The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, 30. köide1790 |
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... Whilft angry gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on feas before unpreft , And strikes a terror through the haughty East : Algiers and Tunis from their fultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar ; Fain from the ...
... Whilft angry gods conspire to make him great . Thy navy rides on feas before unpreft , And strikes a terror through the haughty East : Algiers and Tunis from their fultry shore With horror hear the British engines roar ; Fain from the ...
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... Whilft , pointing to the naked coast , he shows His wondering mates where towns and steeples rofe , Where crowded citizens he lately view'd , And fingles out the place where once St. Maloes flood . Here Ruffel's actions should my Muse ...
... Whilft , pointing to the naked coast , he shows His wondering mates where towns and steeples rofe , Where crowded citizens he lately view'd , And fingles out the place where once St. Maloes flood . Here Ruffel's actions should my Muse ...
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... Whilft others , labouring in their cells at home , Temper Narciffus ' clammy tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On this they found their waxen works , and raise The yellow fabric on its glewy base . Some ...
... Whilft others , labouring in their cells at home , Temper Narciffus ' clammy tears with gum , For the first ground - work of the golden comb ; On this they found their waxen works , and raise The yellow fabric on its glewy base . Some ...
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... Whilft griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows fome the flames increase , And fome in waters dip the hiffing mafs ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully refound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ground ...
... Whilft griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows fome the flames increase , And fome in waters dip the hiffing mafs ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully refound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ground ...
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... whilft frying gums Caft round a fragrant mist of spicy fumes . Thus kindly tempt the famish'd fwarm to eat , And gently reconcile them to their meat . Mix juice of galls , and wine , that grow in time Condens'd by fire , and thicken to ...
... whilft frying gums Caft round a fragrant mist of spicy fumes . Thus kindly tempt the famish'd fwarm to eat , And gently reconcile them to their meat . Mix juice of galls , and wine , that grow in time Condens'd by fire , and thicken to ...
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ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
Popular passages
Page 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Page 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Page 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Page 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Page 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Page 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.