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Page 19
... Twas when the omniscient creative pow'r And ripens for enjoyment every
growing day ; Display'd his wonders by a mortal's hand , When to exist is but to
love and sing , And , delegated at th ' appointed hour , And sprightly Aries smiles
upon ...
... Twas when the omniscient creative pow'r And ripens for enjoyment every
growing day ; Display'd his wonders by a mortal's hand , When to exist is but to
love and sing , And , delegated at th ' appointed hour , And sprightly Aries smiles
upon ...
Page 22
... The gay meridian is seen , Ere decays the lamp of light , ( nightAnd length'ning
shades stretch out to Seize , seize the hint - each hour improve ( This is morality
in love ) Lend , lend thine hand , let me view Thy parting breasts , sweet avenue ...
... The gay meridian is seen , Ere decays the lamp of light , ( nightAnd length'ning
shades stretch out to Seize , seize the hint - each hour improve ( This is morality
in love ) Lend , lend thine hand , let me view Thy parting breasts , sweet avenue ...
Page 66
Sir , " says the clown , “ wby sure you joke , " A vet'ran , brave , majestic cock , (
And kept on digging as he spoke ) Who serv'd for hour glass , griard , and clock , “
And prate not to extort conviction , Who crow'd the mansion's first relief , But ...
Sir , " says the clown , “ wby sure you joke , " A vet'ran , brave , majestic cock , (
And kept on digging as he spoke ) Who serv'd for hour glass , griard , and clock , “
And prate not to extort conviction , Who crow'd the mansion's first relief , But ...
Page 68
Who yet knew something of the town , Each hour with an all - bounteous hand ,
Beheld the mimic and his whim , Diffus'd she blessings round the land : And on
the morrow challeng'd him , Her gifts and glory lasted long , Declaring to each ...
Who yet knew something of the town , Each hour with an all - bounteous hand ,
Beheld the mimic and his whim , Diffus'd she blessings round the land : And on
the morrow challeng'd him , Her gifts and glory lasted long , Declaring to each ...
Page 90
... I have been to thee , Should sign and seal his residence at large ; When rudely
to thy room I chance to scour , And interrupt thee in the studious hour , Si modo
plura mihi bona sent , inclinet ; amari From Coke and Lyttleton thy mind unbend ...
... I have been to thee , Should sign and seal his residence at large ; When rudely
to thy room I chance to scour , And interrupt thee in the studious hour , Si modo
plura mihi bona sent , inclinet ; amari From Coke and Lyttleton thy mind unbend ...
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Page 97 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
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Page 495 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 495 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, Johnson 16. köide of The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Alexander Chalmers 16. köide of Works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper : in twenty-one volumes / S. Johnson; Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 jaan. 2008 |
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