Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volumen21771 |
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... should be loath to lay you on a bier ; And though there lives no ' pothecary near , I dare for once prefcribe for your difeafe , And fave long bills , and a damn'd doctor's fees . Two fovereign herbs , which I by practice know , And ...
... should be loath to lay you on a bier ; And though there lives no ' pothecary near , I dare for once prefcribe for your difeafe , And fave long bills , and a damn'd doctor's fees . Two fovereign herbs , which I by practice know , And ...
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... should fee , has he deferv'd to swim ? Better , fir cock , let all contention cease , Come down , faid Reynard , let us treat of peace . with all my foul , faid chanticleer ; But with your favour , I will treat it here : A peace And ...
... should fee , has he deferv'd to swim ? Better , fir cock , let all contention cease , Come down , faid Reynard , let us treat of peace . with all my foul , faid chanticleer ; But with your favour , I will treat it here : A peace And ...
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... by plain example , to convey . And in a heathen author we may find , That pleasure with instruction should be join'd : So take the corn , and leave the chaff behind . AND HONORIA , FROM BOCCACE . OF all the cities THE COCK AND THE FOX . 38.
... by plain example , to convey . And in a heathen author we may find , That pleasure with instruction should be join'd : So take the corn , and leave the chaff behind . AND HONORIA , FROM BOCCACE . OF all the cities THE COCK AND THE FOX . 38.
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... Should fuffer from my hands a lingring pain : Renew'd to life , that she might daily die , I daily doom'd to follow , the to fly ; No more a lover but a mortal foe , I feek her life ( for love is none below :) As often as my dogs with ...
... Should fuffer from my hands a lingring pain : Renew'd to life , that she might daily die , I daily doom'd to follow , the to fly ; No more a lover but a mortal foe , I feek her life ( for love is none below :) As often as my dogs with ...
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... Should he delay the moment of confent . There yet remain❜d to gain her friends ( a care The modesty of maidens well might spare ; ) But the with fuch a zeal the cause embrac❜d , ( As women where they will , are all in baste ) That ...
... Should he delay the moment of confent . There yet remain❜d to gain her friends ( a care The modesty of maidens well might spare ; ) But the with fuch a zeal the cause embrac❜d , ( As women where they will , are all in baste ) That ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Pasajes populares
Página 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Página 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Página 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Página 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Página 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Página 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Página 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.