The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 50. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... mankind : IIO 115 None are fupinely good : through care and pain , And various arts , the steep ascent we gain . This is the fcene of combat , not of reft , Man's is laborious happiness at best ; On this fide death his dangers never ...
... mankind : IIO 115 None are fupinely good : through care and pain , And various arts , the steep ascent we gain . This is the fcene of combat , not of reft , Man's is laborious happiness at best ; On this fide death his dangers never ...
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... mankind . Did not the prophet this great truth maintain In the deep chambers of the gloomy main ; When darkness round him all her horrors spread , And the loud ocean bellow'd o'er his head ? 245 When now the thunder roars , the ...
... mankind . Did not the prophet this great truth maintain In the deep chambers of the gloomy main ; When darkness round him all her horrors spread , And the loud ocean bellow'd o'er his head ? 245 When now the thunder roars , the ...
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... mankind . In that illuftrious rank , what fhining light With fuch diftinguifh'd glory fills my fight ? Bend down , my grateful Mufe , that homage fhow , Which to fuch worthies thou art proud to owe . Wickham ! Fox ! Chichley ! hail ...
... mankind . In that illuftrious rank , what fhining light With fuch diftinguifh'd glory fills my fight ? Bend down , my grateful Mufe , that homage fhow , Which to fuch worthies thou art proud to owe . Wickham ! Fox ! Chichley ! hail ...
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... mankind is fummon'd to the Bar . This mighty fcene I next prefume to draw : Attend , great Anna , with religious awe . Expect not here the known fuccefsful arts 155 To win attention , and command our hearts : C Fiction , be far away ...
... mankind is fummon'd to the Bar . This mighty fcene I next prefume to draw : Attend , great Anna , with religious awe . Expect not here the known fuccefsful arts 155 To win attention , and command our hearts : C Fiction , be far away ...
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... mankind extend imperial fway . " When we lie down in fome obfcure retreat , << Incens'd Maria may her rage forget ; " And I to death my duty will improve , " And what you mifs in empire , add in love— " Your God - like foul is open'd in ...
... mankind extend imperial fway . " When we lie down in fome obfcure retreat , << Incens'd Maria may her rage forget ; " And I to death my duty will improve , " And what you mifs in empire , add in love— " Your God - like foul is open'd in ...
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Page 210 - Tis dreadful to behold his nostrils blaze ; To paw the vale he proudly takes delight, And triumphs in the fulness of his might ; High rais'd he snuffs the battle from afar, And burns to plunge amid the raging war ; And mocks at death, and throws his foam around, And in a storm of fury shakes the ground.
Page 223 - Rome swift thunder flew, And headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bosom bled : His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart.
Page 86 - Is there a man of an eternal vein, "Who lulls the town in winter with his strain, At Bath, in summer, chants the reigning...
Page 110 - Such shining expletives of human kind, Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Sense to be right and passion to be wrong.
Page 210 - But, fiercer still, the lordly lion stalks, Grimly majestic in his lonely walks ; When round he glares, all living creatures fly; He clears the desert with his rolling eye.
Page 139 - tis on plenty your poor lovers starve. But with a modern fair, meridian merit Is a fierce thing they call a nymph of spirit. Mark well the rollings of her flaming eye, And tread on tiptoe if you dare draw nigh: 50 "Or if you take a lion by the beard, Or dare defy the fell Hyrcanian pard, Or arm'd rhinoceros, or rough Russian bear," First make your will, and then converse with her.
Page 221 - Views the pale cheek and the distorted mien ; He drains off life by drops, and, deaf to cries, Examines every spirit as it flies : He studies torment, dives in mortal woe, To rouse up every pang repeats his blow ; Each rising agony, each dreadful grace, Yet warm transplanting to his Saviour's face.
Page 89 - But found at length that it reduc'd his rent ; His farms were flown ; when, lo ! a sale comes on, A choice collection ! what is to be done ? He sells his last ; for he the whole will buy ; Sells...
Page 79 - It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains of the dead ; Nor ends with life ; but nods in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs.
Page 169 - The naval crown Is all his own ! Our fleet, if War or Commerce call, His will performs Through waves and storms, And rides in triumph round the ball.