The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen20J. Johnson, 1810 - 644 páginas |
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... fall within the compass of his story . I am of opinion , that , in his first design of writing this poem of the civil wars , he resolved to treat the subject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no share in ...
... fall within the compass of his story . I am of opinion , that , in his first design of writing this poem of the civil wars , he resolved to treat the subject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no share in ...
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... falling locks adorn ; Though chief amongst the Gauls he wont to deck , With ringlets comely spread , his graceful neck ... fall , Range the rough German and the rapid Gaul . But when himself , when Cæsar they would paint , The stronger ...
... falling locks adorn ; Though chief amongst the Gauls he wont to deck , With ringlets comely spread , his graceful neck ... fall , Range the rough German and the rapid Gaul . But when himself , when Cæsar they would paint , The stronger ...
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... fall'n before triumphant Marius ' sword ; Yet to Minturnæ's marsh the victor fled , And hid in ouzy flags his exil'd head . The faithless soil the hunted chief reliev'd , And sedgy waters fortune's pledge receiv'd . Deep in a dungeon ...
... fall'n before triumphant Marius ' sword ; Yet to Minturnæ's marsh the victor fled , And hid in ouzy flags his exil'd head . The faithless soil the hunted chief reliev'd , And sedgy waters fortune's pledge receiv'd . Deep in a dungeon ...
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... fall , To grace the Pisan tyrant's horrid hall . At length , when putrid gore , with foul disgrace , Hid the distinguish'd features of the face , By night the miserable parents came , And bore their sons to some forbidden flame . Well I ...
... fall , To grace the Pisan tyrant's horrid hall . At length , when putrid gore , with foul disgrace , Hid the distinguish'd features of the face , By night the miserable parents came , And bore their sons to some forbidden flame . Well I ...
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... fall , and sit secure at home . , As some unhappy sire by death undone , Robb'd of his age's joy , his only son , Attends the funeral with pious care , To pay his last paternal office there ; Takes a sad pleasure in the crowd to go ...
... fall , and sit secure at home . , As some unhappy sire by death undone , Robb'd of his age's joy , his only son , Attends the funeral with pious care , To pay his last paternal office there ; Takes a sad pleasure in the crowd to go ...
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The Works of the English Poets, From Chaucer to Cowper, Vol. 4 of 21: With ... Alexander Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid Amycus Anacreon ancient Argo arms bear beauty behold beneath blood bold bosom breast Cæsar Chalciope charms chief Colchian crown'd cry'd dart death dread earth Euphemus ev'n eyes fair fam'd fame fatal fate fear fierce fire fix'd flame flies flood goddess gods golden grace Greek grief hand haste head heart Heaven heroes honour Idyllium Jason join'd Jove king labours land Latian light lov'd Lucan maid Medea mighty Mopsus Moschus mournful Muses night numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Peleus Pentheus Pharsalia Phineus Phoebus Phrixus plac'd plain poet Pompey pow'r queen rage rais'd rise Roman Rome round sacred sails says seas shade shore sire skies slain soft song soon soul spoke stood streams swain sweet sword tears thee Theocritus Thessaly thou Thracian thro Tibullus Tiphys toil trembling vanquish'd Venus Virgil waves winds wound wretched youth
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Página 356 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition...
Página 198 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 533 - Kill noxious creatures, where 'tis sin to save ; This only just prerogative we have : But nourish life with vegetable food, And shun the sacrilegious taste of blood.
Página 383 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again, and that the tender branches thereof will not cease.
Página 208 - Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Página 378 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Página 530 - The breathless embryo with a spirit warm'd ; But when the mother's throes begin to come, The creature, pent within the narrow room...
Página 347 - Two cities radiant on the shield appear, The image one of peace, and one of war, Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming to the nuptial bed...
Página 423 - By pray'rs are bent to pity, and to love; If human miseries can move their mind; If yet they can forgive, and yet be kind; Tell how we may restore, by second birth, Mankind, and people desolated earth.
Página 319 - Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Referencias a este libro
Prose in the Age of Poets: Romanticism and Biographical Narrative from ... Annette Wheeler Cafarelli Vista de fragmentos - 1990 |