the yard : A fong that wou'd have charm'd th ' infernal gods , And banish'd horror from the dark abødes : C & This Chanticleer of whom the story fings , Stood high THE COCK AND THE FOX . 23.
Sida 27
... heard , Of thofe diftracted damfels in the yard ; And ftarting up beheld the heavy fight , How Reynard to the forest took his flight , And cross his back as in triumphant feorn , The hope and pillar of the house was born . The fox , the ...
... heard , Of thofe diftracted damfels in the yard ; And ftarting up beheld the heavy fight , How Reynard to the forest took his flight , And cross his back as in triumphant feorn , The hope and pillar of the house was born . The fox , the ...
Sida 28
... heard the proclamation cry'd , And fear'd a perfecution might betide , Full twenty mile from town their voyage take , Obfcure in rushes of the liquid lake . The geefe fly o'er the barn ; the bees in arms , Drive headlong from their ...
... heard the proclamation cry'd , And fear'd a perfecution might betide , Full twenty mile from town their voyage take , Obfcure in rushes of the liquid lake . The geefe fly o'er the barn ; the bees in arms , Drive headlong from their ...
Vanliga ord och fraser
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.