The Works of the English Poets, 20. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... present thee with the purest ore : In lafting numbers praife thy whole design , And manly beauty of each nervous line ! Shew how your pointed fatire's sterling wit , Does only knaves or formal blockheads hit ; Who ' re gravely dull ...
... present thee with the purest ore : In lafting numbers praife thy whole design , And manly beauty of each nervous line ! Shew how your pointed fatire's sterling wit , Does only knaves or formal blockheads hit ; Who ' re gravely dull ...
Page 147
... present beft can please a pride like thine . But , O ! forbear to blaft a flame fo bright , Doom'd never to expire , but with the light . And you , great powers , do justice to my name ; The hours , you take from life , restore to fame ...
... present beft can please a pride like thine . But , O ! forbear to blaft a flame fo bright , Doom'd never to expire , but with the light . And you , great powers , do justice to my name ; The hours , you take from life , restore to fame ...
Page 249
... present happiness and that of pofterity . It would be in vain to think of doing it without help from the Ancients , amongst whom none has touched that paffion more tenderly and juftly than Ovid . He knew that he bore the mastership in ...
... present happiness and that of pofterity . It would be in vain to think of doing it without help from the Ancients , amongst whom none has touched that paffion more tenderly and juftly than Ovid . He knew that he bore the mastership in ...
Page 255
... fre- quently fupped during the fummer in the Green - house . Queen Caroline extended the gardens to their present fize , three miles and a half in compafs . N. Some- 1 Sometimes in wilder groves , by chariots drawn , They ART OF LOVE . 255.
... fre- quently fupped during the fummer in the Green - house . Queen Caroline extended the gardens to their present fize , three miles and a half in compafs . N. Some- 1 Sometimes in wilder groves , by chariots drawn , They ART OF LOVE . 255.
Page 289
... present make , Not for the value , but the giver's fake . Perhaps the may at vacant hours perufe The happy product of your eafy Mufe . Far from intrigue and scandal be your verse ; But praife of virgin - modefty rehearse ; Maufolus by ...
... present make , Not for the value , but the giver's fake . Perhaps the may at vacant hours perufe The happy product of your eafy Mufe . Far from intrigue and scandal be your verse ; But praife of virgin - modefty rehearse ; Maufolus by ...
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ancient Apicius arms Art of Cookery becauſe beft beſt Britiſh charms Cook cries defign defire difh diſhes drefs eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fair fame fate fatire fear feas feem feen fend fent feven fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fighs filk filver fince firft firſt Fiſh fkies flain flame fleep fmall fmiling foft fome fomething foon foul fpread fprings Friend ftand ftill fubject fuch fure give grace hafte himſelf honour juft juſt King laft laſt Latian leaſt lefs loft Love Mafter meat moft moſt muft muſt ne'er numbers Nymph o'er occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion perfons Phyficians pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poets prefent raiſe reaſon reft reign rife ſhall ſhe ſkies ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand unleſs uſe verfe Vertumnus Whilft whofe Whoſe wife Wine