The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 14. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fool the merchant we may call , To pay great fums , and to compound the fmall : For who would break with heaven , and would not break for all ? Reft then , my foul , from endless anguish freed : Nor fciences thy guide , nor sense thy ...
... fool the merchant we may call , To pay great fums , and to compound the fmall : For who would break with heaven , and would not break for all ? Reft then , my foul , from endless anguish freed : Nor fciences thy guide , nor sense thy ...
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... fool could fay , Would never fix his thought , but trim his time away . The paffage yet was good ; the wind , ' tis true , Was fomewhat high , but that was nothing new , No more than ufual equinoxes blew . The fun , already from the ...
... fool could fay , Would never fix his thought , but trim his time away . The paffage yet was good ; the wind , ' tis true , Was fomewhat high , but that was nothing new , No more than ufual equinoxes blew . The fun , already from the ...
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... fools are doubly fools , endeavouring to be wife . After a grave confult what course were best , One , more mature in folly than the reft , Stood up , and told them with his head afide , } That defperate cures must be to desperate ills ...
... fools are doubly fools , endeavouring to be wife . After a grave confult what course were best , One , more mature in folly than the reft , Stood up , and told them with his head afide , } That defperate cures must be to desperate ills ...
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... fools are doubly fools , endeavouring to be wife . After a grave confult what course were best , One , more mature in folly than the reft , Stood up , and told them with his head afide , } That defperate cures must be to defperate ills ...
... fools are doubly fools , endeavouring to be wife . After a grave confult what course were best , One , more mature in folly than the reft , Stood up , and told them with his head afide , } That defperate cures must be to defperate ills ...
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... fools fhall ftand in thy defence , And justify their author's want of sense . Let them be all by thy own model made Of dulnefs , and defire no foreign aid ; That they to future ages may be known , Not copies drawn , but iffue of thy own ...
... fools fhall ftand in thy defence , And justify their author's want of sense . Let them be all by thy own model made Of dulnefs , and defire no foreign aid ; That they to future ages may be known , Not copies drawn , but iffue of thy own ...
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ABSALOM and ACHITOPHEL againſt Amyntas Becauſe beft beſt bleft breaſt caufe cauſe cloſe confcience defign'd durft EARL of DUNDEE eaſe Engliſh EPILOGUE ev'n eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fatire fear feen fenfe fhall fhould fighing fight fince fing firft firſt foes fome fons fools foon foul ftand ftill fubjects fuch fung fure fweet grace gueſt heaven herſelf himſelf houſe increaſe juft juſt kiffing kind king laft laſt leaſt lefs look'd lov'd moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers o'er Oxford bells Panther play pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe prince PROLOGUE rais'd raiſe reft reſt rhyme rife riſe ſay ſcarce ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſky ſome ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou Timotheus treaſure true Twas uſe verfe Whig whofe Whoſe wife worfe yourſelves
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Page 105 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 106 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Page 113 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 113 - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy! Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Page 113 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride: — Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 87 - FAREWELL, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine.
Page 113 - ... blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the...
Page 58 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land : There thou...
Page 11 - tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire : Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay : So drossy, so divisible are...
Page 73 - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our sires, and as they fought they writ, Conquering with force of arms and dint of wit: Theirs was the giant race before the flood ; And thus, when Charles return'd, our empire stood. Like Janus...