The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 151790 |
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... kings : Fetter'd in forms of royal ftate are they , While we enjoy the freedom to obey . That fate , like you , refiftless does ordain To Love , that over Beauty he fhall reign . By harmony the universe does move , And what is harmony ...
... kings : Fetter'd in forms of royal ftate are they , While we enjoy the freedom to obey . That fate , like you , refiftless does ordain To Love , that over Beauty he fhall reign . By harmony the universe does move , And what is harmony ...
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... kings , and rail at men of sense : Who in his talking vents more peevish lyes , More bitter railings , fcandals , calumnies , Than at a goffiping are thrown about , When the good wives drink free , and then fall out . None of the ...
... kings , and rail at men of sense : Who in his talking vents more peevish lyes , More bitter railings , fcandals , calumnies , Than at a goffiping are thrown about , When the good wives drink free , and then fall out . None of the ...
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... . The great man's gratitude to his best friend , Kings ' promifes , whores ' vows , towards thee they bend , Flow swiftly into thee , and in thee ever end .. " TRANS- TRANSLATION O F SOME LINES IN LUCRETIUS . THE Gods ROCHESTER'S POEMS .
... . The great man's gratitude to his best friend , Kings ' promifes , whores ' vows , towards thee they bend , Flow swiftly into thee , and in thee ever end .. " TRANS- TRANSLATION O F SOME LINES IN LUCRETIUS . THE Gods ROCHESTER'S POEMS .
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... kings . For pointed fatire I would Buckhurst choose , The best good man , with the worst - natur'd Mufe . For fongs and verfes mannerly obfcene , That can ftir Nature up by fprings unfeen , And , without forcing blushes , warm the queen ...
... kings . For pointed fatire I would Buckhurst choose , The best good man , with the worst - natur'd Mufe . For fongs and verfes mannerly obfcene , That can ftir Nature up by fprings unfeen , And , without forcing blushes , warm the queen ...
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... KING . To you ( Great SIR ) my meffage hither tends , From Youth and Beauty , your allies and friends ; See my credentials written in my face , They challenge your protection in this place ; And hither come with fuch a force of charms ...
... KING . To you ( Great SIR ) my meffage hither tends , From Youth and Beauty , your allies and friends ; See my credentials written in my face , They challenge your protection in this place ; And hither come with fuch a force of charms ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt arms Becauſe beſt bleffings bleft bluſh breaſt cauſe Charles Dryden charms chooſe defign defire e'er eaſe eyes facred fad grave fafe fame fate fatire fcorn fear feem feem'd fenfe fent fhall his praiſe fhew fhore fighs fince fing firft firſt flain fmiles foes fome fong fons fools foon foul ftill fubjects fuch fure good-natur'd grave he lies heart heaven himſelf Hippolytus honour juft juſt king laft laſt laurels leaſt loft Lord lov'd lucky character Lucretius mighty mind moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt myſelf ne'er never numbers o'er paffion pains peace pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poets pride rage raiſe reaſon reft rife riſe ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkill ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill Telephus thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tranflated Twas twill underſtand uſe verfe verſe whofe whoſe wife wretched write yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 123 - Prostrate my contrite heart I rend, My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me in my end.
Seite 83 - Immodest words admit of no defence ; For want of decency is want of sense.
Seite 177 - Twas far from any path, but where the Earth Was bare, and naked all as at her birth, When by the Word it first was made, Ere God had said, Let grass, and herds, and every green thing grow, With fruitful trees after their kind, and it was so.
Seite 82 - By chaste instruction of her tender years. The first impression in her infant breast Will be the deepest, and should be the best Let not austerity breed servile fear, No wanton sound offend her virgin ear.
Seite 178 - My parents not obfcure, nor high in titles were, They left me heir to no difgrace. My father was (a thing now rare) Loyal and brave, my mother chafte and fair : The pledge of marriage-vows was only I ; Alone I liv'd their much-lov'd fondled boy...
Seite 174 - THE ENCHANTMENT I DID but look and love awhile, 'Twas but for one half-hour; Then to resist I had no will, And now I have no power. To sigh and wish is all my ease; Sighs which do heat impart Enough to melt the coldest ice, Yet cannot warm your heart. O would your pity give my heart One corner of your breast, 'Twould learn of yours the winning art, And quickly steal the rest.
Seite 198 - With fpoils of viftory and glory fraught. To him then every heart was open, down From the great man to the clown: In him rejoic'd, to him inclin'd ; And as his health round the glad board did pafs, Each honeft fellow cry'd, Fill full my glafs ; And fhew'd the fullnefs of his mind.
Seite 18 - Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment's all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phillis, is only thine.
Seite 120 - What horror will invade the mind, When the strict Judge, who would be kind...
Seite 46 - Then old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to Death, and make him understand, After a search so painful, and so long, That all his Life he has been in the wrong.