The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Tom 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... mind , ( A mind unknown to Rome's ambitious son ) Thy powerful armies were resign'd ; This victory o'er thyself was . more , Than all thy conquests gain'd before : ' Twas more than Philip's son could do , When for new worlds the madman ...
... mind , ( A mind unknown to Rome's ambitious son ) Thy powerful armies were resign'd ; This victory o'er thyself was . more , Than all thy conquests gain'd before : ' Twas more than Philip's son could do , When for new worlds the madman ...
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... mind . Thus some have represented woman - kind . But you , your sex's champion , are come forth To fight their quarrel , and assert their worth ; Our Salic law of wit you have destroy'd , Establish'd female claim , and triumph'd o'er ...
... mind . Thus some have represented woman - kind . But you , your sex's champion , are come forth To fight their quarrel , and assert their worth ; Our Salic law of wit you have destroy'd , Establish'd female claim , and triumph'd o'er ...
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... mind , Hears daily conquests which she ne'er design'd ; In her a soft , yet cruel heart is found , Averse to cure , and vainly griev'd to wound . WRITTEN IN A LADY'S PRAYER - BOOK . So fair a form , with such devotion join'd ! A virgin ...
... mind , Hears daily conquests which she ne'er design'd ; In her a soft , yet cruel heart is found , Averse to cure , and vainly griev'd to wound . WRITTEN IN A LADY'S PRAYER - BOOK . So fair a form , with such devotion join'd ! A virgin ...
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... mind shines cheerful through her face , A sacred lamp in a fair crystal case . Not Venus star , the brightest of the sphere , Smiles so serene , or casts a light so clear . O happy brother of this wondrous fair ! The best of sisters ...
... mind shines cheerful through her face , A sacred lamp in a fair crystal case . Not Venus star , the brightest of the sphere , Smiles so serene , or casts a light so clear . O happy brother of this wondrous fair ! The best of sisters ...
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... mind's unhappy tumults can abate , Or banish sullen cares , that fly Across the gilded rooms of state , And their foul nests , like swallows , build Close to the palace - roofs , and towers that pierce the sky . Much less will Nature's ...
... mind's unhappy tumults can abate , Or banish sullen cares , that fly Across the gilded rooms of state , And their foul nests , like swallows , build Close to the palace - roofs , and towers that pierce the sky . Much less will Nature's ...
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Strona 262 - And terror on my aching s'ight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Strona 42 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Strona 509 - From nature too I take my rule, To shun contempt and ridicule. I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise? My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much, must talk in vain.
Strona 430 - Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay, what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate Pastoral might make. Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
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Strona 262 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Strona 430 - Its reception is thus recorded in the notes to the "Dunciad":— "This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixty-three days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time; at Bath and Bristol fifty, etc.
Strona 43 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise; See the snakes that they rear. How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
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