A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts. Hamilton. A. Philips. G. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. HarteJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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Side xiv
... some intimation of a meaning , but at last funk into a perfect filence , which continued till the 19th of October , 1745 , when he expired without a struggle , in the 78th year of his age . He was buried in the great aifle of St ...
... some intimation of a meaning , but at last funk into a perfect filence , which continued till the 19th of October , 1745 , when he expired without a struggle , in the 78th year of his age . He was buried in the great aifle of St ...
Side 2
... Some the binds ' prentice to the spade , Some to the drudgery of a trade , Some she does to Egyptian bondage draw , Bids us make bricks , yet fends us to look out for Some the condemns for life to try [ raw : To dig the leaden mines of ...
... Some the binds ' prentice to the spade , Some to the drudgery of a trade , Some she does to Egyptian bondage draw , Bids us make bricks , yet fends us to look out for Some the condemns for life to try [ raw : To dig the leaden mines of ...
Side 8
... Some ply before , and fome behind . My Lord , on fire amidst the dames , F - ts like a laurel in the flames . The fair approach the speaking part , To try the back - way to his heart : For , as when we a gun difcharge , Although the ...
... Some ply before , and fome behind . My Lord , on fire amidst the dames , F - ts like a laurel in the flames . The fair approach the speaking part , To try the back - way to his heart : For , as when we a gun difcharge , Although the ...
Side 9
... some nymph , who ne'er was cruel , Like Charlton cheap , or fam'd Du - Ruel , Receive the filth which he ejects , She foon would find the fame effects Her tainted carcafe to pursue , As from the Salamander's fpue ; A difmal fhedding of ...
... some nymph , who ne'er was cruel , Like Charlton cheap , or fam'd Du - Ruel , Receive the filth which he ejects , She foon would find the fame effects Her tainted carcafe to pursue , As from the Salamander's fpue ; A difmal fhedding of ...
Side 19
... some sober advice --- But Tom is a person of honour so nice , Too wife to take counsel , too proud to take warn . ing , [ ing : That he fent to all three a challenge next morn- Three duels he fought , thrice ventur'd his life ; Went ...
... some sober advice --- But Tom is a person of honour so nice , Too wife to take counsel , too proud to take warn . ing , [ ing : That he fent to all three a challenge next morn- Three duels he fought , thrice ventur'd his life ; Went ...
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ANTISTROPHE beauty behold beneath blefs bleft breaft breath charms Dean dear death defcending defire delight divine dreft earth ECLOGUE Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fcene fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filk fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fubject fuch funk fure fwain fweet fwell glory grace heart heaven himſelf honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymph o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet praife praiſe pride profe rage reafon reft reign rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil verfe virtue Whig whofe wife youth
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Side 152 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Side 227 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Side 200 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Side 308 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Side 417 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Side 532 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
Side 537 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Side 150 - As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends, While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Side 234 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Side 10 - Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round ; Yet (what is wonderful !) they found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'da drop.