The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 31Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abra againſt Alma blefs bleft breaſt caft Callimachus charms Columbo cruel cruel doubt Dæmon dear death defire deftin'd delight Dick earth eaſe erft fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fear feaſt fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould fighs fing firft firſt flain fome foon forrow foul ftands ftill fuch fure grief heart Heaven herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe Jove juft juſt King labour laft laſt leaſt lefs loft lov'd Lucretius mafter maid meaſure mind moſt mourn muft muſt ne'er night Nymph o'er paffion pain paſt pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent pride profe purſue quoth rage Reafon receiv'd reſt rifing ſaid ſay ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtream tell thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand truth uſe verfe Vex'd vext Whilft whofe wife Wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 116 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had " wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: " And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit; " and there was no profit under the fun.
Page 150 - or the wheel broken at the ciftern." Eccl . xii. 6. «' The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth " to his place where he arofe." Ch. i. 5. " The wind goeth towards the fouth, and turneth about " unto the north. It whirleth about continually; " and the wind returned] again, according to his
Page 27 - fweeter founds adorn my flowing tongue, -*-' Than ever man pronounc'd, or angels fung; Had I all knowledge, human and divine, That thought can reach, or fcience can define ; And had I power to give that knowledge birth, In all the fpeeches of the babbling earth; Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing
Page 88 - I know, that whatfoever God doeth, it fhall be for " ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing " taken from it ; and God doeth it, that men fhould " fear before him.
Page 25 - In all the fpeeches of the babbling earth; Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing breaft infpire,, To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire; Or had I faith like that which Ifrael faw When Mofes gave them miracles and law : Yet, gracious Charity ! indulgent gueft, Were not thy power exerted in my breaft;
Page 88 - He fpake of trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in " Lebanon, even unto the Hyflbp that fpringeth out " of the wall: he fpake alfo of beafts, and of fowl, " and of creeping things, and of fifhes.
Page 27 - infpire,, To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire ; Or had I faith like that which Ifrael faw When Mofes gave them miracles and law : Yet, gracious Charity ! indulgent gueft, Were not thy power exerted in my breaft; Thofe fpeeches would fend up unheeded
Page 116 - in them of all kind of fruits." Ver. 5. *' I made me pools of water, to water therewith the " wood that bringeth forth trees.
Page 25 - fweeter founds adorn my flowing tongue, •*"' Than ever man pronounc'd, or angels fung; Had I all knowledge, human and divine, That thought can reach, or fcience can define; And had I power to give that knowledge
Page 36 - The bully beat, and happy lover, Confefs, that feeling lies all over. 135 Note here, Lucretius dares to teach (As all our youth may learn from Creech) That eyes were made, but could not view; Nor hands embrace, nor feet purfue : But heedlefs Nature did produce 140 The members