The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 20
... Seems , to the distant fight , a gilded pill : This pile was , by the pious patron's aim , Rais'd for a ufe as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd fociety decline The propagation of that great defign ; In all her mazes , Nature's ...
... Seems , to the distant fight , a gilded pill : This pile was , by the pious patron's aim , Rais'd for a ufe as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd fociety decline The propagation of that great defign ; In all her mazes , Nature's ...
Page 144
... Seems bending with a load of bearded grain . Sometimes a dreffer of the vine he feigns , And lawless tendrils to their bounds reftrains . Sometimes his fword a foldier fhews ; his rod , An angler ; ftill fo various is the God . Now , in ...
... Seems bending with a load of bearded grain . Sometimes a dreffer of the vine he feigns , And lawless tendrils to their bounds reftrains . Sometimes his fword a foldier fhews ; his rod , An angler ; ftill fo various is the God . Now , in ...
Page 147
... seems ; Set are her eyes , and motionlefs her limbs : Her features without fire , her colour gone , And , like her heart , the hardens into tone . In Salamis the ftatue ftill is feen , In the fam'd temple of the Cyprian queen . L 2 Warn ...
... seems ; Set are her eyes , and motionlefs her limbs : Her features without fire , her colour gone , And , like her heart , the hardens into tone . In Salamis the ftatue ftill is feen , In the fam'd temple of the Cyprian queen . L 2 Warn ...
Page 168
... seem small , yet create unpardonable errors . The number of the verfe turne upon the harshness of a fyllable ; and the laying a stress upon improper words will make the most correct piece ridiculous . Falfe concord , tenfes , and ...
... seem small , yet create unpardonable errors . The number of the verfe turne upon the harshness of a fyllable ; and the laying a stress upon improper words will make the most correct piece ridiculous . Falfe concord , tenfes , and ...
Page 222
... seems no more to them than up and ride . Preferments granted thus fhew him a fool , That dreads a parent's check , or rods at school . ; 530 } 535 Ox - cheek when hot , and Wardens bak'd , fome cry ; But ' tis with an intention men ...
... seems no more to them than up and ride . Preferments granted thus fhew him a fool , That dreads a parent's check , or rods at school . ; 530 } 535 Ox - cheek when hot , and Wardens bak'd , fome cry ; But ' tis with an intention men ...
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