The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volúmenes 6-7Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... lives as hairs on my head , I would be willing to facrifice all thefe lives in this caufe ; " 66 Which pluck'd down the King , the Church , and the Laws , To fet up an idol , then nick - nam'd The Caufe , Like Bell and Dragon to gorge ...
... lives as hairs on my head , I would be willing to facrifice all thefe lives in this caufe ; " 66 Which pluck'd down the King , the Church , and the Laws , To fet up an idol , then nick - nam'd The Caufe , Like Bell and Dragon to gorge ...
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... live engines ply'd , not staying Until they reach'd the fatal champain Which th ' enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharfalian plain , where battle Was to be wag'd ' twixt puissant cattle And fierce auxiliary men , That came to aid ...
... live engines ply'd , not staying Until they reach'd the fatal champain Which th ' enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharfalian plain , where battle Was to be wag'd ' twixt puissant cattle And fierce auxiliary men , That came to aid ...
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... lives , Shall fave or help thee to evade The hand of Juftice , or this blade , Which I , her fword - bearer , do carry , For civil deed and military : Nor fhall these words , of venom base , Which thou haft from their native place , 760 ...
... lives , Shall fave or help thee to evade The hand of Juftice , or this blade , Which I , her fword - bearer , do carry , For civil deed and military : Nor fhall these words , of venom base , Which thou haft from their native place , 760 ...
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... live or die . His Fiddle is your proper purchase , Won in the service of the Churches ; And by your doom must be allow'd To be , or be no more , a Crowd : For though fuccess did not confer Just title on the conqueror ; 1000 Though ...
... live or die . His Fiddle is your proper purchase , Won in the service of the Churches ; And by your doom must be allow'd To be , or be no more , a Crowd : For though fuccess did not confer Just title on the conqueror ; 1000 Though ...
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... lives to come , And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : ' tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle . If he that in the field is flain , Be in the bed of Honour lain , He that is beaten may be faid To lie in Honour's truckle ...
... lives to come , And cannot be extended from The legal tenant : ' tis a chattel Not to be forfeited in battle . If he that in the field is flain , Be in the bed of Honour lain , He that is beaten may be faid To lie in Honour's truckle ...
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Página 8 - For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I...
Página 181 - In times of peace, an Indian, Not out of malice, but mere zeal, Because he was an infidel, The mighty...
Página 14 - Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies: And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it. What Adam dreamt of when his bride Came from her closet in his side: Whether the Devil tempted her By a...
Página 20 - Still they are sure to be i' th' right. 'Tis a dark lantern of the Spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus, that bewitches, And leads men into pools and ditches...
Página 312 - tis a greater mystery in the art Of painting to foreshorten any part, Than draw it out ; so 'tis in books the chief Of all perfections to be plain and brief.
Página 9 - Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, Like fustian heretofore on satin ; It had an odd promiscuous tone, As if h' had talk'd three parts in one ; Which made some think, when he did gabble, Th' had heard three labourers of Babel, Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash of languages at once.
Página 10 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with gray.
Página 179 - Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other courts o' th' nation ; Have equal power to adjourn, Appoint appearance and return...
Página 11 - He understood b' implicit faith; 130 Whatever sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore ; Knew more than forty of them do, As far as words and terms could go; All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion...
Página 15 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...