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Strona xxxi
... must talk to these men " after their own way ; " and would then go on where they left off . According to Waller's report , Cromwell was well verfed in the Greek and Roman hiftorians , and made obfervations upon them with uncommon ...
... must talk to these men " after their own way ; " and would then go on where they left off . According to Waller's report , Cromwell was well verfed in the Greek and Roman hiftorians , and made obfervations upon them with uncommon ...
Strona xxxii
... must " confefs fhe had a wife council . " " And , Sir , " de- manded Waller in his turn , " did your Majefty ever " know a fool chufe a wife one ? " In fummer 1687 he was attacked with a swelling in his legs . In autumn of fame year the ...
... must " confefs fhe had a wife council . " " And , Sir , " de- manded Waller in his turn , " did your Majefty ever " know a fool chufe a wife one ? " In fummer 1687 he was attacked with a swelling in his legs . In autumn of fame year the ...
Strona xxxvi
... artists " fince him have admired the workmanship , without pretending to mend it Suckling and Carew , I " must confefs , wrote fome few things fmoothly 66 " enough ; but as all they did in this 5 Xxxvi LIFE OF WALLER .
... artists " fince him have admired the workmanship , without pretending to mend it Suckling and Carew , I " must confefs , wrote fome few things fmoothly 66 " enough ; but as all they did in this 5 Xxxvi LIFE OF WALLER .
Strona xxxvii
... must go to an antiquary to understand their " true meaning and value . Such advances may a " great genius make when it undertakes any thing " in earnest ! " Waller's Workswill always holda confiderable rank in English poetry , and his ...
... must go to an antiquary to understand their " true meaning and value . Such advances may a " great genius make when it undertakes any thing " in earnest ! " Waller's Workswill always holda confiderable rank in English poetry , and his ...
Strona xliv
... must confefs , wrote fome few things fmoothly enough ; but as all they did in this kind was not very confiderable , fo it was a little later than the earliest pieces of Mr Waller . He undoubtedly stands first in the list of refiners ...
... must confefs , wrote fome few things fmoothly enough ; but as all they did in this kind was not very confiderable , fo it was a little later than the earliest pieces of Mr Waller . He undoubtedly stands first in the list of refiners ...
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againſt beauty beſt blood boaſt bold brave breaſt bright cauſe cife court defign defire Earl EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fays feems feen fenfe fhall fhining fhips fide fight fince fing firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſes iſland itſelf Jove King Lady laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy meaſure mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt noble numbers nymph o'er occafion paffion peace perfon Phoebus plac'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet pow'r praiſe prefent Prince Queen rage raiſe reaſon reft rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet taſte tempeft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe verfe verſes vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
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Strona 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Strona 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Strona xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Strona xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Strona 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Strona 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Strona 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Strona xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Strona 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove