Bell's Edition, Volúmenes 77-78J. Bell, 1796 |
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... morning dew , Foretell the fervour of the day : So from one cloud soft show'rs we view , And blasting lightnings burst away . 20 25 30 5 10 The stars that fall from Celia's eye Declare our doom C iij IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS . 25.
... morning dew , Foretell the fervour of the day : So from one cloud soft show'rs we view , And blasting lightnings burst away . 20 25 30 5 10 The stars that fall from Celia's eye Declare our doom C iij IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS . 25.
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John Bell. The stars that fall from Celia's eye Declare our doom in drawing nigh . The baby in that sunny sphere So like a Phaeton appears , That Heav'n , the threaten'd world to spare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears ; Else might ...
John Bell. The stars that fall from Celia's eye Declare our doom in drawing nigh . The baby in that sunny sphere So like a Phaeton appears , That Heav'n , the threaten'd world to spare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears ; Else might ...
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... declare I know no more than my Lord Mayor , They stand amaz'd , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . Thus in a sea of folly tost , My choicest hours of life are lost ; Yet always wishing to retreat , Oh , could I see my ...
... declare I know no more than my Lord Mayor , They stand amaz'd , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . Thus in a sea of folly tost , My choicest hours of life are lost ; Yet always wishing to retreat , Oh , could I see my ...
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... declare , he has my love : I shun his zenith , court his mild decline ; Thus Somers once , and Halifax , were mine . Oft in the clear , still mirror of retreat , I study'd Shrewsbury , the wise and great : Carleton's calm sense and ...
... declare , he has my love : I shun his zenith , court his mild decline ; Thus Somers once , and Halifax , were mine . Oft in the clear , still mirror of retreat , I study'd Shrewsbury , the wise and great : Carleton's calm sense and ...
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... declare ) Din'd with the Man of Ross , or my Lord May❜r . 95 100 Some , in their choice of friends ( nay , look nor grave ) Have still a secret bias to a knave : To find an honest man I beat about , And love him , court him , praise ...
... declare ) Din'd with the Man of Ross , or my Lord May❜r . 95 100 Some , in their choice of friends ( nay , look nor grave ) Have still a secret bias to a knave : To find an honest man I beat about , And love him , court him , praise ...
Términos y frases comunes
abused Æneid ancient atque Author bard Bavius Bless'd Boileau called character Charles Gildon charms Cibber court Curl dæmon declare Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness Dunciad Epic Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate folly fool former edit genius gentle Gildon Goddess grace hæc hath Heav'n hero Homer honour Horace Iliad IMITATIONS JOHN DENNIS King knave laws Leonard Welsted Letter LEWIS THEOBALD live Lord lov'd mihi moral Muse neque never numbers nunc o'er octavo Ovid person pleas'd Poem Poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise Preface printed quæ Quam Queen Quid quod racter REMARKS rhyme saith satire Scriblerus shew SMIL soul Swift tamen thee Theobald thine thing thou thro tibi translated truth verse Virg Virgil virtue Volume Westminster Abbey Whig words writ write
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Página 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Página 40 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 40 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Página 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Página 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...