The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, 30. köide1790 |
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... ignoble ends defign'd , Promote the common welfare of mankind ; No wild ambition moves , but Europe's fears , The cries of orphans , and the widow's tears : Oppreft Religion gives the first alarms , And injur'd Justice TO THE KING . 11.
... ignoble ends defign'd , Promote the common welfare of mankind ; No wild ambition moves , but Europe's fears , The cries of orphans , and the widow's tears : Oppreft Religion gives the first alarms , And injur'd Justice TO THE KING . 11.
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English poets. Oppreft Religion gives the first alarms , And injur'd Justice sets him in his arms ; His conquefts freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his fword . Thus when the forming Mufe would copy forth A ...
English poets. Oppreft Religion gives the first alarms , And injur'd Justice sets him in his arms ; His conquefts freedom to the world afford , And nations bless the labours of his fword . Thus when the forming Mufe would copy forth A ...
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... Give strength to every blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Villeroy , ( for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , and the treaty feal'd ) With what ...
... Give strength to every blow , and edge his fword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Afk Villeroy , ( for Villeroy beheld The town furrender'd , and the treaty feal'd ) With what ...
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... give the fign for flight . Let flowery banks entice them to their cells , And gardens all perfum'd with native smells ; Where carv'd Priapus has his fix'd abode , The robber's terror , and the scare - crow god . Wild thyme and pine ...
... give the fign for flight . Let flowery banks entice them to their cells , And gardens all perfum'd with native smells ; Where carv'd Priapus has his fix'd abode , The robber's terror , and the scare - crow god . Wild thyme and pine ...
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... Give force to every word , and recommend our prayers . When time itfelf fhall be no more , And all things in confufion hurl'd , Mufic fhall then exert its power , And found furvive the ruins of the world : Then faints and angels fhall ...
... Give force to every word , and recommend our prayers . When time itfelf fhall be no more , And all things in confufion hurl'd , Mufic fhall then exert its power , And found furvive the ruins of the world : Then faints and angels fhall ...
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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
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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.