Geschichte der Poesie und Beredsamkeit seit dem Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts: England

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J. F. Röwer, 1810

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Seite 130 - In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody hill o'er hill encompafs'd round, A moft enchanting wizard did abide, Than whom a fiend more fell is no where found. It was, I ween, a lovely fpot of
Seite 87 - The linnet green, with others fram'd for fkill, And blackbird fluting through his yellow bill ; In fprightly concert how they all combine, Us prompting in the various fongs to join: Up , Argol , then , and to thy lip apply , Thy mellow pipe, or voice more founding try: And fince our ewes have graz'd, what harms
Seite 73 - and I'd ne'er endure The needlefs pomp of gaudy furniture. A little garden, grateful to the eye; And a cool rivulet run murmuring by: ,On whofe delicious banks a
Seite 207 - of Time and Forms ! Therefore Men of much Hafte and little Ceremony, are content to get in by the Back -Door. For, the Arts are all in a flying March, and therefore more
Seite 207 - by the Tail. For to enter the Palace of Learning at the great Gate, requires an Expcnce of Time and Forms ! Therefore Men of much
Seite 230 - with all the world, and loved others as little as he thought they loved him. He hated bufinefs, and could not be eafily brought to mind any: But when it was neceflary, and he was fet to it, he would
Seite 48 - to death > tho" fated not to die. Not fo her young; for their unequal line Was hero's make, half human, half divine. Their earthly mold
Seite 230 - his ftories with a good grace: But they came in his way too often. He had a very ill opinion both of men and women; and did not think that there was either
Seite 81 - fuits but ill with art, Or flowing numbers with a bleeding heart. Can I forget the dismal night that gave My
Seite 139 - into the Nature of Poetry, he has only complemented the Heroes of Wit and Valour of his Age, by joining with them in their Approbation; with this Difference that their Applaufe was plain, and his more

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