The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volum 301790 |
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... grow : How wild Lycaon , chang'd by angry gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling through the woods . O may'ft thou still the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness , interrupt thy fong : Then may we wondering read , how human ...
... grow : How wild Lycaon , chang'd by angry gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling through the woods . O may'ft thou still the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness , interrupt thy fong : Then may we wondering read , how human ...
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... mirth deftroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But fee , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Naffau comes ! and as his fleet draws near , The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , 3 TO THE KING . 35.
... mirth deftroys , Darkens our triumphs , and forbids our joys . But fee , at length , the British ships appear ! Our Naffau comes ! and as his fleet draws near , The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , 3 TO THE KING . 35.
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English poets. The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , And all his pompous navy floats in fight . Come , mighty Prince , defir'd of Britain , come ! May Heaven's propitious gales attend thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds ...
English poets. The rifing mafts advance , the fails grow white , And all his pompous navy floats in fight . Come , mighty Prince , defir'd of Britain , come ! May Heaven's propitious gales attend thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds ...
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... grow , Or palms fhoot up , and shade the streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and sport it in the fun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool ...
... grow , Or palms fhoot up , and shade the streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and sport it in the fun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool ...
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... grow red , and crackle in the fire : Nor neighbouring caves return the dying found , Nor echoing rocks the doubled voice rebound . Things thus prepar'd- When th ' under - world is feiz'd with cold and night , And fummer here descends in ...
... grow red , and crackle in the fire : Nor neighbouring caves return the dying found , Nor echoing rocks the doubled voice rebound . Things thus prepar'd- When th ' under - world is feiz'd with cold and night , And fummer here descends in ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
ÆNEID æther againſt amidſt arms atque behold blood bluſhes breaſt Britiſh Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe death DECIUS deſcribed deſcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fhall fhining fide fight fire firft firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftorms ftreams ftrength fubject fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf Jove JUBA laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet PORTIUS praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife riſe Roman Rome ſcenes ſee SEMPRONIUS ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſuch SYPHAX tears thee theſe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder toils verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue Whilft winds wiſh youth
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Side 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Side 338 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 236 - Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my pains beguile : The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around...
Side 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Side 337 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Side 259 - And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome" Our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of civil war, And close the scene of blood.
Side 117 - Their stated course, and leave the beaten track. The youth was in a maze, nor did he know Which way to turn the reins, or where to go ; Nor wou'd the horses, had he known, obey.
Side 233 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Side 261 - Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors : Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search : Nor sees with how much art the windings run, Nor where the regular confusion ends.