The poetical works of Charles Churchill, with notes by W. Tooke. with a memoir by J.L. Hannay, Volumen 2 |
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... never made for poets to control . " 130 Peace , peace , thou Dotard , nor thus vilely deem Of sacred numbers , and their power blaspheme . I tell thee , Wretch , search all creation round , In earth , in heaven , no subject can be found ...
... never made for poets to control . " 130 Peace , peace , thou Dotard , nor thus vilely deem Of sacred numbers , and their power blaspheme . I tell thee , Wretch , search all creation round , In earth , in heaven , no subject can be found ...
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... never dared , nor wish'd behind to stay , When Folly , Vice , and Meanness led the way , 230 Would blush , should he be told , by Truth and Wit Those actions , which he blush'd not to commit . Men the most infamous are fond of fame ...
... never dared , nor wish'd behind to stay , When Folly , Vice , and Meanness led the way , 230 Would blush , should he be told , by Truth and Wit Those actions , which he blush'd not to commit . Men the most infamous are fond of fame ...
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... do , 327-340 These lines were originally written for the threat- ened " Elegy , or Ayliffe's Ghost . " See Epistle to Hogarth , 1. 140 , note . Never design'd me for a working priest , But hoped THE AUTHOR . 13 THE AUTHOR.
... do , 327-340 These lines were originally written for the threat- ened " Elegy , or Ayliffe's Ghost . " See Epistle to Hogarth , 1. 140 , note . Never design'd me for a working priest , But hoped THE AUTHOR . 13 THE AUTHOR.
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... never felt the galling load , Lament that I forsook the packhorse road , Whilst Virtue to my conduct witness bears , In throwing off that gown which Francis wears . What creature's that , so very pert and prim , 348 Our author had ...
... never felt the galling load , Lament that I forsook the packhorse road , Whilst Virtue to my conduct witness bears , In throwing off that gown which Francis wears . What creature's that , so very pert and prim , 348 Our author had ...
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... never thought of more ; Christ is laid by neglected on the shelf , And the vile priest is Gospel to himself . By Cleland tutor'd , and with Blacow bred , 360 370 381 383 John Cleland , the son of Colonel Cleland , who was a friend of ...
... never thought of more ; Christ is laid by neglected on the shelf , And the vile priest is Gospel to himself . By Cleland tutor'd , and with Blacow bred , 360 370 381 383 John Cleland , the son of Colonel Cleland , who was a friend of ...
Términos y frases comunes
Apicius bard battle of Minden bear Behold brave breath Bute Churchill Clerkenwell court Covent Garden Crape crimes curse dare death decreed disgrace doth dull Dulman e'en Earl earth faith fame fate fear feel fix'd foes folly fools force gainst Ghost grace grave grown hand hath head heard heart honest honour hour House of Lords hung justice king live Lord Lord Bute Lord George Sackville Lord Mansfield mankind Marquess of Granby mean mighty mind Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never night North Briton o'er Paul Whitehead poem Poet Pomposo praise pride Privy Counsellor proud reason reign rhyme sacred Satire scorn sense shame shew slave smile soul spirit stand taught thee thine things thou thought throne trade trembling truth turn'd vice vile virtue Virtue's wear Whilst wild Wilkes wise zeal
Pasajes populares
Página 103 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Página 107 - ... of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell. They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force From Smithfield, or St. Pulchre's shape their Course, And in huge Confluent join at Snow-Hill Ridge, Fall from the Conduit prone to Holborn-Bridge. Sweepings from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood, Drown'd Puppies, stinking Sprats, all drench'd in Mud, Dead Cats and Turnip-Tops, come tumbling down the Flood.
Página 94 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Página 69 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Página 204 - Let it hold up this comment to his eyes — Life to the last enjoy'd, here Churchill lies ; Whilst (O, what joy that pleasing flattery gives !) Reading my Works, he cries — Here Churchill lives.
Página 34 - While they were inquiring and deliberating, they were summoned into the girl's chamber by some ladies who were near her bed, and who had heard knocks and scratches. When the gentlemen entered, the girl declared that she felt the spirit like a mouse upon her back, and was required to hold her hands out of bed.
Página 25 - Which can the meanest of my thoughts control, Or shake one settled purpose of my soul ; Free and at large might their wild curses roam. If all, if all, alas ! were well at home.
Página 304 - In this interval I published at London my Natural History of Religion, along with some other small pieces : its public entry was rather obscure, except only that Dr. Hurd wrote a pamphlet against it, with all the illiberal petulance, arrogance, and scurrility, which distinguish the Warburtonian school. This pamphlet gave me some consolation for the otherwise indifferent reception of my performance.
Página 116 - He for subscribers baits his hook, And takes your cash ; but where's the book ? No matter where; wise fear, you know, Forbids the robbing of a foe; But what, to serve our private ends, Forbids the cheating of our friends...
Página 266 - Adorn'd with elegance, that easy flow Of ready wit, which never made a foe ; That face, that form, that dignity, that ease, Those powers of pleasing, with that will to please, By which Lepel, when in her youthful days, E'en from the currish Pope extorted praise, We see, transmitted, in her daughter shine, And view a new Lepel in Caroline.