The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 46Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... your conftant attachment to Liberty , and the Royal , Illustrious House of our Moft Gracious Sove- reign ; but , my Lord , believe me , your own deeds are are the nobleft and fittest orators to speak your praise DEDICATION .
... your conftant attachment to Liberty , and the Royal , Illustrious House of our Moft Gracious Sove- reign ; but , my Lord , believe me , your own deeds are are the nobleft and fittest orators to speak your praise DEDICATION .
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... praise , and will elevate it far beyond the power of a much abler writer than I am . I will therefore turn my view from your Lordship's virtues to the kind influence of them , which has been fo lately fhed upon me ; and then , if my ...
... praise , and will elevate it far beyond the power of a much abler writer than I am . I will therefore turn my view from your Lordship's virtues to the kind influence of them , which has been fo lately fhed upon me ; and then , if my ...
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... praises thee . 325 330 Thefe fcorn ( faid I ) the verfe - wright of their age , 335 Vain of a labour'd , languid , useless page ; To whofe dim faculty the meaning song Is glaring , or obfcure , when clear , and strong ; Who , in cant ...
... praises thee . 325 330 Thefe fcorn ( faid I ) the verfe - wright of their age , 335 Vain of a labour'd , languid , useless page ; To whofe dim faculty the meaning song Is glaring , or obfcure , when clear , and strong ; Who , in cant ...
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... praise ! All their bright honours rufh into his lays ! And all that glorious warmth his lays reveal , Which only poets , kings , and patriots feel ! Though gay as mith , as curious thought fedate , As elegance polite , as power elate ...
... praise ! All their bright honours rufh into his lays ! And all that glorious warmth his lays reveal , Which only poets , kings , and patriots feel ! Though gay as mith , as curious thought fedate , As elegance polite , as power elate ...
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... praises merit , praises thee . Thefe fcorn ( faid I ) the verfe - wright of their age , 335 Vain of a labour'd , languid , ufelefs page ; To whofe dim faculty the meaning fong Is glaring , or obfcure , when clear , and strong ; Who , in ...
... praises merit , praises thee . Thefe fcorn ( faid I ) the verfe - wright of their age , 335 Vain of a labour'd , languid , ufelefs page ; To whofe dim faculty the meaning fong Is glaring , or obfcure , when clear , and strong ; Who , in ...
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Page 68 - Griev'd I forgive, and am grown cool too late; Young and unthoughtful then, who knows one day What ripening virtues might have made their way!
Page 68 - He might have fav'd fome worth, now doom'd to fall ; And I, perchance, in him, have murder'd all. O fate of late Repentance ! always vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain. Where...
Page 82 - Two Fathers join'd to rob my Claim of one ! My Mother too thought fit to have no Son ! The Senate next...
Page 29 - Can its foot sharpen, like the vulture's claw? Can the fond goat, or tender fleecy dam, Howl, like the wolf, to tear the kid, or lamb? Yes, there are mothers...
Page 66 - tis to you My thanks for such distinguish'd claims are due ; You, unenslav'd to Nature's narrow laws, Warm championess for freedom's sacred cause, From all the dry devoirs of blood and line, . From ties maternal, moral and divine, Discharg'd my grasping soul ; push'd me from shore, And launch'd me into life without an oar.
Page 70 - Her fmile more cheerful than a vernal morn, All life ! all bloom ! of Youth and Fancy born. Touch'd into joy, what hearts to her fubmit ! She looks her Sire, and fpeaks her Mother's wit. O'er the gay world the fweet infpirer reigns . Spleen flies, and Elegance her pomp fuftains.
Page 39 - Whence, beam'd from sapphires, living azure plays; The liquid floor, in-wrought with pearls divine, Where all his labours in...
Page 172 - Boast petty courts, whence rules new rigour draw, Unknown to Nature's and to statute-law ; Quirks that explain all saving rights away, To give th' attorney and the catchpoll prey.
Page 6 - Induftry is all with Beauty crown'd ! He, He alone, explores the Mine for Gain, Hues the hard Rock, or harrows up the Plain ; He forms the Sword to...
Page 56 - He deem'd it godlike to have power to blefs : Thus, when unguarded, treafon ftain'd him o'er; And virtue and content were then no more. But when to death by rigorous...