Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volumen21771 |
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Página 26
... fall by foe opprefsid , The wight of all the world who ferv'd thee beft ? Who true to love , was all for recreation , And minded not the work of propagation . Gaufride , who could'st so well in rhyme complain , The death of Richard with ...
... fall by foe opprefsid , The wight of all the world who ferv'd thee beft ? Who true to love , was all for recreation , And minded not the work of propagation . Gaufride , who could'st so well in rhyme complain , The death of Richard with ...
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... murd'rous fox , With brazen trumpets , and inflated box , To kindle Mars with military sounds , Nor wanted horns t ' inspire fagacious hounds . [ fall . But fee how fortune can confound the wife , And 28 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... murd'rous fox , With brazen trumpets , and inflated box , To kindle Mars with military sounds , Nor wanted horns t ' inspire fagacious hounds . [ fall . But fee how fortune can confound the wife , And 28 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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... fall . One maid she had , belov'd above the rest , Secure of her , the fecret the confefs'd : And now the chearful light her fears difpell'd , She with no winding turns the truth conceal'd , But put the woman off , and stood reveal'd ...
... fall . One maid she had , belov'd above the rest , Secure of her , the fecret the confefs'd : And now the chearful light her fears difpell'd , She with no winding turns the truth conceal'd , But put the woman off , and stood reveal'd ...
Página 8
... a - trip , and all their fails t Let fall , to court the wind , and catch the gales : By this the vessel half her course had run , And as much rested till the rising fun ; Both fhores were loft to fight , when at the 50 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
... a - trip , and all their fails t Let fall , to court the wind , and catch the gales : By this the vessel half her course had run , And as much rested till the rising fun ; Both fhores were loft to fight , when at the 50 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
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... yards a - trip , and all their fails Let fall , to court the wind , and catch the gales : By this the vessel half her courfe had run , And as much refted till the rifing fun ; . Desi ell : Her . 1 . Both fhores were 50 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
... yards a - trip , and all their fails Let fall , to court the wind , and catch the gales : By this the vessel half her courfe had run , And as much refted till the rifing fun ; . Desi ell : Her . 1 . Both fhores were 50 CEYX AND ALCYONE .
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.