The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Band 81804 |
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... Some comic character , ftrong featur'd , urge To probability's extremeft verge , Where modeft judgment her decree ... Some errors , harded down from age to age , Plead cuftom's force , and ftill poffefs the stage , That's vile - Should ...
... Some comic character , ftrong featur'd , urge To probability's extremeft verge , Where modeft judgment her decree ... Some errors , harded down from age to age , Plead cuftom's force , and ftill poffefs the stage , That's vile - Should ...
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... Some want the ftriking elegance of eale ; The curious eye their aukward movement tires ; They feem like puppets led about by wires . Others , like ftatues , in one potture ftill , Give great ideas of the workman's skill ; Wond'ring ...
... Some want the ftriking elegance of eale ; The curious eye their aukward movement tires ; They feem like puppets led about by wires . Others , like ftatues , in one potture ftill , Give great ideas of the workman's skill ; Wond'ring ...
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... Some dozen lines before the ghost is there , Behold him for the folemn fcene prepare . See how he frames his eyes , poifes each limb , Puts the whole body into proper trim.— From whence we learn , with no great stretch of art , Five ...
... Some dozen lines before the ghost is there , Behold him for the folemn fcene prepare . See how he frames his eyes , poifes each limb , Puts the whole body into proper trim.— From whence we learn , with no great stretch of art , Five ...
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... some dull lines in cold order creep , And with his theme the poet feems to fleep , Still , when his fubject rifes proud to view , With equal ftrength the poet rifes too . With ftrong invention , nobleft vigour fraught , Thought ftill ...
... some dull lines in cold order creep , And with his theme the poet feems to fleep , Still , when his fubject rifes proud to view , With equal ftrength the poet rifes too . With ftrong invention , nobleft vigour fraught , Thought ftill ...
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... Some cringing Lacquey , or rapacious Whore , To favours of the great the fureft door , Some Catamite , or Pimp , in credit grown , Who tempts another's wife , or fells his own , Steps crofs his hopes , the promis'd boon denies , And for ...
... Some cringing Lacquey , or rapacious Whore , To favours of the great the fureft door , Some Catamite , or Pimp , in credit grown , Who tempts another's wife , or fells his own , Steps crofs his hopes , the promis'd boon denies , And for ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
æther bafe beneath blefs bleft blifs bofom breaft caufe charms death deep defcend divine dreadful e'en earth eternal ev'ry facred fafe fair fame fate fatire fcene fcorn fear feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhines fhore fhould fide fing fkies flame flaves fleep fmile foes foft fome fong fons fools foon foul fpirit fpread ftand ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell genius glory grace Greece heart heaven himſelf honour immortal juft kings laft lefs loft Lorenzo mighty moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffions Palemon peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profe proud rage reafon rife Rodmond round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſkill ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throne trembling truth virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 221 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite 219 - Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Seite 219 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Seite 221 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Seite 503 - The rooms with costly tapestry were hung, Where was inwoven many a gentle tale ; Such as of old the rural poets sung...
Seite 506 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Seite 219 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite 513 - The gentle Knight, who saw their rueful case, Let fall adown his silver beard some tears. "Certes...
Seite 508 - And certes had been utterly undone; But that Minerva pity of him took, With all the gods that love the rural wonne, That teach to tame the soil and rule the crook ; Ne did the sacred Nine disdain a gentle look.
Seite 503 - As when a shepherd of the Hebrid Isles*, Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.