The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... ... 194 Solomon on the Vanity of the World . In Three Books . Preface ...... Book I. Knowledge Book II . Pleasure .. Book III . Power .......... 196 205 229 262 THE LIFE OF MATTHEW PRIOR . BY DR . JOHNSON 4 CONTENTS .
... ... 194 Solomon on the Vanity of the World . In Three Books . Preface ...... Book I. Knowledge Book II . Pleasure .. Book III . Power .......... 196 205 229 262 THE LIFE OF MATTHEW PRIOR . BY DR . JOHNSON 4 CONTENTS .
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... pleasure of fretting Dryden ; for they were both speedily pre- ferred . Montague , indeed , obtained the first notice , with some degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the per- formance ...
... pleasure of fretting Dryden ; for they were both speedily pre- ferred . Montague , indeed , obtained the first notice , with some degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the per- formance ...
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... pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire of immediate renown , and keep his work ...
... pleasure . Perhaps no man ever thought a line superfluous when he first wrote it , or contracted his work till his ebullitions of invention had subsided . And even if he should control his desire of immediate renown , and keep his work ...
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... pleasure was more in fashion than business ; he turned his parts rather to books and conversation than to politics , and what more immediately related to the public : but whenever the safety of his coun- try demanded his assistance , he ...
... pleasure was more in fashion than business ; he turned his parts rather to books and conversation than to politics , and what more immediately related to the public : but whenever the safety of his coun- try demanded his assistance , he ...
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... pleasure of society , and the happiness of life depend ; and he exercised them with the greatest decency and best manners . As good nature is said , by a great author ' , to be- long more particularly to the English than any other ...
... pleasure of society , and the happiness of life depend ; and he exercised them with the greatest decency and best manners . As good nature is said , by a great author ' , to be- long more particularly to the English than any other ...
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Abra arms battle of Ramillies beauty Belgia bless'd Boileau breast breath bright call'd Carvel charms command confess'd court crown'd cruel cruel doubt death delight Derry distinguish'd dread Earl Earl of Dorset earth Elector of Bavaria fair fame fate fear flame flies force glory grace grief grieve happy hast heart Heaven hero Hippolytus honour hope Hudibras Jove king labour land light live Lord lyre maid master Matthew Prior mind mourn Muse Namur ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er obey pain pass'd passion peace Pindaric pleasure poem poet praise pride prince Prior Queen rage reason reign rising Sambre sighs sing Solomon song sorrow soul sure tell thee things thou thought throne to-morrow toil truth Twas verse vex'd virtue ween weep whence Whilst William wound youth
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Page 59 - Euphelia's toilet lay ; When Chloe noted her desire, That I should sing, that I should play. My lyre I tune, my voice I raise ; But with my numbers mix my sighs : And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise, I fix my soul on Chloe's eyes. Fair Chloe blushed : Euphelia frowned : I sung and gazed : I played and trembled : And Venus to the Loves around Remarked, how ill we all dissembled.
Page 263 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 204 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." — Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.
Page 113 - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone...
Page 262 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 204 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 262 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 230 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Page 204 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 234 - twas Rage ; 'twas Noise ; An airy Scene of transitory Joys. In vain I trusted, that the flowing Bowl Would banish Sorrow, and enlarge the Soul. To the late Revel, and protracted Feast Wild Dreams succeeded, and disorder'd Rest ; And as at Dawn of Morn fair Reason's Light Broke thro...