Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poemsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... , or feign'd a flame . XXVIII . " Each hour a mercenary crowd " With richest proffers strove ; " Amongst the rest young Edwin bow'd , " But never talk'd of love . THE HERMIT . XXIX . " In humble , simplest 24 THE HERMIT .
... , or feign'd a flame . XXVIII . " Each hour a mercenary crowd " With richest proffers strove ; " Amongst the rest young Edwin bow'd , " But never talk'd of love . THE HERMIT . XXIX . " In humble , simplest 24 THE HERMIT .
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... talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day , When toil remitting lent its turn to play , And all the village train , from labour free , Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree , While many a ...
... talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day , When toil remitting lent its turn to play , And all the village train , from labour free , Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree , While many a ...
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... by his fire , and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds , or tales of sorrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and shew'd how fields were won . Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to 66 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
... by his fire , and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds , or tales of sorrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and shew'd how fields were won . Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to 66 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
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... talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white - wash'd wall , the nicely sanded floor , The varnish'd clock that ...
... talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white - wash'd wall , the nicely sanded floor , The varnish'd clock that ...
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... talks , and swears , with round parade , Looking as who should say , dam'me ! who ' s afraid ? [ Mimicking . Strip but this vizor off , and sure I am You'll find his lionship a very lamb . Yon politician , famous in debate , Perhaps ...
... talks , and swears , with round parade , Looking as who should say , dam'me ! who ' s afraid ? [ Mimicking . Strip but this vizor off , and sure I am You'll find his lionship a very lamb . Yon politician , famous in debate , Perhaps ...
Términos y frases comunes
aunt BAILIFF bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe blessing breast BULKLEY CHALDEAN Charles Marlow charms daughter David Garrick dear DIGGORY e'en Ecod Enter Miss Epilogue Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear fellow folly fool forgive fortune friendship GARNET girl give GOLDSMITH good-natur'd hand happiness HASTINGS hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence JARVIS jewels keep lady laugh leave LEONTINE letter LOFTY look Lord Madam maid MARLOW married mean mind Miss CATLEY Miss HARDCASTLE Miss NEVILLE Miss RICHLAND modest never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH OLIVIA pardon passion pleasure poor POSTBOY Pray pretty pride PROPHET pruin scarce scene SERVANT shew Sir CHARLES Sir William Honeywood smiling soul stept STOOPS TO CONQUER sure sweet SWEET AUBURN talk tell thee there's thing thou TONY undone wretch Zounds
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Página 113 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Página 73 - Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn; Now lost to all — her friends, her virtue fled — Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Página 70 - To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...
Página 45 - That first excites desire, and then supplies. Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, To fill the languid pause with finer joy; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, \ Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame : Their level life is but a...
Página 65 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Página 66 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Página 49 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 71 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells...
Página 38 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his fo6d, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Página 107 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...