Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volym 21771 |
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... mind ; Because all hofts are of an evil kind , And oft , to share the spoil , with robbers join'd . } His dream confirm'd his thought : with troubled look Straight to the western gate his way he took . There , as his dream foretold , a ...
... mind ; Because all hofts are of an evil kind , And oft , to share the spoil , with robbers join'd . } His dream confirm'd his thought : with troubled look Straight to the western gate his way he took . There , as his dream foretold , a ...
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... behind Rush forward in the brain , and come to mind . The nurfe's legends are for truths receiv'd , And the man dreams but what the boy believ'd . Sometimes we but rehearse a former play , The night 14 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... behind Rush forward in the brain , and come to mind . The nurfe's legends are for truths receiv'd , And the man dreams but what the boy believ'd . Sometimes we but rehearse a former play , The night 14 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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... mind , A woman's counsel brought us first to woe , And made her man his paradife forego , Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have been As free from forrow as he was from fin . For what the devil had their fex to do , That , born ...
... mind , A woman's counsel brought us first to woe , And made her man his paradife forego , Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have been As free from forrow as he was from fin . For what the devil had their fex to do , That , born ...
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... mind disdain'd so mean a fate ; That pafs'd , his next endeavour was to hate . But vainer that relief than all the rest , The lefs he hop'd with more desire poffefs'd ; Love stood the fiege , and would not yield his breast . Change was ...
... mind disdain'd so mean a fate ; That pafs'd , his next endeavour was to hate . But vainer that relief than all the rest , The lefs he hop'd with more desire poffefs'd ; Love stood the fiege , and would not yield his breast . Change was ...
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... furrounded by the wood : Alone he walk'd , to please his penfive mind , And fought the deepest folitude to find : Twas in a grove of spreading pines he stray'd ; 3 34 THEODORE AND HONORIA . Hard, you may think it was, to give ...
... furrounded by the wood : Alone he walk'd , to please his penfive mind , And fought the deepest folitude to find : Twas in a grove of spreading pines he stray'd ; 3 34 THEODORE AND HONORIA . Hard, you may think it was, to give ...
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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
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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.