Poems on Several Occasions, Volume 2A. Manson, P. Thompson, H. Newton, S. Bland, and R. Dursley., 1777 - 231 pagina's |
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Pagina 72
... For from most bodies , Dick , you know , Some little bits afk leave to flow ; And , as through these canals they roll , Bring up a fample of the whole . Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the inn 172 POEMS .
... For from most bodies , Dick , you know , Some little bits afk leave to flow ; And , as through these canals they roll , Bring up a fample of the whole . Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the inn 172 POEMS .
Pagina 92
... Some limbs fhe finds the very fame , In place , and dignity , and name : Thefe dwell at fuch convenient distance , That each may give his friend affiftance . Thus he who runs or dances , begs The equal vigour of two legs ; So much to ...
... Some limbs fhe finds the very fame , In place , and dignity , and name : Thefe dwell at fuch convenient distance , That each may give his friend affiftance . Thus he who runs or dances , begs The equal vigour of two legs ; So much to ...
Pagina 93
Matthew Prior. Some limbs again in bulk or ftature Unlike , and not a - kin by nature , In concert act , like modern friends ; Because one ferves the other's ends . The arm thus waits upon the heart , So quick to take the bully's part ...
Matthew Prior. Some limbs again in bulk or ftature Unlike , and not a - kin by nature , In concert act , like modern friends ; Because one ferves the other's ends . The arm thus waits upon the heart , So quick to take the bully's part ...
Pagina 133
... some names of countries , terms of art , and notions in natural philofophy are otherwife expreffed , than can be warranted by the Geography or Aftronomy of SOLOMON's time . Poets are allowed the fame liberty PREFACE . 133.
... some names of countries , terms of art , and notions in natural philofophy are otherwife expreffed , than can be warranted by the Geography or Aftronomy of SOLOMON's time . Poets are allowed the fame liberty PREFACE . 133.
Pagina 152
... some other earth , Countries by future plow - fhares to be torn , And cities rais'd by nations yet unborn ! Ere the progreffive course of restless age Performs three thoufand times its annual ftage ; May not our power and learning be ...
... some other earth , Countries by future plow - fhares to be torn , And cities rais'd by nations yet unborn ! Ere the progreffive course of restless age Performs three thoufand times its annual ftage ; May not our power and learning be ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Abra Alma arms bleft breaft caft call'd cauſe confeft courſe crown'd cruel doubt death defire deftin'd delight Derry Dick diff'rent e'er earth endleſs erft Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fatire fav'rite fear feat feen fenfe fhade fhall fhould fhow fighs fight fing firft fmiles foft fome fong forrow foul fpirits ftand ftate ftill ftream ftrength fuch fure fweet goddeſs grief hand heart heav'n himſelf honour hope juft juſt king laft leaſt lefs loft Lucretius lyre mafter maid meaſure mind moft mourn muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poltis pow'r praife praiſe prefent profe purſue quoth rage raiſe reafon receiv'd reft rifing ſhall ſhe Solomon ſpeak ſtate thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tir'd toil uſe verfe verſe vex'd whence whilft whofe wife
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Pagina 138 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Pagina 222 - If, while this wearied flesh draws fleeting breath, Not satisfied with life, afraid of death, It haply be Thy will, that I should know Glimpse of delight, or pause from anxious woe ! From Now, from instant Now, great Sire ! dispel The clouds that press my soul ; from Now reveal A gracious beam of light ; from Now inspire My tongue to sing...
Pagina 138 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Pagina 188 - scapes The men their lyres, the maids their voices raise, To sing my happiness and Abra's praise, And slavish bards our mutual loves rehearse In lying strains and ignominious verse ; While from the banquet leading forth the bride, Whom prudent love from public eyes should...
Pagina 73 - And fets men's faith by his opinions. The fcholars of the Stagyrite, Who for the old opinion fight, Would make their modern friends confefs, The diff'rence but from more to lefs.
Pagina 91 - With honour take her back again ? From hence I logically gather, The woman cannot live with either. Now, I have two right...
Pagina 138 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Pagina 102 - To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.
Pagina 207 - And apter utensils their place supply. These things and thou must share one equal lot: Die, and be lost, corrupt, and be forgot; While still another, and another race Shall now supply, and now give up the place: From earth all came, to earth must all return; Frail as the cord, and brittle as the urn.
Pagina 109 - Which all must grant, though few can spell. You tell your doctor that you're ill, And what does he but write a bill ? Of which you need not read one letter ; The worse the scrawl, the dose the better ; For if you knew but what you take, Though you recover, he must break.