The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 6-7Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Pagina 10
... greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he , by geometric fcale , Could take the size of pots of ale ; Refolve by fines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wifely tell what hour o ' th ' day The clock does ...
... greater Than Tycho Brahe or Erra Pater ; For he , by geometric fcale , Could take the size of pots of ale ; Refolve by fines and tangents straight If bread or butter wanted weight ; And wifely tell what hour o ' th ' day The clock does ...
Pagina 51
... greater speed Than could b ' expected from his fteed . Reftored in 1704 . Ver . 101 , 102. ] But with a great deal more return'd -For now the foe he bad difcern'd - In the two first editions of 1663 . Ver . 106. ] So called , from ...
... greater speed Than could b ' expected from his fteed . Reftored in 1704 . Ver . 101 , 102. ] But with a great deal more return'd -For now the foe he bad difcern'd - In the two first editions of 1663 . Ver . 106. ] So called , from ...
Pagina 59
... greater troops of fheep h ' had fought Than Ajax or bold Don Quixote ; 310 And many a ferpent of fell kind , With wings before and stings behind , Subdued ; as poets fay , long agone , Bold Sir George , Saint George , did the Dragon ...
... greater troops of fheep h ' had fought Than Ajax or bold Don Quixote ; 310 And many a ferpent of fell kind , With wings before and stings behind , Subdued ; as poets fay , long agone , Bold Sir George , Saint George , did the Dragon ...
Pagina 87
... greater fright , Beat down , and worsted by the Knight ; He roar'd , and rag'd , and flung about , To shake off bondage from his fnout : His wrath inflam'd , boil'd o'er , and from His jaws of death he threw the foam ; Fury in stranger ...
... greater fright , Beat down , and worsted by the Knight ; He roar'd , and rag'd , and flung about , To shake off bondage from his fnout : His wrath inflam'd , boil'd o'er , and from His jaws of death he threw the foam ; Fury in stranger ...
Pagina 94
... greater glory gain 1065 By foes in triumph led , than flain : The laurels that adorn their brows Are pull'd from living , not dead boughs , And living foes : the greatest fame Of cripple flain can be but lame : 1070 One half of him ' s ...
... greater glory gain 1065 By foes in triumph led , than flain : The laurels that adorn their brows Are pull'd from living , not dead boughs , And living foes : the greatest fame Of cripple flain can be but lame : 1070 One half of him ' s ...
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Pagina 9 - Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin ; It had an odd promiscuous tone, As if h' had talk'd three parts in one ; Which made some think, when he did gabble, Th' had heard three labourers of Babel, Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash of languages at once.
Pagina 10 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with gray.
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