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Pagina vi
... virtues of Ulyffes ; from both perfecting a character proper for his work in the person of Æneas . As Virgil copied after Homer , other Epic poets have copied after them both . Taffo's Gie- rufalemme Liberata is directly Troy Town fack ...
... virtues of Ulyffes ; from both perfecting a character proper for his work in the person of Æneas . As Virgil copied after Homer , other Epic poets have copied after them both . Taffo's Gie- rufalemme Liberata is directly Troy Town fack ...
Pagina vii
... virtue conducive to the whole defign . To bring this to our prefent fubject . The pleasures of life do not compenfate the miseries : age fteals upon us unawares ; and death , as the only cure of our ills , ought to be expected , but not ...
... virtue conducive to the whole defign . To bring this to our prefent fubject . The pleasures of life do not compenfate the miseries : age fteals upon us unawares ; and death , as the only cure of our ills , ought to be expected , but not ...
Pagina 13
... virtue , and of God . How shall we next o'er earth and seas pursue The varied forms of every thing we view ; That all is chang'd , though all is still the same , Fluid the parts , yet durable the frame ? Of those materials which have ...
... virtue , and of God . How shall we next o'er earth and seas pursue The varied forms of every thing we view ; That all is chang'd , though all is still the same , Fluid the parts , yet durable the frame ? Of those materials which have ...
Pagina 16
... Virtues fublime , great attributes of Heaven , From thence to this diftinguish'd nation given : Yet farther weft the western ifle extends Her happier fame ; her armed fleet fhe fends To climates folded yet from human eye ; And lands ...
... Virtues fublime , great attributes of Heaven , From thence to this diftinguish'd nation given : Yet farther weft the western ifle extends Her happier fame ; her armed fleet fhe fends To climates folded yet from human eye ; And lands ...
Pagina 25
... Virtue's gleby land , With rifing pride amidst the corn appear , And choak the hopes and harvest of the year . And now the whole perplex'd ignoble crowd Mute to my questions , in my praises loud , Echo'd the word : whence things arofe ...
... Virtue's gleby land , With rifing pride amidst the corn appear , And choak the hopes and harvest of the year . And now the whole perplex'd ignoble crowd Mute to my questions , in my praises loud , Echo'd the word : whence things arofe ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 32 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Pagina 68 - Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Pagina 67 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Pagina 67 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Pagina 157 - And now in this journey of life I would have A place where to bait, 'twixt the court and the grave: Where joyful to live, not unwilling to die— Gadzooks ! I have just such a place in my eye. There are gardens so stately, and...
Pagina 68 - 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 87 - And griefs, will find their shafts elanc'd in vain, And their points broke, retorted from the head, Safe in the grave, and free among the dead.
Pagina 219 - Woolston doubts ; And that his son, and his son's son, Were all but ploughmen, clowns, and louts. Each, when his rustic pains began, To merit pleaded equal right ; 'Twas only who left off at noon, Or who went on to work till night.
Pagina 204 - Venus, we deride The vagrant's malice, and his mother's pride ; Send him to nymphs who sleep on Ida's shade, To the loose dance, and wanton masquerade ; Our thoughts are settled, and intent our look, On the instructive verse, and moral book ; On female idleness his power relies ; But, when he finds us studying hard, he flies.
Pagina 178 - I'll soon with Jenny's pride quit score. Make all her lovers fall: They'll grieve I was not loos'd before ; She, I was loos'd at all.