Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.John Bell, 1789 - 200 páginas |
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... Reason's throne , And loads the slave with honors not her own : Big - swoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , Profaneness spawns , pert dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join awhile this tittering crew , And own the idiot guide ...
... Reason's throne , And loads the slave with honors not her own : Big - swoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , Profaneness spawns , pert dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join awhile this tittering crew , And own the idiot guide ...
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... Reason at the helm preside , Bear to the wind , or stem the furious tide ; Then mirth may urge , when reason can explore , This point the way , that waft us glad to shore . Though distant times may rise in SATIRE's page , Yet chief ...
... Reason at the helm preside , Bear to the wind , or stem the furious tide ; Then mirth may urge , when reason can explore , This point the way , that waft us glad to shore . Though distant times may rise in SATIRE's page , Yet chief ...
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... reason urg'd by wit . ' Twas then plain DONNE in honest vengeance rose , His wit refulgent , though his rhyme was prose : He midst an age of puns and pedants wrote With genuine sense , and Roman strength of thought . Yet scarce had ...
... reason urg'd by wit . ' Twas then plain DONNE in honest vengeance rose , His wit refulgent , though his rhyme was prose : He midst an age of puns and pedants wrote With genuine sense , and Roman strength of thought . Yet scarce had ...
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... . This praise , immortal POPE , to thee be given : Thy genius was indeed a gift from heav'n . Hail , Bard unequall'd , in whose deathless line Reason and wit with strength collected shine : Where matchless Epist . I. 19 AND PRECEPTIVE .
... . This praise , immortal POPE , to thee be given : Thy genius was indeed a gift from heav'n . Hail , Bard unequall'd , in whose deathless line Reason and wit with strength collected shine : Where matchless Epist . I. 19 AND PRECEPTIVE .
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Vol. V. Reason and wit with strength collected shine : Where matchless wit but wins the second praise , Lost , nably lost , in Truth's superior blaze . Did FRIENDSHIP e'er mislead thy wand'ring Muse ? That friendship sure may plead the ...
Vol. V. Reason and wit with strength collected shine : Where matchless wit but wins the second praise , Lost , nably lost , in Truth's superior blaze . Did FRIENDSHIP e'er mislead thy wand'ring Muse ? That friendship sure may plead the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Bard beauty Behold Bishop of Gloucester boast bold breast Brentford bright Britain's charms Colley Cibber court dare Democritus destin'd e'er Emperor of China EPISTLES SATIRICAL eunuchs ev'n facundia fair fame fancy Fashion fate fav'rite fear fire flame folly fool frown genius gibbets give glory gold golden reign good-natur'd grace Graecian haec hate hear heart heav'n honor hope Houyhnhnm ibid king land laugh lie Fit lord mankind merit mighty mind Muse ne'er Newmarket night numbers nunc o'er once passion Pindaric pleas'd Poet Pope pow'r praise pride quae Quam quid quod rage refin'd reign resistless ridicule rise risum SATIRE's SATIRICAL AND PRECEPTIVE scarce scenes scorn sense shame shew shine shun skies slave smile speak taste thou thought toil tongue truth Tyburn vice vide virtue Virtue's voice wise words Wreath youth
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Página 20 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 19 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Página 16 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Página 23 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Página 17 - Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Página 12 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Página 19 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Página 24 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Página 23 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.
Página 29 - But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court...