The Works of the English Poets: Parnell; A. PhilipsH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day ; Through Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that Mortimer is he . Sept. 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . HESIOD : HES I O D : O R , THE RISE DEDICATION .
... parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day ; Through Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that Mortimer is he . Sept. 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . HESIOD : HES I O D : O R , THE RISE DEDICATION .
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Samuel Johnson. HES I O D : O R , THE RISE OF WOMAN . WHAT antient times ( thofe times we fancy wife ) Have left on long record of woman's rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What author wrote it , how that author dy'd ...
Samuel Johnson. HES I O D : O R , THE RISE OF WOMAN . WHAT antient times ( thofe times we fancy wife ) Have left on long record of woman's rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What author wrote it , how that author dy'd ...
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... where oily flattery lays The pleafing colours of the art of praise And wit , to fcandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's fpleen to cure its own . Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all B 4 TI THE RISE OF WOMAN .
... where oily flattery lays The pleafing colours of the art of praise And wit , to fcandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's fpleen to cure its own . Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all B 4 TI THE RISE OF WOMAN .
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... human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to share : . Happy the man whom thus his stars advance ! The curfe is general , but the bleffing chance . Thus Thus fung the Sifters , while the Gods admire Their THE RISE OF WOMAN .
... human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to share : . Happy the man whom thus his stars advance ! The curfe is general , but the bleffing chance . Thus Thus fung the Sifters , while the Gods admire Their THE RISE OF WOMAN .
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... intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and at home the noise , THE RISE OF WOMAN .
... intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and at home the noise , THE RISE OF WOMAN .
Términos y frases comunes
æther ANTISTROPHE arife beauty Behold beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom breaſt breath bright caft charms chearful cloſe defcend defire divine eaſe eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame fancy fate fear feas feat feek feem fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhould fide fight filent filver fing fix'd fkies flain flame flies flowers foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpring Frogs ftand ftill fuch fung fweet glory grace grief grove heart Ifrael king laſt Lord lov'd Meaſures mercy mind Mufe mufic night numbers o'er paffion Pelops plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe realms reft reign rife riſe rofe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twas voice whofe Whoſe winds wondrous
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Página 82 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Página 82 - To find if books, or swains, report it right (For yet by swains alone the world he knew...
Página 4 - The luft of Lucre, and the dread of Death. In vain to Deferts thy retreat is made ; The Mufe attends thee to thy filent made : 'Tis hers, the brave man's lateft fteps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify difgrace. 30 When Int'reft calls off all her fneaking train, And all th...
Página 54 - Mock the grave phrenzy of the chymic fool: But know, ye fair, a point conceal'd with art, The Sylphs and Gnomes are but a woman's heart : The Graces stand in sight; a Satyr train Peep o'er their heads, and laugh behind the scene.
Página 23 - Twas grief for scorn of faithful love, Which made my steps unweeting rove Amid the nightly dew." " "Tis well," the gallant cries again, " We fairies never injure men Who dare to tell us true. " Exalt thy love-dejected heart, Be mine the task, or ere we part, To make thee grief resign ; Now take the pleasure of thy chaunce ; Whilst I with Mab, my part'ner, daunce, Be little Mable thine.
Página 87 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Página 25 - They smelt the fresh approach of day, And heard a cock to crow; The whirling wind that bore the crowd Has clapp'd the door, and whistled loud, To warn them all to go.
Página 88 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the father, took the son.
Página 27 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Página 12 - Helicon forbore to flow ; The sky grew bright; and (if his verse be true) The Muses came to give the laurel too. But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit, If love swore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye fair offended, hear your friend relate What heavy judgment prov'd the writer's fate, Though when it happen'd, no relation clears, Tis thought in five, or five and twenty years.