The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 631790 |
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Pagina 12
... must give ; Grave with Agrippa , with Mæcenas gay ; Among the Fair , but juft as wife as they : The St. Johns , Boyles , and Lyttletons , of old . 125 130 First in the friendships of the Great enroll'd , While Bentley , long to ...
... must give ; Grave with Agrippa , with Mæcenas gay ; Among the Fair , but juft as wife as they : The St. Johns , Boyles , and Lyttletons , of old . 125 130 First in the friendships of the Great enroll'd , While Bentley , long to ...
Pagina 16
... must truth supply , Are but the fplendid colouring of a lie . These need not here ; for to a foul like thine , Truth , plain and fimple , will more lovely shine . The The truly good but wifh the verse fincere : They 16 MALLET'S POEM S.
... must truth supply , Are but the fplendid colouring of a lie . These need not here ; for to a foul like thine , Truth , plain and fimple , will more lovely shine . The The truly good but wifh the verse fincere : They 16 MALLET'S POEM S.
Pagina 18
... must hope to live unknown : Their deeds will place thy virtue full in fight ; Thy vice , if vice thou haft , in ftronger light . If to thy fair beginnings nobly true , Think what the world may claim , and thou must do : The honours ...
... must hope to live unknown : Their deeds will place thy virtue full in fight ; Thy vice , if vice thou haft , in ftronger light . If to thy fair beginnings nobly true , Think what the world may claim , and thou must do : The honours ...
Pagina 23
... reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive , He hum'd , and haw'd ; then , waking from his dream , Cry'd , I must preach to you his , moral scheme . C 4 A scheme , A fcheme , forfooth ! to benefit the nation ! [ 23 ]
... reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive , He hum'd , and haw'd ; then , waking from his dream , Cry'd , I must preach to you his , moral scheme . C 4 A scheme , A fcheme , forfooth ! to benefit the nation ! [ 23 ]
Pagina 24
... must be a widgeon : - Drury may propagate - but not Religion . Yet , after all , to give the Devil his due , Our Author's scheme , though ftrange , is wholly new : Well , fhall the novelty then recommend it ? If not from liking , from ...
... must be a widgeon : - Drury may propagate - but not Religion . Yet , after all , to give the Devil his due , Our Author's scheme , though ftrange , is wholly new : Well , fhall the novelty then recommend it ? If not from liking , from ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
afcending amid Amyntor arts aſk beauty behold bleft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt charms cloud courſe croud delight diftant divine earth eternal facred fafe fair fame fancy fate fcenes fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhore fighs filence firft firſt fix'd flame fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul ftill ftorm ftream fublime fuch funk fupreme grace hand heart heaven himſelf honour hour human juft laft laſt lefs light LXIII lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe muſt nature nature's night o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pomp praife praiſe rais'd reafon ridiculous rife round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſpace ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill taſk tears thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil truth univerfal uſe virtue voice weft whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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