The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 14Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Pagina 114
... stage , Make Dorimant betray , and Loveit rage ; Let Cully , Cockwood , Fopling , charm the pit , And in their folly fhew the writer's wit . Yet still thy fools fhall ftand in thy defence , And justify their author's want of sense . Let ...
... stage , Make Dorimant betray , and Loveit rage ; Let Cully , Cockwood , Fopling , charm the pit , And in their folly fhew the writer's wit . Yet still thy fools fhall ftand in thy defence , And justify their author's want of sense . Let ...
Pagina 138
... stage was rude ; And boisterous English wit with art indued . Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in skill we loft in ftrength . Our builders were with want of genius curft ; The second temple was not like the ...
... stage was rude ; And boisterous English wit with art indued . Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gain'd in skill we loft in ftrength . Our builders were with want of genius curft ; The second temple was not like the ...
Pagina 140
... stage : Unprofitably kept at heaven's expence , I live a rent - charge on his providence : But whom every Muse and Grace adorn , you , Whom I foresee to better fortune born , Be kind to my remains ; and O defend , Against your judgment ...
... stage : Unprofitably kept at heaven's expence , I live a rent - charge on his providence : But whom every Muse and Grace adorn , you , Whom I foresee to better fortune born , Be kind to my remains ; and O defend , Against your judgment ...
Pagina 141
... stage ; Which fo declines , that shortly we may fee Players and plays reduc'd to second infancy . Sharp to the world , but thoughtless of renown , They plot not on the stage , but on the town , And , in despair their empty pit to fill ...
... stage ; Which fo declines , that shortly we may fee Players and plays reduc'd to second infancy . Sharp to the world , but thoughtless of renown , They plot not on the stage , but on the town , And , in despair their empty pit to fill ...
Pagina 142
... stage . That facred art , by heaven itself infus'd , Which Mofes , David , Solomon , have us'd , Is now to be no more : the Mufes ' foes Would fink their Maker's praifes into profe . Were they content to prune the lavish vine Of ...
... stage . That facred art , by heaven itself infus'd , Which Mofes , David , Solomon , have us'd , Is now to be no more : the Mufes ' foes Would fink their Maker's praifes into profe . Were they content to prune the lavish vine Of ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
ABSALOM and ACHITOPHEL againſt Amyntas Becauſe beft beſt bleft breaſt caufe cauſe cloſe confcience defign'd durft EARL of DUNDEE eaſe Engliſh EPILOGUE ev'n eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fatire fear feen fenfe fhall fhould fighing fight fince fing firft firſt foes fome fons fools foon foul ftand ftill fubjects fuch fung fure fweet grace gueſt heaven herſelf himſelf houſe increaſe juft juſt kiffing kind king laft laſt leaſt lefs look'd lov'd moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers o'er Oxford bells Panther play pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe prince PROLOGUE rais'd raiſe reft reſt rhyme rife riſe ſay ſcarce ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſky ſome ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou Timotheus treaſure true Twas uſe verfe Whig whofe Whoſe wife worfe yourſelves
Populaire passages
Pagina 105 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Pagina 106 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Pagina 113 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Pagina 113 - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy! Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Pagina 113 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride: — Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Pagina 87 - FAREWELL, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own: For sure our souls were near allied, and thine Cast in the same poetic mould with mine.
Pagina 113 - ... 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...
Pagina 58 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land : There thou...
Pagina 11 - tis sure no higher Than matter, put in motion, may aspire : Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay : So drossy, so divisible are...
Pagina 73 - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our sires, and as they fought they writ, Conquering with force of arms and dint of wit: Theirs was the giant race before the flood ; And thus, when Charles return'd, our empire stood. Like Janus...