The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, 30. köide1790 |
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... . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , instructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And B 3 Poem to Mr Dryden.
... . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , instructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And B 3 Poem to Mr Dryden.
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English poets. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts th ' advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
English poets. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts th ' advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
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... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest ...
... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heaven with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest ...
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... light . But ftop , my Mufe , th ' ungrateful found forbear , Maria's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart Maria ftill does wound , And tears burst out unbidden at the found ; Maria ftill our rising mirth deftroys ...
... light . But ftop , my Mufe , th ' ungrateful found forbear , Maria's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart Maria ftill does wound , And tears burst out unbidden at the found ; Maria ftill our rising mirth deftroys ...
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... light , The bees through woods and forests take their flight . They rifle every flower , and lightly skim } } The cryftal brook , and fip the running ftream : And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding ...
... light , The bees through woods and forests take their flight . They rifle every flower , and lightly skim } } The cryftal brook , and fip the running ftream : And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight , And knead the yielding ...
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¯NEID ¿ther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus C¿far 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.