An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection: with Several Pieces Never Before Published. A New Ed., Including Pieces Not in the Former Edition, and Several Never Before Printed, Band 2J. Debrett, 1786 |
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... things , To themes more worthy of the bays , To loftier notes from louder strings ? From Colin's love , and Chloe's hate , Where pity smooth'd the liquid line , To maddening Phædra's dreadful fate , And the fad tale of Thebes divine ...
... things , To themes more worthy of the bays , To loftier notes from louder strings ? From Colin's love , and Chloe's hate , Where pity smooth'd the liquid line , To maddening Phædra's dreadful fate , And the fad tale of Thebes divine ...
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... : Mr. Banks was not in a condition to go with them , for of his apparel fcarce any thing was left him , not even his breeches . " Hawkesworth's Voyag . vol . ii . 133 . Of Of rogue and bitch inceffantly they rail , And the [ 47 ]
... : Mr. Banks was not in a condition to go with them , for of his apparel fcarce any thing was left him , not even his breeches . " Hawkesworth's Voyag . vol . ii . 133 . Of Of rogue and bitch inceffantly they rail , And the [ 47 ]
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... no indifferent judge of fuch things ) defcribes the fympathetic effect of a similar dance , in a very pretty manner . " The dance , fays her Lady- Exulting virgins to thefe lifts advance , Till practice realise I fhip [ 50 ]
... no indifferent judge of fuch things ) defcribes the fympathetic effect of a similar dance , in a very pretty manner . " The dance , fays her Lady- Exulting virgins to thefe lifts advance , Till practice realise I fhip [ 50 ]
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... thing for show : and they commonly eat alone ; but when a ftranger happens to vifit them , he fometimes make a fecond in their mefs . Hawkefworth's Voyages , vol . ii . p . 200 . ( " ) They generally feed on fish , and their fauce is ...
... thing for show : and they commonly eat alone ; but when a ftranger happens to vifit them , he fometimes make a fecond in their mefs . Hawkefworth's Voyages , vol . ii . p . 200 . ( " ) They generally feed on fish , and their fauce is ...
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... things , you know , from small arise , Newton's attraction rules the skies , The hinta falling pippin . Greek fophs and heroes ftill deride , ( i ) And fhow them by o'er - weening pride Inflated , like a bladder : Who reads your works ...
... things , you know , from small arise , Newton's attraction rules the skies , The hinta falling pippin . Greek fophs and heroes ftill deride , ( i ) And fhow them by o'er - weening pride Inflated , like a bladder : Who reads your works ...
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Seite 86 - E'er left himself behind ? The restless thought and wayward will, And discontent attend him still, Nor quit him while he lives ; At sea, care follows in the wind ; At land, it mounts the pad behind, Or with the post-boy drives.
Seite 64 - ... both myself and Mr. Banks, when particular persons have been pointed out to us as members of the Arreoy, have questioned them about it, and received the account that has been here given from their own lips. They have acknowledged that they had long been of this...
Seite 42 - ... lamentations, earnestly imploring the operator to desist. He was, however, inexorable ; and when she began to struggle, she was held down by two women, who sometimes soothed and sometimes chid her, and now and then, when she was most unruly, gave her a smart blow. Mr. Banks staid in a neighbouring house an hour, and the operation was not over when he went away...
Seite 57 - Freeman and soldier was their common name, Who late with reapers to the furrow came, Now in the front of battle charged the foe: Who taught the steer the wintry plough to endure, Now in full councils check'd encroaching power, And gave the guardian laws their majesty to know.
Seite 258 - But to fancy that feeds on the charms of the fair, The death of reflection's the birth of all woe ! What...
Seite 86 - By heaven's eternal doom. To ripen'd age, Clive liv'd renown'd, With lacks enrich'd, with honours crown'd...
Seite 87 - His valour's well-earn'd meed ; Too long, alas ! he liv'd, to hate His envied lot, and died too late From life's oppression freed. An early death was Elliott's doom, J saw his opening virtues bloom, And manly sense unfold ; Too soon to fade ! I bade the stone Record his name * 'midst hordes unknown, Unknowing what it told.
Seite 85 - Nor av'rice fends him forth in queft Of climes beneath the fun. Short is our fpan, then why engage In fchemes, for which man's...
Seite 206 - Thro' glens untrod, and woods that frown'd on high, Two sleeping nymphs, with wonder mute I spy : — And lo ! she's gone — in robe of dark green hue 'Twas Echo from her sister Silence flew : For quick the hunter's horn resounded to the sky.
Seite 42 - This, in both sexes, is covered with a deep black ; above which, arches are drawn one over another as high as the short ribs.