The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volumen 301790 |
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... those excellent talents , and unblemished integrity , which have fo powerfully recommended you to the most gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frank- nefs and generosity of your spirit continue to soften and ...
... those excellent talents , and unblemished integrity , which have fo powerfully recommended you to the most gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frank- nefs and generosity of your spirit continue to soften and ...
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... those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have liv'd a fecond life , and different natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd ...
... those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have liv'd a fecond life , and different natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid , thus transform'd ...
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... Those he supports , thefe drives to fudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickeft terrors of the war , Nor hazard thus , confus'd in crowds of foes ...
... Those he supports , thefe drives to fudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickeft terrors of the war , Nor hazard thus , confus'd in crowds of foes ...
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... those who ' scape the fetters and the sword , Nor feek the fortunes of a happier lord , Their raging King difhonours , to compleat Marlborough's great work , and finish the defeat . From Memminghen's high domes , and Augfburg's The ...
... those who ' scape the fetters and the sword , Nor feek the fortunes of a happier lord , Their raging King difhonours , to compleat Marlborough's great work , and finish the defeat . From Memminghen's high domes , and Augfburg's The ...
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... And tafte the sweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of those that lie Beneath the conftant influence of her eye ! Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence 6.6 ADDISON's POEM S.
... And tafte the sweets of English liberty : But who can tell the joys of those that lie Beneath the conftant influence of her eye ! Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Like heaven's indulgence 6.6 ADDISON's POEM S.
Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 232 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 232 - In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air.
Página 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.
Página 284 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.