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Pagina 27
... hopes of justice and liberty returning with the lawful king . * The tone of praise , which Dryden has adopted , exhibits his usual felicity . There do not here occur any of these rants about the antiquity of the royal line , † and the ...
... hopes of justice and liberty returning with the lawful king . * The tone of praise , which Dryden has adopted , exhibits his usual felicity . There do not here occur any of these rants about the antiquity of the royal line , † and the ...
Pagina 28
... hope and expectation of their future happi- ness . The poet was perhaps sensible , that the claim of loyal me- rit was rather new in his family and person , and ought not there- fore to be expressed with the extravagant colouring of the ...
... hope and expectation of their future happi- ness . The poet was perhaps sensible , that the claim of loyal me- rit was rather new in his family and person , and ought not there- fore to be expressed with the extravagant colouring of the ...
Pagina 31
... hope their bold attempt , Who ruined crowns , would coronets exempt : For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike at power , which for themselves they sought , The vulgar , gulled into rebellion , armed , Their blood to ...
... hope their bold attempt , Who ruined crowns , would coronets exempt : For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike at power , which for themselves they sought , The vulgar , gulled into rebellion , armed , Their blood to ...
Pagina 32
... hope prevent , But stayed , and suffered fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger sought , And Piso to adopted empire brought.f How shall I then my doubtful thoughts express , That must his sufferings both regret and bless ...
... hope prevent , But stayed , and suffered fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger sought , And Piso to adopted empire brought.f How shall I then my doubtful thoughts express , That must his sufferings both regret and bless ...
Pagina 56
... hopes alone , Create that joy , but full fruition : We know those blessings , which we must possess , And judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble ...
... hopes alone , Create that joy , but full fruition : We know those blessings , which we must possess , And judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble ...
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Pagina 79 - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses...
Pagina 270 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Pagina 85 - The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep: Each household genius shows again his face, And, from the hearths, the little Lares creep.
Pagina 142 - The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade.
Pagina 144 - The ghosts of traitors from the Bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice*.
Pagina 86 - Holland fleet, who, tir'il and done, Stretch'd on their decks, like weary oxen lie : Faint sweats all down their mighty members run, (Vast bulks, which little souls but ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, • Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.
Pagina 49 - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Pagina 217 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Pagina 245 - tis to rule; for that's a monarch's end. They call my tenderness of blood, my fear: Though manly tempers can the longest bear.
Pagina 193 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.