The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Bind 81804 |
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... genius and of tafte , of play'rs and plays ; Much too of writings , which itfelf had wrote , Of special merit , tho ' of little note ; For Fate , in a ftrange humour , had decreed That what it wrote , none but itfelf fhould read ; Much ...
... genius and of tafte , of play'rs and plays ; Much too of writings , which itfelf had wrote , Of special merit , tho ' of little note ; For Fate , in a ftrange humour , had decreed That what it wrote , none but itfelf fhould read ; Much ...
Side 3
... Genius is of no country , her pure ray " Spreads all abroad , as gen'ral as the day ; " Foe to restraint , from place to place fhe flies , " And may hereafter e'en in Holland rise . " May not ( to give a pleafing fancy scope , " And ...
... Genius is of no country , her pure ray " Spreads all abroad , as gen'ral as the day ; " Foe to restraint , from place to place fhe flies , " And may hereafter e'en in Holland rise . " May not ( to give a pleafing fancy scope , " And ...
Side 6
... Genius rife to give offence ; Eternal peace hall blefs the happy fhore , And little Factions break thy reft no more . From Covent - Garden crowds promifcuous go , Whom the Mufe knows not , nor defires to know . Vet'rans they feem'd ...
... Genius rife to give offence ; Eternal peace hall blefs the happy fhore , And little Factions break thy reft no more . From Covent - Garden crowds promifcuous go , Whom the Mufe knows not , nor defires to know . Vet'rans they feem'd ...
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... genius reigns ; Ancients in vain endeavour to excel , Happily prais'd , if they could act as well . But though prefcription's force we disallow , Nor to antiquity fubmiffive bow ; Though we deny imaginary grace , Founded on accidents of ...
... genius reigns ; Ancients in vain endeavour to excel , Happily prais'd , if they could act as well . But though prefcription's force we disallow , Nor to antiquity fubmiffive bow ; Though we deny imaginary grace , Founded on accidents of ...
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... Genius ; plac'd by partial fate With a free spirit in a slavish state ; Where the reluctant Muse , oppress'd by kings , Or droops in filence , or in fetters fings ; In vain thy dauntless fortitude hath borne The bigot's furious zeal ...
... Genius ; plac'd by partial fate With a free spirit in a slavish state ; Where the reluctant Muse , oppress'd by kings , Or droops in filence , or in fetters fings ; In vain thy dauntless fortitude hath borne The bigot's furious zeal ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
æther bafe beneath blefs bleft blifs bofom breaft caufe charms death deep defcend divine dreadful e'en earth eternal ev'ry facred fafe fair fame fate fatire fcene fcorn fear feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhines fhore fhould fide fing fkies flame flaves fleep fmile foes foft fome fong fons fools foon foul fpirit fpread ftand ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell genius glory grace Greece heart heaven himſelf honour immortal juft kings laft lefs loft Lorenzo mighty moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffions Palemon peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profe proud rage reafon rife Rodmond round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſkill ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throne trembling truth virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wife worfe
Populære passager
Side 221 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Side 219 - Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Side 219 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Side 221 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Side 503 - The rooms with costly tapestry were hung, Where was inwoven many a gentle tale ; Such as of old the rural poets sung...
Side 506 - Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.
Side 219 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Side 513 - The gentle Knight, who saw their rueful case, Let fall adown his silver beard some tears. "Certes...
Side 508 - And certes had been utterly undone; But that Minerva pity of him took, With all the gods that love the rural wonne, That teach to tame the soil and rule the crook ; Ne did the sacred Nine disdain a gentle look.
Side 503 - As when a shepherd of the Hebrid Isles*, Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.