The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson, Tom 12John & Arthur Arch, 1795 |
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... muft have been the greatest poet of his nation , and that he may be faid in this fenfe to be the mafter even of thofe who furpaffed him . | phrafe can make amends for this general defect ; which is no lefs in danger to lose the fpirit ...
... muft have been the greatest poet of his nation , and that he may be faid in this fenfe to be the mafter even of thofe who furpaffed him . | phrafe can make amends for this general defect ; which is no lefs in danger to lose the fpirit ...
Strona 2
... muft fpeak what wildom would conceal , And truths , invidious to the great , reveal . Bold is the task , when fubjects grown too wife , Inftruct a monarch where his error lies ; For though we deem the short - liv'd fury paft , " I'is ...
... muft fpeak what wildom would conceal , And truths , invidious to the great , reveal . Bold is the task , when fubjects grown too wife , Inftruct a monarch where his error lies ; For though we deem the short - liv'd fury paft , " I'is ...
Strona 4
... muft his fuperiors fall , His word the law , and he the lord of all ? Him must our hofts , our chiefs , ourselves obey ? What king can bear a rival in his sway ? Grant that the Gods his matchlefs force hath given ; Has foul reproach a ...
... muft his fuperiors fall , His word the law , and he the lord of all ? Him must our hofts , our chiefs , ourselves obey ? What king can bear a rival in his sway ? Grant that the Gods his matchlefs force hath given ; Has foul reproach a ...
Strona 10
... muft , Plagued with his pride , or punish'd for his luft . Oh women of Achaia ! men no more ! Hence let us fly , and let him waste his store In loves and pleafures on the Phrygian shore We may be wanted on fome bufy day , When Hector ...
... muft , Plagued with his pride , or punish'd for his luft . Oh women of Achaia ! men no more ! Hence let us fly , and let him waste his store In loves and pleafures on the Phrygian shore We may be wanted on fome bufy day , When Hector ...
Strona 17
... muft , beneath his rival's arms ; And live the reft , fecure of future harms . Two lambs , devoted by your country's rite , To Earth a fable , to the Sun a white , Prepare , ye Trojans ! while a third we bring Select to Jove , th ...
... muft , beneath his rival's arms ; And live the reft , fecure of future harms . Two lambs , devoted by your country's rite , To Earth a fable , to the Sun a white , Prepare , ye Trojans ! while a third we bring Select to Jove , th ...
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